Miami GP: Five weird and wonderful moments from the track's F1 debut
Formula 1's debut in Miami always promised to be an unforgettable occasion and so it proved - although less the race itself, more the before and after.
Max Verstappen won the first ever Miami Grand Prix, his third victory of the season, and closed the gap on his title rival Charles Leclerc to 19 points.
Leclerc finished second ahead of his Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz, but that's just for the race record books, there was a lot more going on off the track.
Planet Sport digs out five things that made the Miami Grand Prix stand out for all the right, and quite possibly wrong, reasons.
The Miami International Autodrome
That analogy never quite went away during the race weekend and even Lewis Hamilton uttered the dreaded words "B&Q car park".
Think we can agree that the #MiamiGP layout looks like a great addition to #F1 so far (fake harbour and all 😉) pic.twitter.com/w48sEkj75d
— PlanetF1 (@Planet_F1) May 7, 2022
The fake marina/beach club
Martin Brundle's gridwalk
"You have no idea how much I dislike doing them."
— PlanetF1 (@Planet_F1) May 9, 2022
But you have no idea how much we love you doing your grid walks @MBrundleF1 😄https://t.co/MCumOjzCT5 #F1 pic.twitter.com/1qmeN6jExv
The post-race interviews
Now, we don't want to be killjoys, but the choice of parc ferme interviewers at Grands Prix does not always sit comfortably.
Verstappen's police escort to the podium
While Leclerc and Sainz chatted patiently in the cooldown room, Verstappen, accompanied by a couple of Red Bull colleagues, was driven to join them along an interior access road of the stadium as Christian Horner, his wife Geri Halliwell and Helmut Marko were forced to one side.
A special escort to the podium for @Max33Verstappen #MiamiGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/7C4Qifciqm
— Formula 1 (@F1) May 9, 2022