zzdcar
Home
/
Reviews
/
Racing
/
F1 Could Do A Miami Race Next Year And Drop Azerbaijan: Report
F1 Could Do A Miami Race Next Year And Drop Azerbaijan: Report-November 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:11:15

Formula One could host a grand prix in Miami as soon as next year, according to a from Dutch website . The outlet claims the Miami race could replace the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, known for its and also about the country it’s raced in.

The website tweeted the rumor with a video, saying only that “this could be the last GP in Baku, next year to Miami” in a text translation via Twitter. Twitter prevents the video from being viewed in the U.S., so Jalopnik couldn’t watch it to see if there were more details on where Ziggo Sport got the information from.

While the rumor seems to be loosely reported on Ziggo Sport’s end, it could very well end up happening—Miami has for another U.S. race since F1’s new American owner Liberty Media took over a couple of years ago. Liberty Media was reportedly , a in Miami was in the plans for 2018 and about Miami being added to the calendar in 2019 have gotten more common since March.

F1’s licensing arm also filed for the “Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix” and the “Formula 1 Grand Prix of Miami” with the World Intellectual Property Organization on Nov. 7 of last year, which are still pending. That’s likely more of a just-in-case move than a solid indication that F1 is coming to Miami, since its licensing division also filed trademarks for a New York Grand Prix and Las Vegas Grand Prix on that same day last year. F1 also filed for trademarks of a Denmark and Danish Grand Prix earlier in 2017, with a race reportedly .

So, yeah, F1 has the rights to all of those races if it wants them, but it’s up in the air when or if they’ll ever be used. Jalopnik has reached out to F1 representatives for comment about the potential for the Miami date to replace Azerbaijan on the calendar next year, and will update this story if we hear back.

reports that the Azerbaijan Grand Prix organizers denied the original report that their race will be dropped for the Miami race, saying they have a 10-year contract with F1 and that five of those years are binding. Baku F1 promoter Arif Rahimov told ESPN he doesn’t know “how this rumor got spread, because it made no sense from the beginning.”

Comments
Welcome to zzdcar comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Racing
Backmarker Manor F1 Team Replaces Non-Paying Pay Driver
Backmarker Manor F1 Team Replaces Non-Paying Pay Driver
Rio Haryanto, the now-ex Formula 1 driver backed by a state-owned Indonesian oil company, is out of the backmarker Manor F1 team, per . What happened to all that sweet, sweet oil money, Rio? Haryanto was dismissed for being unable to meet his contractual obligations, which in F1-backmarker-ese means ‘he...
Nov 1, 2025
Early '90s Honda Kicked So Much Ass
Early '90s Honda Kicked So Much Ass
Honda in the early ‘90s was so successful building engines for Formula One, it encouraged its engineers to construct an entire F1 car in their spare time. They never even intended to race it. They were just like ‘hey why don’t we build an F1 car for shits and giggles.’...
Nov 1, 2025
How A Surprise Rookie Won At NASCAR's Top Level
How A Surprise Rookie Won At NASCAR's Top Level
Last Monday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway was full of surprises, both from Mother Nature’s and in Victory Lane. We spoke with rookie Chris Buescher to how one lucky strategy call gave him the surprise win of the season at Pocono. Buescher was a true underdog heading into...
Nov 1, 2025
Volkswagen's WRC Team Principal Gets Told To Mind His Own Business
Volkswagen's WRC Team Principal Gets Told To Mind His Own Business
Northern Irish Citroën Racing World Rally Championship driver Kris Meeke just Rally Finland with the fastest ever win there. So, imagine his annoyance when Volkswagen team principal/whiner-in-chief Jost Capito says that Meeke can’t be happy with that win. Dude, what? Capito’s Volkswagen team includes perpetual front-runner Sébastien Ogier, a driver...
Nov 1, 2025
Let Us Savor Don Panoz's Snark-Filled Remarks On Nissan's DeltaWing-Like BladeGlider
Let Us Savor Don Panoz's Snark-Filled Remarks On Nissan's DeltaWing-Like BladeGlider
While neither side will comment directly on the end of the messy directly, DeltaWing Technology Group chairman Don Panoz had a few interesting words to say on Nissan’s very DeltaWing-like concept today. Responding to the BladeGlider prototype’s unveiling in Rio de Janeiro today, Panoz said in a company statement: We’re...
Nov 1, 2025
Indy 500 Winner Alexander Rossi Won't Take Back Manor F1 Seat
Indy 500 Winner Alexander Rossi Won't Take Back Manor F1 Seat
Manor, you chose poorly. After Rio Haryanto’s funding started to run out—the same funding that instead of current Manor reserve driver Alexander Rossi—and Rossi won the Indianapolis 500, Manor offered Rossi the seat, reports , but Rossi turned it down. Haryanto’s F1 seat has been in limbo for quite some...
Nov 1, 2025
Copyright 2023-2025 - www.zzdcar.com All Rights Reserved