{"id":439615,"date":"2022-04-30T02:04:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T23:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-formula-1s-nicholas-latifi-loves-about-miami\/"},"modified":"2022-04-30T02:04:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T23:04:28","slug":"what-formula-1s-nicholas-latifi-loves-about-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-formula-1s-nicholas-latifi-loves-about-miami\/","title":{"rendered":"#What Formula 1&#8217;s Nicholas Latifi loves about Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35c09348f3b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35c09348f3b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-formula-1s-nicholas-latifi-loves-about-miami\/#%E2%80%9CWhat_Formula_1s_Nicholas_Latifi_loves_about_Miami%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;What Formula 1&#8217;s Nicholas Latifi loves about Miami&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhat_Formula_1s_Nicholas_Latifi_loves_about_Miami%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;What Formula 1&#8217;s Nicholas Latifi loves about Miami&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Next week\u2019s Formula 1 race is a Miami first but for some of the stars of the track, the race is a homecoming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, for me, in particular, it\u2019s going to be quite cool,\u201d Nicholas Latifi, 26, who drives for the Williams Team, told The Post. \u201cOutside of Toronto, where I grew up, Miami is where I did most of my karting and racing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Latifi, who will be driving with teammate Alex Albon in the May 8 Miami Grand Prix, says that while most of his time in South Florida was spent training and at his family\u2019s vacation home in Boca Raton, he is looking forward to getting to know South Beach this year from his race week perch at the W Hotel South Beach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do get to go to very nice and exciting places for Formula 1, obviously. But as a driver, you\u2019re there for work first and foremost. So yeah, definitely will not be able to partake in late-night activities,\u201d Latifi said. \u201cBut fortunately, I\u2019m coming in a little bit earlier just to kind of get acclimatized to the jetlag, so I\u2019ll have a few days off to just relax.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Miami\u2019s most exciting racing event, Latifi told The Post about his Miami and coming to grips with the new course.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p><strong>What do you think about this new track?<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nicholas-latifi-miami-f1-9.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Close up on Nicholas Latifi's helmeted face. \" class=\"wp-image-22088989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nicholas-latifi-miami-f1-9.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nicholas-latifi-miami-f1-9.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nicholas-latifi-miami-f1-9.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Latifi has his eyes on the prize.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Williams Racing<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A new track in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> is always a very exciting and unique challenge for drivers and teams. I always love discovering new tracks. It\u2019s fun to see how quickly you can get the rhythm of it, you know, find your references and really get up to speed.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, a free track [like the Miami International Autodrome], is always fun. There\u2019s always a different element, getting dragged into the walls and trying to judge everything. I was going to say you have to be centimeter perfect, but really it\u2019s millimeter perfect \u2014 it\u2019s the difference between something good and something not so good.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019re Canadian, but tell me about your relationship to South Florida.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s kind of a Canadian thing to go to Miami in the winter. We are total snowbirds. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As a kid, I would go on holidays with my family, especially over Christmas breaks into New Year. But then there has just been a lot of karting in the winter. Where I was from, there\u2019s a lot of snow in the winter so probably two weekends out of the month in the winter, I was down in Florida, doing some races and spending a lot of time there. In more recent years, I\u2019ve always gone down there for my winter training camps and I had driving facilities there. So yeah, I\u2019m very familiar with Florida in general and Miami in particular.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So was it all work, or did you find time for fun?<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nicholas-latifi-miami-f1-12.jpg?w=683\" alt=\"The racer signing autographs. \" class=\"wp-image-22089021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nicholas-latifi-miami-f1-12.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nicholas-latifi-miami-f1-12.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683 683w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nicholas-latifi-miami-f1-12.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"\/><figcaption>Auto-graphs: The Canadian racer makes time for his fans. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Williams Racing<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When you\u2019re there for driving, it\u2019s the track, the hotel, the airport and then you\u2019re off. I would say most of the time I spent there has been for racing purposes \u2014 driving determined where I stayed.<\/p>\n<p>But my family used to have a winter place in Boca Raton, but at the same time, we\u2019ve also spent a lot of time, and probably more time, down in the Sunny Isles. When I\u2019ve gone more recently, that\u2019s the area where I tend to stay. Sometimes I\u2019ve been a little bit closer to the city center in Brickell and that area.<\/p>\n<p>My brother goes to the University of Miami, so I\u2019ll meet up with him because I haven\u2019t seen him since the Christmas holidays. And that allows me to go to a few nice restaurants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you have a favorite Miami hotel or restaurant scene?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As far as hotels go, the W Hotel South Beach is definitely my favorite place to stay. Definitely looking forward to going back there.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a big fan of Asian restaurants so Zuma comes to mind, of course, and Komodo. We also go to Milos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you feeling confident ahead of the race?<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nicholas-latifi-miami-f1-7.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Latifi driving a racecar in Australia.\" class=\"wp-image-22089048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nicholas-latifi-miami-f1-7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nicholas-latifi-miami-f1-7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nicholas-latifi-miami-f1-7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Latifi looks forward to tackling Miami\u2019s new course. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Williams Racing<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Our team has been good going into new tracks, getting on top of what we need to do and how to optimize the car. It\u2019s going to be a good opportunity for us hopefully. At the same time, we have to be realistic. We\u2019re not in the position we want to be. But it doesn\u2019t take away from the excitement of arriving in Miami to experience a brand-new event. I\u2019m very much looking forward to that.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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