Formula 1 CEO Chase Carey is more confident the push for a Miami Grand Prix in 2021 will end in success.
The proposed race on the grounds surrounding the Hard Rock Stadium has been met with fierce opposition from locals citing noise, pollution and general disruption to the local area.
However, a bid to ban motorsport events from taking place there was recently defeated, even if a new lawsuit has now been filed, and with each success comes hope that Liberty’s wish for a second GP in America will become a reality.
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“Positive steps the last couple of weeks. I think we’ve got meetings over the next week or two to continue to nail things down, and we feel good about where we are with that race, obviously, for 2021, Carey said in a recent conference call with stakeholders.
“I think, first and foremost, we want to make sure it’s a great race, a race that will live up to what is a real tentpole race for us, not just in the U.S., but around the world, a race that will capture the world’s imagination.
“So we want to make sure we do the race and we’re still focusing on trying to get things in place for 2021.
“Obviously, time continues, time gets shorter, but we are actively working on it and engaged with it and I think making good headway. I think we feel that these are complicated.
“But I think we feel good about the path we’re on, and we feel good about the opportunity to make the race in Miami a reality in short term.”
Those comments go against recent remarks Carey was quoted as saying, suggesting it could be five-10 years before a second US F1 race was added.
Still, in what has been a rollercoaster ride so far, there’s undoubtedly so more twists and turns to come.