F1’s scheduling disaster: Weather risks in Miami expose Liberty Media’s calendar blunders. The F1 2026 calendar faces criticism after a long gap leading into the Miami GP.

The long sleep of F1 2026: the bluff of Miami and Liberty Media’s disastrous calendar.

There is a limit to the fans’ patience, and Liberty Media seems to have completely forgotten it. After a full month of almost cosmic silence, Formula 1 is finally preparing to fire up the engines again for the Miami Grand Prix. Or rather, it is hoping to do so.

Yes, because weather forecasts in Florida are already sounding the alarm: heavy rain showers and, above all, lightning strikes.

For those unfamiliar with US state regulations, Florida enforces extremely strict safety protocols: if lightning is detected within a certain radius of the circuit, all outdoor activities must be immediately suspended. The risk is therefore paradoxical but very real: one of the most heavily promoted and “glamorous” weekends of the year could literally be cancelled or heavily disrupted.

A stop-start sport

But the real problem is not the weather. The real problem is a calendar designed by people who seem to care more about VIP hospitality packages than sporting continuity. Let’s do the math: we are coming off a full month of complete inactivity. Now we go to Miami, crossing our fingers that nature does not interfere. And after that? Another three-week break.

We are facing an unacceptable paradox: right in the heart of spring, when motorsport championships should be reaching full intensity, Formula 1 is effectively a sport that does not exist. It has become a TV series released in sporadic episodes. How can you keep interest alive, how can you build sporting hype (not just celebrity hype) if an entire geological era passes between one race and the next?

Europe ignored: what would it have cost to race in the Old Continent?

The question arises spontaneously: during this forced month-long break, what on earth would it have cost to organise a race in Europe?

We are talking about a continent literally filled with historic circuits, ready to use, with Grade 1 infrastructure and real fans who would fill the grandstands even in hailstorms. From the Mugello to Portimao, passing through Hockenheim or the Nürburgring. Tracks where motorsport is a religion, not a backdrop for taking selfies. Instead, no. For Liberty Media it is better to shut everything down for weeks just to fit its financial puzzle together.

Europe ignored: what would it have cost to race in the Old Continent?

The question arises spontaneously: during this forced month-long break, what on earth would it have cost to organise a race in Europe?

We are talking about a continent literally filled with historic circuits, ready to use, with Grade 1 infrastructure and real fans who would fill the grandstands even in hailstorms. From the Mugello to Portimao, passing through Hockenheim or the Nürburgring. Tracks where motorsport is a religion, not a backdrop for taking selfies. Instead, no. For Liberty Media it is better to shut everything down for weeks just to fit its financial puzzle together.