The Miami Worldwide Autodrome has added 4 new circuit configurations that may permit the monitor for use year-round with out the necessity for highway closures.
The house of the Miami Grand Prix has been on the Components 1 calendar for the previous three years, however has solely hosted the F1 race and related help occasions throughout one weekend per yr as a result of influence on the parking tons at Exhausting Rock Stadium and the requirement to shut roads that the grand prix circuit crosses.
Internal loops which have been made doable by way of hairpins and a brand new part earlier than the unique Flip 11 and after Flip 16 that hyperlinks up with the remainder of the monitor. The 4 new layouts vary from a 19-turn 2.8-mile configuration to a 1.43-mile brief loop that options 13 corners and can permit the monitor to host aggressive race occasions at different occasions of the yr in addition to non-public monitor occasions.
Miami Grand Prix managing accomplice Tom Garfinkel says the event means the circuit can each host company occasions in addition to give attention to community-based days.
“That is an thrilling time to be a motorsports fanatic right here in South Florida,” Garfinkel mentioned. “Our funding into the power and building of the interior loop creates 5 monitor configurations worthy of the world’s most elite drivers and permits us to have interaction with the rising motorsports group of South Florida whereas additionally respecting the influence to native residents and companies.
“There’s a thriving automobile tradition right here in South Florida and this funding allows us to raised serve this rising group of automotive fanatics, in addition to using our campus for extra group programming, together with training and profession alternatives for native youth and college students.”
The biggest new configuration is named the Prolonged Marina Loop, and can host the Ferrari Racing Days from Might 14-18 in 2025, two weeks after the following version of the Miami Grand Prix. The F1 race will proceed to make use of the complete grand prix structure.