Miami F1 News: Night Race Discussions Start For 2024

Right now at the Florida track there's an idea that's spreading through journalists of the Miami Grand Prix potentially becoming a night race. This came from

Right now at the Florida track there's an idea that's spreading through journalists of the Miami Grand Prix potentially becoming a night race. This came from managing partner Tom Garfinkel, who told journalists this morning that this was currently being looked at by F1 management. 

"We've had some discussions about potentially doing that.

"Obviously at this time of year, the weather's a little unpredictable. This year is pretty nice so far, and the breezes have helped a lot, but last year was unseasonably hot

"But there's a lot of factors that go into that [decision to become a night race], with F1 and television and everything else. So, we've got to weigh all those things. But we're certainly open-minded to it." 

Last year many fans complained about the lack of shade and water available at the track. So these lower temperatures would benefit both the fans and the cars which are currently struggling to manage the heat of the track.

Following in the footsteps of the United State's latest addition to the calendar, Las Vegas, a night race in Miami would certainly be a spectacle and could be a safer, more optimised way of doing it. 

Talking more about when this could happen, he said:

"We're not at a place where we're making a decision right now. I think we're having discussions about if we did it, and what would it look like."

Adding to this conversation, he confirmed that the race was indeed a sold-out event.

"We are sold out," he confirmed. "We probably could have sold 150,000 tickets [per day] based on the demand and the room we have here, but I want everyone to have a great experience.

"It's hard to get people in and out, to make sure there aren't lines [of people] and to make sure there is not much traffic and all of those things.

"We want to grow a little bit every year as we operationally get better and better, but we also want to make sure people still have a good experience, so there are enough points of sale, enough bathrooms.

"That was part of the reason we doubled the width of the bridges in anticipating that the attendance could grow a little bit each year in the future, and that we would have capacity for that to be able to do that."