Miami, United States of America

One of the new races on the calendar, the track brings the second US grand prix on the calendar with a third in Las Vegas already in talks before any tyre has touched the asphalt. Being a temporary circuit designed around the Hard Rock Stadium, home to NFL’s Miami Dolphins, the track is a 19-turn lap described as similar to Albert Park.

First proposed to the city of Miami in 2018, the track are was debated several times due to conflicts with portMiami’s counstruction, a major seaport at the mouth of the Miami river. The final proposal was submitted for a 2021 race bt was obviously pushed back a year with F1 opting for Jeddah instead that year.

Being the 11th American venue to hold a race, F1 shows it’s continued interest to grab American audiences and with help from ‘Drive to Survive’ and other sources, it’s succeeding. The United States Grand Prix in 2021 had over 400,000 in attendance, the first race of 2022 had over 1 million live American watchers and don’t forget Caitlyn Jenner has invested in W Series with ‘Jenner Racing’ first being shown on the streets of Miami. F1 is in America and it’s looking to not only seed but to grow.

According to F1, the track is a 5.41 km track, holding top speeds of 320 km/h; becoming less like Albert Park and more like F1’s Long beach, the track sees elevation change throughout, most noticeably at 13 and 16, it looks to provide a fun new track, adding further street racing to the series, something that the sport consistently leans further towards. It’s also not going anywhere soon with a 10 year contract signed, seeing the track in the sport at least until 2032.

Like most new tracks, until we see racing, there’s not much to say; it looks to be exciting on the glamour side with many celebrities to be expected but what matters of course at the end of the day is what the racing is like and, seeing as it’s not moving, i’m hoping its good.