Miami’s Grand (Prix) Design

A lot goes into hosting a party of over 200,000 for a weekend.

And as we learned last May, that’s exactly what makes Miami and Hard Rock Stadium the perfect destination for a Formula 1 event.

Tyler Epp, President of the Miami Grand Prix, oversees it all. He says that while the stadium location was initially chosen because downtown was too logistically difficult, it’s worked out exceptionally well.

“When [Stadium owner] Stephen Ross and [Dolphins CEO] Tom Garfinkel developed a plan to build a racetrack at Hard Rock Stadium,” he says, “it became an amazing opportunity to create an event that is unlike anything else on the Formula 1 calendar.

“We basically had a blank sheet of paper to design an exciting track along with the campus, and fan experiences that exist around it.”

The track layout itself is designed to give F1 superstars a real challenge and give fans great racing.

“We have three straights, the longest being 1.28km in length, and three DRS [Drag Reduction System] zones. Turn four is one of the most challenging sections, as the drivers turn in at about 180 mph in top gear, but as they go through the corner, they’ll be shifting down to take turn five and six, and they will be