Miami open to F1 track changes to make it "as good as we can"

Ahead of the inaugural grand prix race around the Miami circuit on Sunday, there have been criticisms from drivers about two key aspects.

The first is that the track surface has proved far from ideal, with it being so dirty off line that drivers fear that overtaking will be too difficult because cars will need to stay on line or risk trouble.

Sergio Perez labelled the situation a 'joke' as he suggested things would be very difficult in the race.

The other aspect that not all drivers are content about is the tight Turn 14/15 uphill chicane under the turnpike – which Lewis Hamilton said reminded him of driving around a B&Q car park in a go-kart.

But while Miami was clear from before the weekend that the track concept was deliberately intended to create such 'mistake generators' for better racing, it is open to making any alterations that it thinks will improve things for next year.

Tom Garfinkel, the managing partner of the Miami Grand Prix, said on Sunday that the venue was willing to look into potential improvements.

Asked about the track situation by Autosport, he said "We're changing whatever we need to, to make the track better.

"I think the challenge with the chicane and that I don't know that we communicated well enough why it exists and where it exists.

"It was a bit of a necessary evil, if you will, to get the track big enough to create the rest of the race track to be great.

"That's an area where it's a tricky part, because we have to really slow people down because we didn't have enough run off space.

Fernando Alonso, Alpine A522

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"I think from talking to some folks at F1, and the FIA, I think there's an opportunity to maybe change that a little bit to make it better. But