MIAMI — Most South Florida drivers have probably been too busy weaving through traffic on I-95, the Palmetto and the Turnpike to notice that a Formula One race track the size of 59 football fields — 17 Eiffel Towers in length — is being constructed and nearing completion around the parking lots of Hard Rock Stadium.
And this isn’t just any F1 track. This is a Miami-Style Over-The-Top racetrack for the upcoming inaugural Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix May 6-8.
The original idea of a waterfront Monaco-like course through downtown Miami and over a bridge to the Port of Miami was nixed (as so many waterfront sports projects are — just ask David Beckham), so Dolphins owner Stephen Ross did what Stephen Ross does. He offered to open his checkbook and host the event at his less charming but more welcoming all-purpose stadium in Miami Gardens. He did the same for the Miami Open when the tennis tournament was forced out of Key Biscayne.
