“America is great for F1 and all but this is just embarrassing”- F1 Twitter cringes over the Americanization of the sport as Max Verstappen gets escorted to the podium by police

Samriddhi Jaiswal | 09/05/2022
"America is great for F1 and all but this is just embarrassing"- F1 Twitter cringes over the Americanization of the sport as Max Verstappen gets escorted to the podium by police

F1 Twitter cringes over the Americanised celebration at the Miami GP as Max Verstappen gets escorted to the podium by police.

F1 successfully organised its first ever Miami GP and left no stone unturned when it came to hyping up the event. However, it seems like they went a little too far as the winner of the race, Max Verstappen got escorted to the podium by police.

That was not it. The drivers on the podium had to wear baseball helmets as they stood for their respective national anthems and trophies. The traditional champagne showers were joined by a huge confetti blast that stuck to the drivers.

The stage was also set right behind the Dan Marino statue at the Hard Rock Stadium. Marino is a former football quarterback and used to play for the Miami Dolphins.

F1 fans could not help but cringe over the unnecessary and excessive Americanisation of the sport.

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The F1 officials got too engrossed in promoting the event in Miami that they probably overdid it. At least that’s how many fans feel as the Miami GP concludes.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen claimed the victory in the first-ever Miami GP followed by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in P2 and Carlos Sainz in P3.

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Samriddhi Jaiswal

Samriddhi Jaiswal is an F1 editor and writer at The SportsRush. She started her career as a business journalist but soon found her calling in lights out here we go! Samriddhi has been a Ferrari fan even when her interaction with F1 was occasional. Her first real experience with the thrilling sport came when Charles Leclerc clinched his iconic victory in Spa and Monza and painted the track red. Now, a Tifosi, Samriddhi is a hardcore fan of the prancing horse and can relate to the chaos within the Italian camp and also admires Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher. Off the track, she finds her home in books and musical instruments.

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