Max Verstappen has earned himself a new nickname: Miami Max. Formula One returned to the United States for the first of three 2023 races this weekend at the Miami Grand Prix, and the Red Bull driver found himself at the top of the podium for the second year in a row.
After its debut on the calendar last season, Miami was once again host to the pinnacle of motorsport at a circuit built around the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. While the starting grid for Sunday’s race was shaken up due to a dramatic incident for Charles Leclerc of Scuderia Ferrari, this year’s Miami GP was mostly incident-free. But it wasn’t without action, on and off the track.
Here are the story lines and takeaways from a star-studded weekend at the Miami GP.