Sights and some mind-blowing stats: Miami Grand Prix By The Numbers
Miami Grand Prix facts
Where: Around Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens
Good luck with tickets: Miami Grand Prix: tough ticket for highly anticipated F1 race
Watch it at home: How to watch Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix on TV, live stream
More: Dolphins CEO Tom Garfinkel seeking World Cup 2026 final, Super Bowl for Hard Rock Stadium
Website, ticket info: f1miamigp.com
TV: ABC
Featured Formula 1 race: Sunday, 3:30 p.m.
Highlight events
Friday: DJ Drew, noon (with music throughout the day). F-1 practice, 2:30 p.m. W Series practice, 4. F-1 practice, 5:30. Porsche Sprint Challenge practice, 7.
Saturday: W Series qualifying, 9:10 a.m. DJ Laz, 9:45 (music throughout the day). Porsche Sprint Challenge qualifying, 10:25. F-1 practice, 1 p.m. W Series first race, 2:30. Post Malone concert, 3:40. F-1 qualifying, 4. Porsche Sprint Challenge first race, 5:30. Zedd concert, 6:10.
Sunday: Parking gates open, 8:30 a.m. W Series second race, 10:20. Porsche Sprint Challenge second race, 12:30. F-1 drivers parade, 1:30. Tiesto concert, 2. F-1 Miami Grand Prix, 3:30. Chainsmokers concert, 6:10.
Miami International Autodrome by the numbers
For Sunday's Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix around Hard Rock Stadium:
Track
57
Laps
3.36
Distance in miles for one lap (approximately 59 football fields or 17 Eiffel Towers)
134 mph
Predicted average lap speed
1:35
Predicted lap time in minutes and seconds
199 mph
Estimated top speed
58
Percentage of lap at full throttle
50 feet
Widest part of track
32.7 feet
Narrowest
19
Corners
4,212
Longest straight in feet
48 million
Pounds of asphalt
85,000
Yards of asphalt
2.3 million pounds / 1,130 tons
Amount of concrete
6.5 tons
Weight on single pit wall barrier (118 were used), roughly same weight of entire Dolphins roster in 2021
Temporary structures on campus
137
Tents
10
Grandstands
53
Hospitality structures (13 are multi-level)
Misc.
750
Marshals
2,243
Wi-fi access points
2,241
TVs
24
LED displays
1
F1 events with all-digital ticketing (Miami is the first)
Formula 1 history in U.S.
Miami will become the 11th venue to host a round of the Formula 1 world championship this weekend. The others:
Indianapolis
19 races (1950-60 as Indy 500 and 2000-07 as U.S. Grand Prix)
Sebring
1 race (1959)
Riverside, Calif.
1 race (1960)
Watkins Glen, N.Y.
20 races (1961-80)
Long Beach, Calif.
8 races (1976-83)
Las Vegas
2 races (1981-82, also returning in 2023)
Detroit
7 races (1982-88)
Dallas
1 race (1984)
Phoenix
3 races (1989-91)
Austin, Texas
8 races (2012-19, 2021-present)
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix bring sights and (mind-boggling) numbers
