F1 considers Miami for new grand prix

Formula One, the world’s preeminent auto racing league, is actively scouting downtown Miami as a potential site for a new grand prix.

Executives and engineers with the global racing brand were in Miami this month, meeting with Miami’s new mayor and the city’s head of film and culture to go over potential racing circuits and logistics. Racing planners have already put together a half-dozen routes that would have high-performance vehicles zooming around AmericanAirlines Arena, over the causeway to Dodge Island, down Biscayne Boulevard and — in what sounds like a non-starter — through the PortMiami Tunnel.