Before discussing anything about the upcoming Spanish Grand Prix, there is reason to pause and touch upon other news surrounding the sport. Coming off the high of the Miami GP, which featured a vast amount of star power even if the raceʻs entertainment value hinged on Pierre Gasly wandering around the track and taking out Lando Norris in what would provide the lone safety-car period that bunched the field.
Many drivers complained that the track was too slick and that it provided only one groove for racing, making passes difficult and adventuresome maneuvers nigh impossible. Whatever the criticisms, the event still drew massive numbers – both on TV and live, with a sold-out circuit. Perhaps the fake marina drew people in.
The fake marina in a parking lot for the Formula 1 Miami GP looks like a part of a video game that the player isn’t supposed to see up close. pic.twitter.com/IROgrcbM6m
— Nick Horowitz (@ztiworoh) May 1, 2022
Or maybe it was the continued success of “Drive to Survive” on Netflix.
Or maybe that is exactly what Miami is good for – offering one-off events that come across as having weight. When some writers started attaching the concept of a Super Bowl to the event, the description seemed forced. And then one need only remember some of the blowout Super Bowls over the decades and everything seems apt.
To make the convergence complete, Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross enjoyed a substantial payout for his efforts in putting together the Parking Lot GP. Reports have Ross raking in the equivalent revenue of a full season of Dolphins home games. That assessment seems almost absurd, until realizing it is exactly the reason that a person like Ross would want to develop the Miami GP in the first place.
The investment involved in building and hosting the GP has to make some kind of financial sense or the sport would have been forgotten or ignored long ago. While local, state, and country governments have been hesitant to take on the…
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