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Drivers’ parades are a regular feature of F1 race days – but the inaugural Miami Grand Prix will also have a team principals’ version.

We may be publishing this only an hour before April Fool’s Day but it’s not a joke, trust us!

Formula 1 is now only a matter of weeks from arriving in Miami for the first time, with the race weekend taking place from May 6-8 around a circuit located at the Hard Rock Stadium complex.

Currently on race days, the drivers are taken around the track on an open-topped vehicle a couple of hours before lights out to wave to the crowds and respond to questions posed by an interviewer about their chances for the grand prix.

But according to the official timetable for the event, the team principals are set to have the same experience for the first time in Miami.

This will take place around the same time as the drivers’ parade, at 13:30 local time (18:30 BST) but starting five minutes later, which suggests the team principals will be ferried around on their own vehicle behind the drivers.

It is reported to have been prompted by the popularity of Netflix docuseries ‘Drive to Survive’ in which the team principals figure prominently.

In particular, the likes of Guenther Steiner of Haas has become a particularly popular figure, probably helped by his use of colourful