Formula 1 drivers 'itching' for return in Miami, but rain looms
Formula 1 drivers are eager to return after a 5-week layoff caused by war-related cancelations, but a stormy forecast looms over the Miami Grand Prix.
Italian Formula 1 driver Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes-AMG Petronas listens to French Formula 1 driver Isack Hadjar of Red Bull Racing at a news conference Thursday in Miami Gardens, Fla. Photo by Greg Nash/UPI MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. , April 30 (UPI) -- Formula 1 drivers are eager to return after a five-week layoff caused by Iran war-related cancelations, but a stormy forecast looms over the 2026 Miami Grand Prix.
The event -- originally set to be the sixth of the season -- will be held Sunday at the Miami International Autodrome, a track built around Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. "It's been a very long break, and unusual, because when you get such a long period so early in the season, you kinda feel a bit awkward because you are just getting into the rhythm of the calendar," Kimi Antonelli said Thursday at Miami Grand Prix media day. Antonelli won the two most recent races, the March 15 Chinese Grand Prix and March 29 Japanese Grand Prix.
He finished second at the March 8 Australian Grand Prix, which opened the Formula 1 season. George Russell, his Mercedes teammate, won that race. Russell finished second in China.
Turn two is seen before the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix on Thursday at the Miami International Autodrome in Miami Gardens, Fla. Photo by Greg Nash/UPI Ferrari's Charle Leclerc finished third in Australia and Japan. His teammate, Lewis Hamilton, placed third in China.
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