‘I really was one of those bandwagon fans’: meet Katharina Nowak, F1’s youngest race president

Before her first Miami Grand Prix in charge, Nowak opens up on F1’s boom time in the US and flying the flag for women in the sport

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here is an air of buoyant confidence about Katharina Nowak that is striking but also understandable given the robust state of Formula One in the United States and at the Miami Grand Prix, where the 29-year-old who is at the helm of the race believes the sport only has more to come.

“F1 is at its strongest right now that we’ve seen, the interest in F1 is still going up and will go further,” she says in the buildup to this weekend’s meeting in Florida. “From my seat at the table, we are seeing the interest continue to grow.

“Obviously 2022, when we launched the Miami GP, was a perfect storm but last year ESPN reported record-breaking viewership numbers in the United States for 22 out of the 24 races. We’ve seen it in our success in our ticket sales this year that, there is strong demand for the Miami GP and for F1.”