Category: Formula 1

The Ferrari driver had finished the race around the Hard Rock Stadium in fourth position, trailing team-mate Charles Leclerc, but falls one place behind Red Bull’s Sergio Perez in the revised classification after being hit with a five-second penalty.

Sainz had reached fourth place after a lengthy battle with McLaren driver Piastri, who had passed Leclerc to run second early on before a safety car intervention altered the strategic outlook of the race and helped Lando Norris score his maiden F1 victory.

With the duo battling over fourth, Sainz was left irate after Piastri went unpunished over what the Spaniard perceived to be an overly defensive move into Turn 11, when he was edged wide.

Following persistent radio messages questioning why no penalty was forthcoming, Sainz went back on the attack when informed that no further investigation would take place.

Closing in on Piastri with the DRS heading towards Turn 17, Sainz lunged to the inside before a rear-end slide resulted in him swiping across the McLaren’s front wing. This forced Piastri into a pitstop for a new wing, costing him any chance of points.

After investigating the incident, the stewards determined Sainz was guilty of causing a collision and handed him a five-second penalty, as well as one penalty point.

The stewards’ report read: “It was clear to us that Car 55 was to blame for the collision.

Carlos Sainz, Scuderia Ferrari

Photo by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Images

“In the overtake attempt, Car 55 braked late, missed the apex and in the process lost the rear, with the resulting collision. Although Car 81 was trying to turn in to counter the overtaking attempt, Car 81 gave sufficient room to Car 55.

“In the circumstances, we find Car 55 to be predominantly to blame for the collision.”

The report did stress, however, that “mitigating factors” caused the incident, adding: “The fact that but for the slight loss of control of the rear by Car 55, the collision would likely not have happened and it would have been hard but good racing.

“The standard penalty for a collision is 10 seconds with 2 penalty points. In light of the mitigating circumstances, we therefore impose a 5-second time penalty with 1 penalty point.”

A perfectly timed safety car period during his pitstop window allowed Norris to lead Verstappen at the restart, where many would have expected the Red Bull to come through and then pull away.

Instead, Norris was not only able to stay in front and break DRS on the opening lap, but he then comfortably edged his way out in front as he reeled off a succession of faster laps.

In the end, Norris came home 7.612 seconds clear of Verstappen, who admitted afterwards that he did not have the car he needed to take the fight to the McLaren.

Speaking to Sky, Stella said that the performance of the McLaren against the Red Bull had not been anticipated.

Asked about Verstappen having no answer for Norris, Stella said: “We knew that the car was quick, [although] it’s a bit of a surprise. But we take it positively and we take it for the future as well.”

Stella had long had faith about Norris’s talents and had stood by him during some difficult moments where the Briton had blamed himself for costly mistakes.

But through it all, Stella said that he knew that as soon as McLaren gave him machinery capable of winning then he would be able to do it.

“Many firsts,” added Stella. “The most important is the first victory for Lando because he deserved it so much.

“We always said that as soon as we give him the right material, he is going to make it, and he made it. For me, my thoughts are with the men and women at McLaren.”

Lando Norris, McLaren F1 Team, 1st position, Andrea Stella, Team Principal, McLaren F1 Team, on the podium

Photo by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Images

Dedicated to de Ferran

Stella and McLaren CEO Zak Brown both dedicated the win to former McLaren sporting director Gil de Ferran, who passed away in December.

“This victory is for Gil de Ferran,” said Stella.

Brown believed that the way the race panned out, with circumstances providing Norris with every opportunity, was down to the ongoing influence of both de Ferran and the late McLaren part-owner Mansour Ojjeh, who died in 2021.

“This is long overdue, and this is a very popular win amongst the fans and the drivers,” said Brown.

“The drivers went up to him to congratulate him. He drove perfectly.

“The car was really fast and I think Gil de Ferran and Mansour had something to do with today.

“Building up these Formula 1 teams doesn’t happen overnight, a huge contribution from 1,000-plus people back at McLaren, so I want to thank all the men and women that have worked so hard.

“Coming out of where we were at the start of last year to where we are now is just amazing and it has just been teamwork.”

The McLaren driver made the most of a safety car period to change tyres for the only time in the race and emerge in a lead he maintained all the way to the finish line.

