The 19-turn Miami International Autodrome winds through the Miami Gardens and around Hard Rock Stadium, home to the Miami Dolphins. The Circuit: Miami International Autodrome Lewis Hamilton sits 7th in the standings after finishing 13th in Australia last time out. Meanwhile, Mercedes, winners of the last eight Constructors’ Titles, continue to struggle with their new 2022 car. Ferrari’s Leclerc enters the Miami weekend with a 27-point advantage. Current Championship leader Charles Leclerc and 2020 title winner Max Verstappen have traded wins in the open four rounds of the season. The Season So FarĪ new set of regulations has seen Ferrari jump into the top spot, while the middle of the grid is at its most competitive point in years. With the next TV deal currently being shopped around and a new Las Vegas Grand Prix down the famous Strip coming in 2023, it’s a great time to be an American F1 fan. TV ratings are steadily improving on ESPN, and Miami could easily land in the top five highest-rated F1 races in US history. Most everyone in the series believes that Sunday will mark the next stage of America’s discovery of Formula 1. To echo that level of demand, on the latest F1 Nation Podcast, McLaren CEO Zak Brown stated that he had “never seen this much attention in 20 years in the sport, the number of hospitality and appearance requests, celebrity guests and sponsorship interest.” Tickets sold out almost immediately with reports of a few hundred thousand on the waiting list.
Part of a ten-year deal, Miami marks the first time in nearly four decades the US has hosted two F1 races in the same season and becomes the 11th American circuit to host a Grand Prix. The next seminal moment in the sport’s relationship with America lands this weekend with the debut of the Miami Grand Prix. Part of that spike in interest has been thanks to Netflix’s Drive to Survive series, which is credited anytime a team principal, driver, or reporter discusses F1’s growth in recent years. Where Formula 1 currently sits on its trajectory in the States is debatable, but the direction the series is headed is undeniable.Īfter missing out on the 2020 F1 schedule due to COVID restrictions, over 400,000 fans flocked to the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, TX last fall. Exactly when a sport “arrives” in America isn’t binary, but a gradual process with pivotal moments of public awareness.
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