If Formula One could pack Miami’s confection of a venue into a box and carry it for export around the world, they would be tempted. It was against that backdrop that the Miami Grand Prix was meant to have played out. ‘I like the direction the sport is all going in,’ he said. Maybe in 20 or 30 years’ time some kid will see Miami as a historic track. As for the wear and tear of a 23-race season, Hamilton was as unconcerned as you might be with a private jet sitting on the runway, saying: ‘It is not taking me longer to recover.

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