Our writers give their verdict on the sixth round of the 2024 season.

Relief for Lando: 7/10 – Alex Kalinauckas

A mark up from Sainz’s win in Australia simply because Verstappen was still in this contest with just over half the race remaining. The world champion was in command until the safety car boosted Norris, who has had a wild weekend here in Miami – going from sprint pole contender to eliminated in the shorter event and then having a quiet GP qualifying with the snazzily upgraded McLaren.

Norris’s tyre life offset seemed to make the critical difference in pulling away from Verstappen post-restart on Sunday, but his pace once released from Perez’s rear much earlier hinted at what was to come, even if there was no predicting what would happen back then regarding Kevin Magnussen’s latest shunt. You can never count Verstappen out, but in the end he was well beaten by a driver previously, outrageously, called overrated by some.

As good as Miami will get: 8/10 – Filip Cleeren

A one-stop race in Miami doesn’t sound like a humdinger on paper, but Sunday’s grand prix was about as good as this track and these cars can offer us. Of course, a first-time winner in the likeable Lando Norris is a feel-good story F1 could use this year. But beyond that there was fighting throughout the field, between Oscar Piastri and Carlos Sainz, and seemingly between Lewis Hamilton and everybody else.

Not only was the race interesting to follow, but the minor gaps between the top teams bode well for the rest of the year, although the track layout and hot conditions may have played some part. McLaren’s upgrades seem to have allowed it to close the gap to Ferrari, which could inject some dynamism in 2024’s pecking order.

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes F1 W15, battles with Nico Hulkenberg, Haas VF-24, ahead of Yuki Tsunoda, RB F1 Team VCARB 01

Photo by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Images

Norris a feel-good story, but no real fight for the win: 6/10 – Ben Vinel

Lando Norris is the obvious feel-good story of the day, with this maiden victory which had proven so elusive in the past through many missed opportunities. However, there never was any real battle for the win.

Verstappen was comfortable at the front in the first half of the race and Norris slowly but surely edged away after he was gifted a golden opportunity by the safety car, which he did not fail to seize. Without this Magnussen-vs-Sargeant crash skewing the picture at the front, there could have been a fascinating duel with Norris potentially fast enough to bridge a 10-second gap to Verstappen.

Miami was an overtaking fest compared to other races this season, and some tedious DRS moves were made up for by entertaining battles. What’s more, the field seems to be bunching up – Mercedes’ Hamilton finished fewer than 17 seconds off Norris in P6 – which is promising for the remainder of the season.

A welcome change for F1: 9/10 – James Newbold

What constitutes a great race? You can look at that question several ways. The quality of wheel-to-wheel battling, unpredictable action from the first minute to the last, a thrilling conclusion?

To my mind, the storylines and the degree to which it is remembered should be the defining criteria. And Lando Norris getting to celebrate his long-awaited first win means that the surprising 2024 Miami GP will ultimately live far longer in the memory than most races from the ground-effect era, even though it owed a significant amount to the timing of the safety car.

Even though the result was arguably not in question once Norris had seen off Verstappen’s attack at the restart to quickly pull clear of DRS range, seeing a new winner take the laurels of his former team-mates and rivals alike was a reminder that F1 can and does produce magic moments.

Through the pack too there were plenty of entertaining squabbles, with Turns 11 and 17 producing regular spikes of action. Even the cumbersome Turn 14-15 chicane was a source of drama, when Max Verstappen’s snap of oversteer sent him on a collision course with a bollard that brought out a virtual safety car.

And while DRS is frequently criticised for making passing too easy, I got the impression the balance was just about right this time around as defending cars could deploy their energy strategically to stay ahead as long as their tyres would let them.

Miami may not be the first circuit on people’s minds when it comes to producing a great race, but that is precisely what we got on Sunday – for any number of the reasons that you could wish to give.

Norris beat Verstappen by 7s, after benefiting from making his single pitstop under a safety car – unlike his rivals – for a clash between Kevin Magnussen and Logan Sargeant.

Verstappen had won both previous Miami GPs but had already made his pitstop when the safety car was required. He earlier caused a virtual safety car of his own by hitting and dislodging the bollard at Turn 15, and admitted he struggled to get his car to turn.

