Max Verstappen thwarted the vices of the Miami Grand Prix

Verstappen thwarts all the vices of the Miami track to offer himself the most excessive of the Grands Prix, the first edition of which kept its promises in terms of exuberance... if not completely convincing on the track.

Published on 09/05/2022 à 16:06

Jean-Michel Desnoues

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Max Verstappen thwarted the vices of the Miami Grand Prix

Max Verstappen won the first Miami Grand Prix in history (Photo:

The absentees were wrong! The “wow” effect that the Florida promoter absolutely wanted to create for the first opus of his Grand Prix of all madness took the breath away from the “happy few” of the entertainment and financial society. In the memory of a journalist who has passed the 500 Grands Prix milestone, never has a race benefited from such media hype and an “A list” of guests to make the biggest film festivals green with envy . At the end of the season, Miami will deserve its Oscars, those for direction and decorations. Jewels of Art Deco architecture, the city which boasts its eccentricity and its kitsch side has had a blast with plastic pontoons, resin seas and cardboard decorations. The “fake” is “chic and shocking”, a bit like that Netflix series whose little narrative arrangements we know, but which we can’t help but watch over and over. Miami has, from this point of view, perfectly interpreted its score. And then, doesn't boredom come from uniformity? Isn't it better to move from an ultra "old-school" and gently disorganized Imola, where the emphasis is on tradition, to a race around a stadium with a pronounced commercial aspect, but with potential huge with a completely different audience? Yes

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