Welcome to Miami! How the 'impossible' race is ready for F1's return

Four weeks after staging the finals of the Miami Open tennis tournament, and seven weeks before hosting the first of seven matches during football's World Cup, Miami's Hard Rock Stadium is this week at the centre of the Formula 1 universe as it stages the first race of the 2026 season's resumption.

One of F1's highest-profile events since joining the calendar four years ago, Miami's own preparations for the fifth running of its Grand Prix may have been unaffected by cancellation of April's Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix, but organisers are fully aware of the extra focus that has inevitably being placed externally on this weekend's return to racing.