It was just the second time Verstappen had been beaten in 2024, having retired from the Australian GP won by Carlos Sainz due to a brake problem.

“I mean, you win, you lose,” Verstappen told Sky. “I think we’re all used to that in racing, right?

“Today was just a bit tricky. I think already on the mediums, I didn’t feel fantastic. We were pulling away but not like it should be.

“And then once we made the pitstop and I heard what lap times that McLaren were doing I thought, ‘Wow, that’s pretty quick.’

“Once they also switched on to the hard tyre, they just had more pace, and especially Lando, he was flying.

“It was incredibly difficult for us on that stint. But if a bad day is P2, I take it.

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20, with a bollard in his suspension

Photo by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Images

“And I’m very happy for Lando. It’s been a long time coming.

“And it’s not going to be his last one so yeah, he definitely deserves it today.”

When asked if McLaren’s updated car was reflective of its true pace, he replied: “I hope not!

“I mean, they came with an upgrade. Yeah, for sure, it looks like it works. So, we have a bit of work to do from our side.

“Definitely, it wasn’t our strongest weekend in terms of race pace, but we’ll analyze it all and we’ll try to come back.”

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who finished 2s behind Verstappen in third, also praised Norris for an “incredible job”.

“I’m really happy for Lando,” said Leclerc. “He deserves it.

Lando Norris, McLaren F1 Team, 1st position, celebrates with a crowd pass by his team on arrival in Parc Ferme

Photo by: Steven Tee / Motorsport Images

“Often, he arrived very close to it but for one reason or another he didn’t make it, but today he did an incredible job.

“The whole weekend he has been on it and already in Q2, I think there was a lap where I was like, ‘OK, they are very, very strong’.

“And we were expecting them to be strong, maybe not as strong as what they’ve shown today. But he fully deserves it.”

The McLaren driver capitalised on a well-timed mid-race safety car period to effectively have a free pitstop at the front of the field, and then unleashed some dominant form to head home world championship leader Max Verstappen for an emotional win.

Having come so close to success several times in the past, perhaps most famously when a late rain shower cost him victory at the 2021 Russian Grand Prix, Norris was clearly overjoyed with his success.

Asked by TV interviewer Jenson Button for his feelings, Norris said: “Oh…about time, huh? F**k!…. Sorry!”

He continued: “What a race. It’s been a long time coming. But finally I’ve managed to do it.

“I’m so happy for my whole team that I finally delivered for them. And yeah, a long day, tough race, but I’m finally on top, so I’m over the moon.”

Norris, the 2016 Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award winner, felt that his upgraded McLaren had shown huge potential earlier in the weekend but it had not been fully realised thanks to a tricky sprint qualifying on Friday and then a Turn 1 exit in Saturday’s sprint.

“The whole weekend has been good,” he said. “I’ve just had some little setbacks along the way.

Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38, comes in for a pit stop

Photo by: Steven Tee / Motorsport Images

“But I knew on Friday, we had the pace and just a couple of mistakes here and there.

“But today, we managed to put it together, we put the perfect strategy, it all paid off. So thanks to McLaren and everyone. And I have to give a shout out to my mum and dad, of course.”

Norris has not shied away from admitting there have been times when he has thrown away good results, but was full of praise for the McLaren team that he has total faith in and has long supported him.

“I’m just proud, really,” he said. “I mean, a lot of people I guess, doubted me along the way.

“I’ve made a lot of mistakes over my last five years, my short career. But today, we put it all together. So this is all for the team.

“I stuck with McLaren because I could believe in them. And I did believe in them. And today proved exactly that.”

Norris beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc of Ferrari after the McLaren ace took full advantage to make his pitstop under the safety car, unlike all his rivals.

2024 F1 Miami Grand Prix results

2024 F1 Miami Grand Prix report

Polesitter Verstappen led the charge to Turn 1, as his team-mate Sergio Perez divebombed down the inside of the Ferraris but locked up and went straight on – just missing Verstappen.

Leclerc ran second from Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz initially, but a fast-starting Oscar Piastri (McLaren) – from sixth on the grid – snatched third from the Spaniard around the outside at Turn 2, while Perez recovered in fifth, ahead of Norris.

