Miami Grand Prix promoter South Florida Motorsports has received the coveted Promoter of the Yr award on the annual System 1 Promoter Awards.
Organisers of the Miami Grand Prix have been awarded the Promoter of the Yr award on the System 1 Promoter Awards. The annual occasion recognises the contributions made by these answerable for organising every Grand Prix on the calendar, highlighting areas from sustainability to occasion spectacle and fan expertise.
The occasion, which befell on the Pure Historical past Museum in London, was attended by representatives from all 24 Grands Prix. It befell someday in any case ten F1 groups and all 20 drivers gathered in London for F1 75 Reside on the O2 to unveil their liveries for the upcoming 2025 season.
Miami Grand Prix Wins Prime Award
The highest award on the System 1 Promoter Awards is the Promoter of the Yr Award, which recognises the most effective all-round occasion of the earlier season. It celebrates the race which “embodied the F1 mission assertion to ship the world’s best sports activities and leisure spectacle”.
After being awarded to the Dutch Grand Prix final 12 months, the award was claimed by South Florida Motorsports – promoter of the Miami Grand Prix – for his or her 2024 race. Miami Grand Prix Managing Companion, Tom Garfinkel, who collected the award, stated:
“On behalf of Stephen Ross and our group in Miami, I wish to categorical our honest gratitude to System 1 and Stefano Domenicali for the honour of being named the Promoter of the Yr. It’s humbling to be recognised with so many nice promoters on the market who’ve welcomed us to a sport that we love and set a regular that conjures up us. I’m very happy with the group of those who we have now who work so laborious to make this an excellent occasion, particularly our President, Tyler Epp. We hope to proceed elevating the bar and furthering the expansion of System 1 in the USA.”
The Miami Grand Prix returns for its fourth look on the System 1 calendar in 2025. The weekend will once more run to F1’s Dash format, which gives a further, shorter race on Saturday. Final 12 months’s race was received by Lando Norris, who secured his maiden Grand Prix victory with McLaren.
Earlier this month, it was introduced that Jenson Button’s 2009 title-winning Brawn GP automobile shall be auctioned by Bonhams in a collaboration with South Florida Motorsports over the 2025 Miami Grand Prix weekend. Tickets for the race are on sale now.
Different Winners on the System 1 Promoter Awards
A complete of seven awards had been handed out all through the night on the System 1 Promoter Awards, with race organisers in Abu Dhabi, Australia, Belgium, Mexico and Singapore additionally honoured.
F1’s promoters have been recognised with their very own award because the Race Promoters’ Trophy was first launched in 1975. It was beforehand named the FOCA Award. Within the 2010s, the Mexican Grand Prix dominated the prize-giving, successful the accolade in each season from the occasion’s return in 2015 by to 2019.
The Mexican race was awarded as soon as extra for its 2024 occasion, for which it received the Opening and Closing Present award. The occasion was recognised for its pre-race driver shows and the general spectacle within the lead as much as the race, which featured mariachi bands and native dancers.
The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – with its nightly headline concert events and epic end-of-season firework show – picked up the award for Occasion Spectacle, whereas the Singapore Grand Prix was recognised for Fan Expertise, because of its expansive leisure providing, revolutionary wayfinding and clear branding.
Promoters’ sustainability efforts had been additionally underneath the highlight, with the Belgian Grand Prix taking the Revolutionary ESG Activation award. The promoter had ensured complete low-carbon journey choices had been on supply for followers on the occasion, whereas the recycling technique meant that each one waste was diverted from landfill. In the meantime, the Australian Grand Prix received the Group Changemaker award, because of its social impression programme which encompassed “area people engagement, accessibility initiatives, and celebration of native tradition”.
Rachel Rong, of the Chinese language Grand Prix, was the recipient of the Pole Place award, which recognises a person who “went above and past in 2024 to assist ship an excellent occasion”.
Talking concerning the award ceremony, System 1 President and CEO Stefano Domenicali stated:
“Our promoters present the unimaginable backdrop to our sport, and their laborious work, creativity, and innovation are central to System 1’s success. As the game continues to develop, we have now a accountability to ship larger, higher, and extra sustainable occasions for our followers—a problem that I do know drives our promoter groups day by day. Congratulations to Miami, in addition to all the opposite winners and nominees. I stay up for seeing the unimaginable work you do that 12 months to take your occasions to the subsequent stage.”
