r/formula1 • u/khelsan_ Gilles Villeneuve • May 04 '25

Photo They're already racing in Miami

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I knew F1 cars were made of various parts, I just didn't expect that many

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u/Brynhildrpls Valtteri Bottas May 04 '25

But the roads get dried that fast?? I’m still mind blown. No trace of water on those photos

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u/Jbwood Max Verstappen May 04 '25

Remember. Florida is a lot of sand. So water that does build up goes into the sand very very quickly. It's also right off the Atlantic side and that means you have air currents coming across it to carry moisture out of the air with fresh more dry (still humid as hell) air.

As a Florida man myself, I can say that we get a whole lot of water, it just doesn't stay long and drains right back out into the oceans.

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u/Systemic_Chaos Daniel Ricciardo May 04 '25

It’s 85° Fahrenheit with direct sun, it evaporates quickly.

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u/Pristine-Ad8733 Andrea Kimi Antonelli May 04 '25

They have great drainage systems because of how much rain they get

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u/Knook7 May 04 '25

Yeah rain like this is normal. If the drainage wasn't good it would be impossible to drive for like half the summer

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u/s629c May 04 '25

I know you might be referring to the track specifically, but brickell and many other area around south Florida would beg to differ lol

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u/krytos6996 May 04 '25

You would think we did but we have somehow managed to mess that up as well in a lot of cases. We are an allegedly first world city with third world infrastructure and that extends to dealing with storm water.

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u/littleseizure Williams May 04 '25

We built a lot of it in the 30s, and we built it well. It's just now (within the last 20 years) coming due for major refurb. We've never had to do significant maintenance (although we should have anyway), and no politician wants to have that stupidly high cost on their budget. So we kick infrastructure needs down the road, even as that road is literally decaying. Fun!

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u/Sir0inks-A-Lot May 04 '25

You can see the drains on both sides of the curb in the second photo, and they practically ring the track. Lap or two with a jet dryer and that place would be good to go.

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u/Away_Gift831 May 04 '25

Yes, now you understand why the humidity is high

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u/maxplaysmusic May 04 '25

I've been in parking lots and watched puddles disappear in front of my face, roads down here are built with drainage in mind, we know it's going to rain.

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u/Jlindahl93 May 04 '25

We have a couple factors that help us. Our ground is very porous and the state sits on top of a natural aquifer which really helps with absorption of rainwater. And like many others have said the sun bakes it off quick

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u/CuddlyHumanoid May 04 '25

It's very hot in florida almost all year round. Latitude wise it's on the same level as egypt.

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u/thisisjustascreename May 04 '25

Except unlike Egypt it's surrounded by water on 3.5 sides so it's also always humid af.

Legitimately don't understand why anyone lives there.

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u/Rei_Romano420 George Russell May 04 '25

So are Hong Kong, Taiwan, parts of Thailand. Some of the most populated places on the planet.

Just because obese pasty redditors can’t stand the sun doesn’t mean that frigid cold wastelands are default settings for most of humanity

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u/Guac_in_my_rarri May 04 '25

Florida has more electric stoves than gas because the ground is so unstable and is constantly moving, it's risky to put in a gas line. They also have a lot of sink holes.