Nico Hulkenberg (Haas) passed Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes, which started on hard tyres among a mostly medium-shod field, for seventh. Further back, the Alpines raced wheel to wheel through the Turns 13-14-15 and 16 sequence in an argument over 13^th, with Pierre Gasly grabbing the spot after a brush of wheels.

Verstappen pulled clear of Leclerc’s DRS range, leaving the lead Ferrari prone to Piastri and Sainz. Piastri DRS-ed past Leclerc at Turn 17 at the end of lap four but was already 2s behind Verstappen.

Perez fell away from the leaders, into the clutches of Norris. Hamilton regained seventh from Hulkenberg on the approach to Turn 11 on lap seven, with Lewis reporting “we nearly had a big crash there” as he was squeezed towards the wall.

But Hamilton locked up six corners later and allowed Hulkenberg ahead of him again. They swapped places again three laps later, with George Russell (Mercedes) also getting by at Turn 11 a couple of laps later, which was Hulkenberg’s cue to pit for hard tyres.

The first of the frontrunners to stop was Perez on lap 18, as Norris began to hound him for fifth. Released, Norris immediately set fastest lap.

Leclerc pitted on lap 20, rejoining in sixth behind the long-running Hamilton. He pulled a superb around-the-outside move on the seven-time champion at Turn 11.

There was drama at the front too, as Verstappen collected the bollard at the apex of Turn 15 and was fortunate that it was jettisoned from the car after initially getting tangled up in his front wing and suspension. That resulted in a brief virtual safety car, to retrieve the pieces of bollard safely – but there wasn’t time for any of the leading lights to make a ‘cheap’ pitstop.

Verstappen pitted at the end of lap 23, allowing Piastri to lead from Sainz and Norris. Sainz stopped on lap 28, just before Kevin Magnussen (Haas) and Logan Sargeant (Williams) clashed at Turn 3, causing a full safety car. Sargeant slammed backwards into the wall, but stepped from his car unhurt.

Norris’s long-running strategy thus paid off, as he was able to make a ‘free’ pitstop, rejoining well clear of Verstappen in the lead. Perez pitted again, going back onto mediums.

Norris led the restart from Verstappen, Leclerc, Piastri, Sainz and Perez. Yuki Tsuonda grabbed seventh from Hamilton at Turn 11.

Norris extracted himself from Verstappen’s DRS range with a brilliant opening lap, while Sainz duelled hard with Piastri for fourth – banging wheels at Turn 11. Moments later, Hamilton repassed Tsunoda around the outside of Turn 12.

Norris kept banging in impressive lap times, leaving Verstappen in his wake. Max complained: “I can’t get the car to turn, it’s a disaster.”

Sainz passed Piastri for fourth with a robust move with contact at Turn 17 on lap 39, and just managed to stay ahead as the Australian retaliated into Turn 1. Stewards will investigate their collision after the race.

Perez and Hamilton then passed Piastri, who suffered front wing damage when Sainz clipped him and was forced to pit.

Norris proved unassailable out front, beating Verstappen by 7.6s, who had Leclerc 2s further back.

Sainz finished fourth, but must see the stewards, from Perez and Hamilton.

Tsunoda finished seventh, ahead of Russell, Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) and Esteban Ocon scored Alpine’s first point of the season in 10^th.

2024 F1 Miami Grand Prix fastest laps

The victory ends Norris’s streak as having the most podiums without a GP victory, with McLaren scoring its first such win since the 2021 Italian GP after Oscar Piastri’s 2023 Qatar sprint race triumph.

At the start, Verstappen made a smooth getaway while Leclerc fell backwards off the line and got swamped before the late-braking Sergio Perez nearly wiped out Verstappen and pushed others including Norris wide at Turn 1, which allowed Leclerc back to second.

As Verstappen escaped to a healthy lead of a few seconds, Piastri edged ahead of Sainz as the first corners of lap one of 57 unfolded to run third behind Leclerc.

The Ferrari driver then slid around more on the mediums all the leaders had started on and without DRS to Verstappen ahead Piastri was able to pass by and then led the two Ferrari drivers for much of the first stint.

Behind, Perez held up Norris a chunk further back from the fight for second before he became the first of the leaders to pit for hards on lap 17.

