Fred’s Florida View
“Miami is one of the races all drivers want to win, it is such an incredible place to go racing,” says Reserve and Test driver Fred Vesti.
“The back straight is very long, and the tight section just before is really difficult to get through in an F1 car, you have to use all of the kerbs.
“Turns five, six, and seven are where the mistakes can happen, if you overheat the tyres and lose grip.
“One of the biggest challenges in Miami is to manage the tyres and keep them in the right temperature range, because the car is being loaded a lot through sector one and two.”
Miami Metrics
The 5.412km layout ranks high in terms of top speeds achieved comparative with other circuits, with only Monza, the Circuit Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico, Baku, and Las Vegas seeing higher top speeds this season.
Miami, together with Baku, are among the highest circuits for drag sensitivity.
Seventy five different circuit patterns were designed, and 36 simulated, before the final track for the Miami Autodrome was decided on before the first race in 2022.
The circuit became the 76th to host an F1 Grand Prix (and 11th from the USA) when it debuted on the calendar. Only Las Vegas is newer to the F1 rota.
Miami is one of nine on the current calendar to run anti-clockwise.
For the third year in a row, the race will host the shortened Sprint format over the course of the weekend.