The Miami Grand Prix 2022 is about to take place on 9th May at the International Miami Autodrome. This is the first time that the Miami GP is a part of the F1 calendar and has signed a deal that keeps them on the calendar for 10 years.
A proposal was initially submitted to host the race in 2021 at the Hard Rock Stadium. The track then moved location from the downtown area to the area near the Hard Rock Stadium and its nearby parking lot. However, the race couldn’t make it to the 2021 calendar, because of some construction issues and was instead replaced by the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in Jeddah.
The Miami GP circuit is 5.410 km in length covering a total of 57 laps. It is designed in a way that local residents would not be disturbed by the race. The track is constructed like a permanent style circuit but with temporary infrastructure such as barriers and fences which will be removed when there is no racing.
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The circuit is located within the private Hard Rock stadium grounds and will not use any public streets located around the stadium. Even though it is within some distance away from the residents of the area, the residents have filed a case against FIA to stop this race from happening. Because it may affect your hearing, anyhow the appeal was rejected and the race is good to go. A few weeks before the race weekend, the circuit and its safety features will be assembled. After the race weekend, the circuit will be dismantled and the Hard Rock stadium facility will be converted back to normal.
For the first time in F1’s long history, the championship will be hosted in a predominantly African-American community, in the city of Miami Gardens, a few miles north of Downtown Miami. It’s a city that is on the up and is renowned for its small businesses and impressive food scene, particularly its soul-food and Caribbean restaurants. With F1 coming to town it’s hoped that the business boom will continue, with 4,000 new jobs created for the community, according to the promoters, around 35,000 local hotel bookings, and over US$400m in a positive economic impact on the city each year.
No country has had as many F1 host venues as the USA. The country held its first world championship round at Indianapolis in 1950, albeit under Indy 500 regulations, not F1. F1 has since visited Sebring, Riverside in California, Watkins Glen in upstate New York, Long Beach in California, Las Vegas in Nevada, Detroit in Michigan, Dallas in Texas, Phoenix in Arizona, Indianapolis again, and finally Austin in Texas.
With the season four races down and Ferrari leading the table in both Constructor’s as well as driver’s championship, it will be a tough fought battle for Reigning Champion Max Verstappen for maintaining his form with his ongoing unusual luck with the Red Bull Powertrain. There’s a lot more to the season ahead.
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