MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Formula One returns to South Florida for the fourth annual Miami Grand Prix May 2-4, and race organizers are providing a new way for aspiring F1 fans to experience the event.
F1 Miami is offering one-day tickets for the first time – allowing ticket buyers to attend the race either Friday, Saturday or Sunday at the Miami International Autodrome surrounding Hard Rock Stadium.
Fans can attend Friday for $65, $75, $100 or $125 – depending on the grandstand they select – to watch the first practice session and qualifying for Saturday’s Sprint race.
Those prices increase to $200-$315 for the F1 Sprint race Saturday, and $505 to $910 for Sunday’s main event. Miami is also offering a Sunday campus pass for $350 for the first time, while a campus pass for the entire weekend is $430. A campus pass gets you into the race to walk around and enjoy the event, but it does not provide a seat or access to grandstands.
The one-day ticket offering is a result of feedback Miami race organizers received from fans who attended the last three races, where buying three-day ticket packages was the only option. It allows fans to adjust financially or just from a scheduling perspective.
“It really stems for us on our responsibility to continue to be a key pillar of growing the sport,” F1 Miami race president Tyler Epp told USA TODAY Sports. “There are certainly fans within the United States who’ve been following Formula One for decades. But there’s also a new crop of fans that have come on board here in the last couple of years. I think our role as a promoter is to make sure that we create an accessible environment.”
Miami has already seen immediate results from one-day ticket sales: 81% of single-day grandstand buyers will be first-time attendees, including 39% coming from out of state.
F1 Miami one-day tickets will remain on sale until they are sold out, and Epp expects the Miami race to have another sellout weekend. The race had weekend attendances of 242,955 in 2022; 270,000 in 2023; and 275,000 last year.
The Porsche Carrera Cup series and F1 Academy will also hold practice sessions Friday, with races on Saturday and Sunday, adding to the weekend experience.
“We really try to make sure that heading into Year 4, we’ve been very customer centric – like really, actually listening to the people who are supporting us, the fans who’ve been here since the first year, but also the fans who are considering coming for the first time,” Epp said.
“Our opportunity is to create a fan for life and get them to come back for our Formula One weekend, but get to know us in a more unique way … for them to fall in love with the experience.”
In February, F1 named South Florida Motorsports – led by Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross and CEO Tom Garfinkel – Promoter of the Year.
The Miami Grand Prix was uniquely recognized by F1 for delivering “the best all-round event in 2024” that “embodied the F1 mission statement to deliver the world’s greatest sports and entertainment spectacle.”
Musical artists Pitbull, Kygo, DJ Tiësto, Kaskade, Sofi Tukker, Cedric Gervais, Maffio and Justin Quiles will perform during this F1 Miami weekend, while the National Anthem before the race will be sung by King Bell, a 14-year-old artist from Fort Lauderdale.
McLaren’s Lando Norris won his first F1 race at Miami last year, creating some parity in the sport last season despite Red Bull’s Max Verstappen (who won the first two Miami races) winning the F1 driver’s championship for the fourth consecutive year.
Verstappen and Norris have already won F1 races this season, while McLaren’s Oscar Piastri is in the lead for the driver’s championship after winning three of the five races already this season.
Seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton’s move from Mercedes to Ferrari also adds to the intrigue during the 2025 season.
Single-day tickets have also been available at other F1 races around the world in Australia, China and Saudi Arabia earlier this year.
They will be offered at Emilia-Romagna (May 16-18), Monaco (May 23-25), Canada (June 13-15), Netherlands (Aug. 29-31), Monza (Sept. 5-7), Azerbaijan (Sept. 19-21), and the two remaining U.S. races in Austin (Oct. 17-19) and Las Vegas (Nov. 20-22).
Las Vegas race organizers already sold out of their first release of one-day tickets, which began at $50, but more one-day tickets will be available later this summer.
They hope to cater to locals working on the Las Vegas Strip who may not be able to attend all three race days, as well as fans from nearby states California, Arizona and Utah wanting to make a day trip to experience the action.
“People know the excitement around the race, and people want to see that,’ F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix vice president of premium sales and service Alli England told USA TODAY Sports. ‘And that’s when we see the demand for those single days.’