WELCOME TO MIAMI F1’S NEWEST RACE
As Formula 1 stumbles blinking into the sunlight from under the shadow of COVID-19, the world championship enters its most ambitious season with a new jewel in its crown. A second grand prix in the United States – in Miami, capital of the Sunshine State of Florida – and one which features an almost unprecedented level of partnership between Formula One Management and the race promoter.
“The US is a key growth market for us,” was F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali’s succinct summary when the race was confirmed last April. With a Las Vegas event also under consideration you have to believe it will not be too long before America can boast a trio of events.
Students of Formula 1 will recall that Bernie Ecclestone long held ambitions to stage multiple events in the USA. It’s been a somewhat tortuous journey, but the importance of the American market has never been in doubt.
Short-lived events at Riverside and Sebring at the end of the 1950s were followed by two decades of racing at Watkins Glen in the state of New York. Then followed an unsatisfactory series of experiments ranging from the
