2023 Miami Grand Prix TV Times

13 comments on “2023 Miami Grand Prix TV Times”

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   Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
   1st May 2023, 23:35

   Round of sarcastic applause to Channel 4.
   1. 

      Phil Norman (@phil-f1-21)
      2nd May 2023, 0:05

      Ridiculous isn’t it. Who is going to watch a highlights programme at 1.30 in the morning. They may as well not bother.
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         Caroline Geddes (@lass321)
         2nd May 2023, 1:50

         I assume
         that will be the earliest they can broadcast it after Sky has it’s share of exclusive broadcast time. I’m fine with it – it allows people who are around at the time to see it as soon as possible – I will then have ample opportunity to watch it on catch up.
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            Phil Norman (@phil-f1-21)
            2nd May 2023, 10:56

            It’s lucky that Monday is another bank/national holiday in the UK which means many people can watch them the next morning. If people had to get up and go to work as usual, we would not be able to see the action until the following evening. Getting on for 24 hours later.

            This may of course all be Sky’s fault rather than any decision C4 have taken.
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   some racing fan
   2nd May 2023, 2:10

   As an American, I am not looking forward to this race. With the ridiculous date, that stupid chicane, the ludicruously expensive ticket prices, the unpopularity of the event with drivers thanks to the non-Tec Pro walls and the compromised tarmac, it gives Miami a bad image worldwide and is an embarassment to F1 in the US. I would not be aurprised if it pours rain at some point dueing the day.
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      Jere (@jerejj)
      2nd May 2023, 7:24

      @some racing fan Ridiculous date, how? May isn’t a bad month for holding the Miami GP (although April beyond the Miami Open ending would also work) & outside the hurricane season, meaning rain is more unlikely than if the event took place in June, for example.
      Yes, rain is always possible but just less likely, no different from certain other places between different times of year.
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         some racing fan
         4th May 2023, 8:15

         @Jere- stop talking about things you don’t know anything about and don’t understand. You and I have gone over this time and again- at least 5 times, and you have demonstrated time and again that you don’t know anything about how the weather in south Florida works, what it is like, and the opinion of people who have actually been to the race and how many of them complained about the heat and humidity, and how things like that translate into bad publicity for the race.

         If Domenicali had 3 brain cells, then he would have organized the Az GP with China. Or maybe he does have 3 brain cells, and maybe he wanted the Baku organizers to pay the costs of getting the cars over to Miami.
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            Jere (@jerejj)
            4th May 2023, 8:54

            @some racing fan I know enough about climates & climatic conditions in different places via research & merely seeing how they’ve been over the years, especially in F1 hosting locations.
            Temps in Florida stay relatively stable throughout the year, like in Southeast Asia, with more or less identical climatic conditions, & May is neither the warmest nor wettest.
            Holding the Miami GP towards the season’s end would be worse as the hurricane season covers months from June to November & while April is also an option, that month is only slightly cooler in both average high & daily mean, & likewise, June only slightly warmer but with hurricane season in effect, holding the GP with the Canadian GP in that month would be more unideal than in May.
            One doesn’t have to have been in a location to know about its general climatic conditions & or average temps, precipitation, etc.
            You’re unnecessarily judgmental towards me over mentioning things, purely based on what I’ve seen & available info + data, so I don’t make up stuff.
            I wonder what next, June too warm for Montreal, or November too for Abu Dhabi, etc.
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               some racing fan
               5th May 2023, 6:08

               @Jere

               Temps in Florida stay relatively stable throughout the year, like in Southeast Asia, with more or less identical climatic conditions, & May is neither the warmest nor wettest.

               That piece of information is dead wrong. If you actually did research, you would find that the average temperature in the Miami area in January is 75 degrees F (24 C) with 46mm (1.93 in) of rain on average with 35 to 50 percent humidity on average, give or take. The average temperature in June is 89.3 F (32 C) with 267mm (10.51 in) of rain on average with 60 to 80 percent humidity on average, give or take. The climate is similar, but absolutely not identical. And Miami is 1,783 miles (2,869.4 km) north of the equator. There is a big difference between 75F with 35 percent humidity and 89-90 F with 70 percent humidity- weather you likely have never experienced, and I have. One could honestly accuse you of spreading mis-information.

               Let’s take Kuala Lumpur, for example. A city with a metro area that used to host F1 races in Sepang. The month with the lowest average temperatures is December, at 88.7 F (31.5 C), with 252mm (9.7 in) of rain on average with 65 to 84 percent humidity on average. The month with the highest temperatures is April, with 91.6 F (33.1 C) with 290mm (11.4 in) of rain on average with 65 to 82 percent humidity on average. And Kuala Lumpur is 216 mi (348 km) from the equator. So there is hardly a difference between temperatures, even with less rainfall in July and August there.

               The weather in Florida varies. The January weather up north in Jacksonville is 11 degrees F cooler on average than it is in Miami. Jacksonville is humid sub-tropical, and Miami is tropical monsoon.

               Holding the Miami GP towards the season’s end would be worse as the hurricane season covers months from June to November & while April is also an option, that month is only slightly cooler in both average high & daily mean, & likewise, June only slightly warmer but with hurricane season in effect, holding the GP with the Canadian GP in that month would be more unideal than in May.

               They can’t hold the Miami GP in the autumn without serious organizational compromises. The Miami Dolphins and the Hurricanes college American football teams occupy the stadium every weekend from late August to early January. And the hurricane season is from July to November with its peak in September, which is another totally innapropriate time to host this race. June is just as innaproriate- I know F1 is trying to cut costs and cut its impact on the environment but you can’t pair any of the 3 American races with Montreal without insanely hot weather being an unpleasant factor for teams and fans. You could pair Mexico with Canada, like Bernie Ecclestone did from 1988 to 1991. The weather is largely consistent in Mexico City with a rainy summer.

               One doesn’t have to have been in a location to know about its general climatic conditions & or average temps, precipitation, etc.
               You’re unnecessarily judgmental towards me over mentioning things, purely based on what I’ve seen & available info + data, so I don’t make up stuff.

               I don’t want to accuse you of making up stuff, but with all that mis-information I am inclined to think you just might be. You should find better sources of information about the weather, if possible for you.

               I’m judgemental towards you because almost nothing you specifically wrote about the weather in Florida is right, let alone properly researched- and I consider Florida as a second home- I lived there for a while and I have a soft spot for it. I have tried to explain to you so many times what the weather is actually like, but you never seem to pay attention. So I am done explaining this to you.
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   Jere (@jerejj)
   2nd May 2023, 7:22

   An entirely unchanged timetable from the inaugural event, but like last season, I wish the race start time was at least 15:00 local, if not 14:00 like the Canadian, US, & Mexico City GP equivalents, to be fully aligned with all other races which have their formation laps start on the hour rather than half past, so purely about being wholly consistent, zero reasons to start at 15:30 instead of 15:00 & thus treat one race differently from others.
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      Simon
      2nd May 2023, 12:28

      Obviously forgot about the Indian Grand Prix 🤔
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         Jere (@jerejj)
         4th May 2023, 8:57

         @Simon The Indian GP formation lap start time was on the hour (15:00) for all three races.
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   Alex De (@alexde)
   2nd May 2023, 13:05

   Prepare for rain and occasional heavy downpours in the weekend. We’ve experienced heavy raining in the past couple of weeks down here. #Florida

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