Formula One have announced that a new grand prix will be held at the Hard Rock Stadium complex in Miami Gardens from 2022. EPA
Formula One have announced that a new grand prix will be held at the Hard Rock Stadium complex in Miami Gardens from 2022. EPA
Formula One have announced that a new grand prix will be held at the Hard Rock Stadium complex in Miami Gardens from 2022. EPA
Formula One have announced that a new grand prix will be held at the Hard Rock Stadium complex in Miami Gardens from 2022. EPA

Miami to host Formula One grand prix from 2022


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Miami will host a Formula One race from next year as part of a 10-year-deal announced on Sunday.

The grand prix has been in the pipeline for a number of years following American conglomerate Liberty Media's acquisition of the sport in 2017.

But after a series of setbacks, a 10-year deal to race at the Hard Rock Stadium – home to NFL team Miami Dolphins and where the Miami Open tennis tournament is held – was confirmed ahead of Sunday's Emilia-Romagna GP.

The round in Miami, the first in the sport's history, becomes the second F1 race to be staged in the United States, with Austin's Circuit of the Americas a permanent fixture on the calendar since 2012.

New F1 chief executive Stefano Domenicali said: "We are thrilled to announce that Formula One will be racing in Miami beginning in 2022.

"The US is a key growth market for us, and we are greatly encouraged by our growing reach in the US which will be further supported by this exciting second race.

"We will be working closely with the team from Hard Rock Stadium and the FIA to ensure the circuit delivers sensational racing but also leaves a positive and lasting contribution for the people in the local community.

"We are looking forward to bringing the greatest racing spectacle on the planet to Miami for the first time in our sport's history."

The planned Formula One track at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. Courtesy FIA
The planned Formula One track at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. Courtesy FIA

The new track will be 3.36 miles long and is set to incorporate 19 corners and three straights.

A date for the race is yet to be announced, but its introduction could see the number of rounds increase to a new record of 24.

Twenty-three grands prix have been scheduled for this season, but it is expected that some of those could fall by the wayside given the precarious nature of the Covid-19 pandemic.

chief executive of the Miami Dolphins Tom Garfinkel said: "The Hard Rock stadium entertainment campus in Miami Gardens exists to host the biggest global events to benefit the entire greater Miami region and Formula One racing is as big as it gets.

"We have worked with specialist designers to create a racetrack that we, Formula One and the FIA believe will provide great racing and we hope to create best-in-class unique fan experiences that are reflective of the diverse and dynamic nature of Miami."

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1970

October 26: Bahrain withdraws from a proposal to create a federation of nine with the seven Trucial States and Qatar. 

December: Ahmed Al Suwaidi visits New York to discuss potential UN membership.

1971

March 1:  Alex Douglas Hume, Conservative foreign secretary confirms that Britain will leave the Gulf and “strongly supports” the creation of a Union of Arab Emirates.

July 12: Historic meeting at which Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid make a binding agreement to create what will become the UAE.

July 18: It is announced that the UAE will be formed from six emirates, with a proposed constitution signed. RAK is not yet part of the agreement.

August 6:  The fifth anniversary of Sheikh Zayed becoming Ruler of Abu Dhabi, with official celebrations deferred until later in the year.

August 15: Bahrain becomes independent.

September 3: Qatar becomes independent.

November 23-25: Meeting with Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid and senior British officials to fix December 2 as date of creation of the UAE.

November 29:  At 5.30pm Iranian forces seize the Greater and Lesser Tunbs by force.

November 30: Despite  a power sharing agreement, Tehran takes full control of Abu Musa. 

November 31: UK officials visit all six participating Emirates to formally end the Trucial States treaties

December 2: 11am, Dubai. New Supreme Council formally elects Sheikh Zayed as President. Treaty of Friendship signed with the UK. 11.30am. Flag raising ceremony at Union House and Al Manhal Palace in Abu Dhabi witnessed by Sheikh Khalifa, then Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi.

December 6: Arab League formally admits the UAE. The first British Ambassador presents his credentials to Sheikh Zayed.

December 9: UAE joins the United Nations.

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