Leclerc, who Sainz wanted to be waved by, then pitted at the end of lap 19, shortly after which Verstappen made a mistake at the chicane and cut the second part – knocking a bollard off the kerb and carrying it through his car until he reached the exit of Turn 16.

When this fell off a virtual safety car was called so the marshals could retrieve the bollard, after which Verstappen stopped at the end of lap 23.

Photo by: Erik Junius

Four laps later, Piastri and Sainz pitted, which meant Norris, who had been eating into Sainz’s previous advantage with a string of fastest laps, cycled into the lead.

His race was then transformed when Kevin Magnussen and Logan Sargeant collided at Turn 2, with the Haas driver penalised for leaving his nose alongside the Williams’ right rear as they headed off to Turn 3, with the contact pitching Sargeant off backwards and the wreckage having to be cleared under the safety car.

McLaren was able to pit Norris under this, although he did a full lap at the safety car delta speed before coming in to switch to the hards and then getting out ahead of Verstappen, who had been picked up by the safety car before he and the rest were waved through.

The race restarted on lap 33, with Norris having to defend hard at Turn 1’s inside against Verstappen’s attack before the Briton was able to shoot clear to escape DRS over the first lap back at racing speed.

Leclerc was close enough to Verstappen to have a look to Turn 11’s inside on this tour before he dropped back out of DRS to the Red Bull and it became a two-horse race at the front.

But Norris hards being six laps younger provided a critical advantage, as 10 laps later his lead had reached the three-second mark – his rival ruing his RB20 understeering on the hards, a situation Verstappen called a “disaster” over his team radio.

With five laps left, Norris’s lead was up to 6.1s and he continued to stretch away to a final winning margin of 7.6s, with Leclerc 2.3s further back in third.

Sainz ended up fourth after two controversial battles with Piastri post-restart.

Then first involved both drivers going deep at Turn 11 on lap 34, with Sainz feeling he was pushed off but the stewards not deeming the incident worthy of a penalty.

On lap 39, Sainz attacked at Turn 17 at the end of the back straight but lost the rear of his car and as it swung around it hit Piastri’s front wing and broke it, with both drivers able to continuing battling to Turn 1 on the previous lap where Piastri went deep and Sainz could run clear.

Piastri was then passed by Perez and a resurgent Lewis Hamilton at Turn 11 shortly afterwards, with McLaren soon pitting him to replacing his front wing and dropping him to the back of the back.

The Australian battled back to finish 13th – McLaren warning him during fights not to have another clash and risk the safety car reappearing and erasing his team-mate’s lead.

Another safety car stopper, Yuki Tsunoda, finished seventh, ahead of George Russell and Fernando Alonso, who fought his way by Esteban Ocon late on.

With 10th, Ocon scores Alpine’s first point of the 2024 season.

Earlier this week it was announced talismanic designer Newey would step away from its F1 activities before becoming available for rival squads from March 2025 onwards.

Newey’s exit is seen by some competitors as a sign F1’s dominant empire could be about to crumble amid internal power struggles, with McLaren CEO Zak Brown expecting “more dominos” to fall as he revealed Red Bull CVs are swirling around the F1 paddock.

Red Bull’s world champion Max Verstappen played down Brown’s comments as an effort to “stir things up” as rival teams aim to benefit from its inner turmoil.

On Sunday, the Times newspaper reported long-time sporting director Wheatley could be the next key figure to depart Milton Keynes.

Wheatley is said to harbour ambitions to become a team principal in F1, and sources with knowledge of the situation have indicated that the 56-year-old has been in preliminary talks with other outfits.

Autosport understands Red Bull is relaxed about the situation, however, with Wheatley’s contract up for renewal as he sounds out his position in the market before committing to a new deal.

Red Bull Sporting Director Jonathan Wheatley and the pit stop team receive the DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award 2023

Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images

The team insists the situation is not unlike how drivers would also explore any options elsewhere before deciding on their future.

It is understood Wheatley is one of several key Red Bull figures who have been of interest to rival teams in recent months, while F1’s dominant force is working to renew contracts of the technical staff that helped it achieve its current streak of success.

