Finally then, the grand spectacle in the sunshine which is how the Miami Grand Prix sells its high-end extravaganza of excess and expense delivered on the hype, as did the star of the show as Britain’s Lando Norris scored his first Formula One win.
It has been a long time coming but Norris deserved it and delivered definitive notice that given the machinery he is more than capable of putting the world champion, Max Verstappen, to the sword.