If one could only use one word to describe the Miami Grand Prix racetrack, it’s hot. Air temperate at the track for Friday’s Free Practice sessions hovered in the low 90’s. With the race and qualifying this weekend both starting in the late afternoon, it’s going to be extremely hot all weekend, which could turn muggy if some of that stereotypical Florida rain comes through.
That heat is going to make the pavement extremely slick all weekend. The race may well turn into a battle of attrition, especially if there is a fast moving rain storm that is in-and-out in 20 minutes.
Outside of the weather, the track itself resembles modern F1 street circuits such as Baku and Saudi Arabia, combining the narrowness of a street circuit with the high speed straightaways of a purpose built F1 facility.
The first section of the course circles around Hard Rock Stadium, with a short chicane after the first turn. The next section after a mild left and right turn at the southwest corner of the stadium is probably best known as “the fake marina area”, with turns six, seven, and eight circling the now infamous marina.
In F1 news today, the fake marina at the Miami Grand Prix track now has fake water added. Drivers have been briefed not to jump in it if they win the race. #MiamiGP pic.twitter.com/c4qhw6CfWP
— Grand Prix Diary (@GrandPrixDiary) May 1, 2022
Seven in particular has been highlighted by several drivers as the most pivotal turn on the course, a blind corner that determines how fast a driver can be on the long “frontstretch”, really two straights divided by a slight left and slight right that the driver takes without lifting. This is the fastest part of the track, and there should be plenty of drafting overtakes there.
An area of concern for all teams should be turn 14 to turn 16. The cars carry a lot of speed entering this tight uphill chicane, right at the highway underpass and easily identifiable with the walls plastered with Red Bull Racing…
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