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Where to Watch Formula 1's Miami Grand Prix This Weekend

Photo credit: Chris Graythen - Getty Images
Photo credit: Chris Graythen - Getty Images

Formula 1 - Miami Grand Prix
Sunday, May 8th - 3:30 p.m. ET - ABC

This is a historic moment. F1, at the peak of its American popularity, has created a temporary track in Miami and built a near-Super Bowl atmosphere around its first-ever race. It is a test of how big the F1 moment is, but it is also a chance to build something lasting. Every temporary track could become a Monaco or a Long Beach and run for fifty years, but most do not. Can Miami build on all this momentum and become a tradition?

Of course, it's a race, too. Max Verstappen, winner of two of the season's first four races, struggled through contact with the wall, major mechanical fixes, and a small fire in the weekend's first two practice sessions. That puts him behind the rest of the field on a brand new track that has proven to be incredibly difficult to adapt to. With Ferrari and Mercedes both looking quick in those same sessions, Verstappen will have to find that speed very quickly if he wants to put another dent in Charles Leclerc's massive championship lead.