But in 2022, the newest American race on a rapidly expanding F1 circuit faced instant trouble.. "I don’t know what on earth they’ve done with the tarmac, but it’s awful. I almost crashed coming into the pit lane."Christian Horner: Lewis Hamilton is brave but I would never do the same to Red BullNow, F1 has three races in the United States, highlighted by a late-season mega-event in Las Vegas that sprints past The Sphere.
"Spectacular racing" was promised for the Miami GP debut, but fans believed on race weekend that glitz and glamour had been prioritized over elite racing that occurred next to an NFL stadium for the “There was a discussion last night. Carlos said the impact was way too big for what it should have been. Today it felt huge, the impact. It’s probably the biggest shunt of my career, to be fair.The first Miami GP was an overall victory for F1, though, setting a record for a live telecast of the sport in the US with an average viewership of 2.6 million and peaking at 2.9 million.