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Formula One Could Be Coming To Miami
Miami took one step closer to hosting a Formula One race today. The City Commission approved plans for an F1 deal that would start in 2019 and last until 2028, according to Jalopnik.
Five commissioners unanimously voted to approve the deal today, Motorsport.com reports.
From Jalopnik:
The idea for now is that the first Miami Grand Prix street race will happen in October 2019, around the same time that the U.S. Grand Prix has been run at Circuit of The Americas in Texas for the past few years, but the race still has to go through a few more approvals before it’s official. The commission set a July 1 deadline for the formalized agreement between the Miami city manager and F1, and that agreement then has to go back to the commission for approval.
Miami has been an option for another U.S. race date since American company Liberty Media bought F1 in 2016, along with Las Vegas and New York. Reports came out at the end of April that F1 and Miami were moving closer to a deal for a grand prix, and that Miami could replace Azerbaijan on the schedule.
Reports came out earlier this year that Miami could replace the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Although not official yet, F1 has already trademarked “Formula 1 Grand Prix of Miami.”
Here is the proposed track map tweeted out by Miami City Commissioner Ken Russell last week.
