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F1 Heads To Miami and Some Previous U.S. F1 Tracks

By David Castro

MIAMI, FL - OCTOBER 20: Red Bull Racing driver Patrick Friesacher performs a show run during the F1 Festival at Bayfront Park on October 20, 2018 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images for Red Bull)
MIAMI, FL - OCTOBER 20: Red Bull Racing driver Patrick Friesacher performs a show run during the F1 Festival at Bayfront Park on October 20, 2018 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images for Red Bull) /
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Ayrton Senna drives the #1 Honda Marlboro McLaren MP4-6 Honda 3.5 V12 past Aguri Suzuki in the #30 Larousse Lola 91 Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 and the downtown skyscraper buildings during practice for the Iceberg United States Grand Prix on 9th March 1990 at the Phoenix street course in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. (Photo by Pascal Rondeau/Getty Images)
Ayrton Senna drives the #1 Honda Marlboro McLaren MP4-6 Honda 3.5 V12 past Aguri Suzuki in the #30 Larousse Lola 91 Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 and the downtown skyscraper buildings during practice for the Iceberg United States Grand Prix on 9th March 1990 at the Phoenix street course in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. (Photo by Pascal Rondeau/Getty Images) /

Phoenix 1989-1991

I’ve lived in Phoenix since 2005 and until about 2010 I had no idea that my town hosted an F1 race. The Valley of the Sun is awesome for motor sports but it’s largely a NASCAR town and open wheel racing hasn’t made a strong foothold, the Phoenix Grand Prix IndyCar race was held at Phoenix Raceway for three-years and attendance was low but I enjoyed covering it in 2016.

The same could be said for the U.S. Grand Prix in downtown Phoenix. It was short lived and attendance was low but it had a pretty dope downtown Phoenix setup. Ayrton Senna won it twice but the idea of holding an F1 race in June in Phoenix was a bad idea.

I rarely leave the house in the summer and if I do it’s from my home to the car and from my car to another building. You need air conditioning in June and the race organizers did move the race to March for 1990 and 1991 but it didn’t work.

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