The 2005 US Grand Prix is still one of the most ridiculous F1 races in the sport's history

Formula 1 returns to the United States from 6th-8th May for the first of two United States-based Grand Prix in the 2022 season.

And as ever with Formula 1’s desperate desires to kick into the future and create an even more grand spectacle out of the fastest motorsport category on earth, no expenses have been spared in constructing the surroundings of the ‘Miami International Autodrome’, following its delayed introduction to the race calendar.

A ‘marina’ with fake water has been spotted in construction by locals ahead of the weekend’s race, which has attracted plenty of attention online. Still, though, a strange-looking faux marina is by far the least unusual event to come from a US-based grand prix.

In fact, that is unlikely to ever be topped when you hark back to 2005 and consider the United States Grand Prix. One of the most infamous weekends in F1 history, for all of the wrong reasons.

For all the rabid intrigue and demand for F1 around the rest of the world, the USA still was still a market that it had yet to truly capture and serve efficiently.

Introduced to the calendar in 2000, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway proved a hit in its first season as Michael Schumacher blazed around the track in his Ferrari and clinched a seventh win of the season that was crucial in his pursuit of the Drivers’ Championship, while Mika Hakkinen suffered a costly retirement.

F1 continued to visit Indianapolis, but controversy quickly followed. In 2002, Schumacher and teammate Rubens Barrichello crossed the line to a photo finish which saw the latter pick up a controversial win by 0.011 seconds. With Schumacher’s championship secured, it is believed the ending of the race was intentional to hand Barrichello a win, to the disappointment of