The FIA has issued a statement in response to the concerns raised over the potential disruption of the Miami Grand Prix this weekend due to thunderstorms.<\/p>\n
While Friday and Saturday at the event are expected to be held in hot and sunny conditions, Sunday’s race day could be a different affair.<\/p>\n
On the weather radar is the possibility of thunderstorms, with heavy rainfall currently projected to hit the track as the race prepares to get underway.<\/p>\n
The situation is made slightly more complex by a US law, which requires any major outdoor public event to be halted if there is an approaching thunderstorm due to the risk of lightning strikes.<\/p>\n
In these scenarios, spectators are ordered to leave the relevant arena.<\/p>\n
In the case for F1, the medical helicopter would not be allowed to take off, which directly halts any on-track activity from taking place.<\/p>\n
However, the FIA has downplayed the significance of the forecast and insisted it has alternative plans in place should they be needed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are closely monitoring the weather forecast for this weekend,\u201d\u00a0an FIA spokesperson told RacingNews365.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving faced a similar situation last year in Miami with threats of thunderstorms, we have a contingency plan in place and will activate it if needed to minimise disruption to the on-track programme.\u201d<\/p>\n
RacingNews365 understands that the FIA \u200b\u200bis currently confident that the race can be held on schedule.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But should the weather cause problems, the FIA \u200b\u200bhas the authority to adjust the start time of the race, which occurred at the 2024 Brazilian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The FIA has issued a statement in response to the concerns raised over the potential disruption of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[67510,67513,67511,67514,67512,67509,31514,49464,67508,123,125,124,67507,4974],"class_list":["post-252778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-motorsport","tag-racing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}