Ferrari is known to have made frequent approaches for technical director Pierre Wache, who has been in charge of its recent F1 car projects. But the Frenchman has recently committed his future to the team on fresh terms.

Red Bull has also moved to secure the futures of head of aerodynamics Enrico Balbo and head of performance engineering Ben Waterhouse amid a wider contract renewal cycle, while Autosport understands chief engineer Paul Monaghan is in similar talks after attracting interest elsewhere.

Wheatley joined Red Bull when it was in its F1 infancy in 2006 and became a key pillar of the team as its sporting director, helping the team win seven drivers’ and six constructors’ world titles with Sebastian Vettel and Verstappen.

The Grove-based outfit believes it has made progress from the car that helped it finish seventh in the standings last year, but has been caught out by the step forward that Haas and RB have made to lead the chasing pack behind the top five teams.

PLUS: The short-term pain that hides a very real Williams improvement

Williams’ situation has further not been helped by the early part of the season being disrupted by a series of major crashes that hampered its ability to focus on upgrades.

One other critical aspect of its 2024 season is that the team has made its FW46 more of an all-rounder that is consistent at all tracks.

While this has helped address previous weaknesses, it also means that Williams is no longer able to produce the kind of giant-killing performances it managed last year at certain venues that played to the car’s strengths.

After ending up behind a Haas, an RB and Alpine on the grid in Miami, Albon admitted that things were not ideal for Williams.

“Corner to corner, for the most part, it’s better, but there are definitely areas where the rear is a little bit more unstable than last year,” he said. “That’s just kind of a philosophy that we went down.

“But, honestly, I think it’s more the fact that RB and Haas have done quite a big step.

“We have made a step, but it is relative. My China weekend felt really strong – and we were P13. So that’s where we are.

Valtteri Bottas, Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber C44, Alex Albon, Williams FW46

Photo by: Andy Hone / Motorsport Images

“It is frustrating, but it’s not like we don’t know where the performance is. There is performance on the table. And when and if we can unlock it – I do believe we can score points regularly.

“We’re balancing a little bit a lack of upgrades and updates have been late since the shakedown.

“We haven’t really put a decent update at all this year so far. So we’re falling behind.”

Speaking ahead of the Miami weekend, team boss James Vowles revealed that upgrades were on the way now that the team had got on top of its spares situation.

“There’s no other words to say it: there is potential but we haven’t realised any of it at all,” he said.

“We’ve already got a new front suspension now and we have a new floor coming in two weeks’ time. So, you try not to build 10 of them, you build three or four of them.

“When you lose three of them, that just means you’ve now got to build three or four more whilst you try and get your stock up. And that put us on the back foot a little bit, I think it’s fair to say.”

Sunday’s race is expected to be a one-stop affair and the combination of the Miami International Autodrome’s twisty nature, a low-grip surface and warm track temperatures.

The majority of drivers admitted that their qualifying form was dictated by how well they managed to keep the tyre working across a flying lap around the 3.363-mile circuit.

“Unfortunately, I think the tyre compounds are a bit on the conservative side for this grand prix,” said Sainz. “I think we could’ve maybe done with softer compounds for a bit more strategy variability, so I don’t expect much difference to last year.”

When asked by Autosport for his thoughts on the subject, Verstappen explained: “Just very low grip, they overheat very quickly for whatever reason. I think they are conservative, but at the same time they are already overheating.

“I would like more two-stop or three-stop races. I think that’s a lot more fun than having a straightforward one-stop. It’s not really that challenging for the teams and drivers.

“A race, like in China, where you could do a two-stop, it opens up a bit more flexibility in the pit windows. Maybe we could go softer, we’d have to speak to Pirelli about if they want to do that.”

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton also voiced his frustration about the narrow operating window of the tyres on the current breed of ground effect cars, which has often been a key factor in Mercedes’ struggles since the dawn of the current regulations.

Photo by: Andy Hone / Motorsport Images

“Definitely, in all my career, I don’t remember ever having such a small window of working,” said Hamilton of how the handling of his Mercedes is impacted by the tyres.

“Honestly, it’s probably the most frustrating thing.

“You look back in the day when you had a much bigger working window to work with. Then you can just optimise the balance and then just have good grip throughout the whole lap.

“This is definitely my least favourite.”