More than a decade after it was part of the inaugural Formula E calendar, the Miami E-Prix - this latest version of it, against the backdrop of the Hard Rock Stadium - feels like it has the potential to become a core fixture.
But potential is the key word there.
Formula E is not new to the stadium/exhibition centre model. It has raced around the Seoul Olympic park, in 2022, at the ExCeL since 2021, and also around the colossal BigSight exhibition centre in Tokyo, which hosted its first race in 2024.
But the Hard Rock race was a big one for the world's only all-electric world championship. With an element of plug-in-and-play adaptability, the result of the already-established infrastructure used by Formula 1 since 2022, this should've been a perfect vessel to showcase the product.
As Dan Towriss, CEO of the TWG Global group behind the Andretti Formula E team and Cadillac's F1 entry, told The Race: "Hard Rock here is such an important venue for motorsports. And so for Formula E to be able to race here is great.
"And I think it's also great as we look to grow Formula E in the US as well. Just through education, learning about the sport.
"There's so much that happens in Formula E that has real-world implications for the cars we drive. Just showcases innovation and technology. And so I think there's a lot. There's even a new fan base, I think, that we can attract to Formula E.
"But it all starts with having great races at great venues. And certainly Miami and Hard Rock is one of those."
Did it work out like that?
Well, the weather was not on Formula E's side last weekend. Miami was unseasonably cold last weekend with a night time temperature close to freezing point, the first time the mercury had dipped that low since 1909.
This atypical weather clearly didn't favour curious fans, and so the ticket sales were definitely on the modest side. The promoter, Formula E Operations, quoted just over 10,000 attendees, although the majority of these were VIP guests or those working at the venue.
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The track itself, all 1.442 miles of it, felt a bit undercooked in terms of outright challenge and demand, but this is highly likely to be the last time the smallest configuration of the Miami International Autodrome available to Formula E will be used.
Future versions of this race will use an expanded circuit, something that the president of the F1 Miami Grand Prix facility, Katharina Nowak, told The Race would be relatively straightforward to have in place for the first season of the Gen4 era next year.
"The inner loop, that gave us an opportunity to create four new configurations," said Nowak. "Right now, we're running on the shortest configuration that we have.
"If and when we get the confirmation from Formula E that the Gen4 car can run a stronger and longer configuration, we can work with them [Formula E Operations] on the other three extensions that we have to figure out which one works best for that Gen4 car."
This first visit to the Hard Rock Stadium will be remembered for coats and gloves rather than the usual image of shades and shorts, but the Gen4 era kicking in next year will likely make the 2026 Miami race feel more like the real pilot or proving event.
Certainly, the promotion needs to improve to expand the crowd and the reach because last weekend Formula E was front and centre of the motorsport world, up against just the Asian Le Mans Series event in Dubai.
That should have conferred an 'all eyes on Formula E' vibe but certainly in the United Kingdom, where it could only be accessed live online via the ITV X streaming service, that didn't quite ring true.
Towriss's neat 'great races at great places' wrap-up is ultimately a great chunk of what Formula E has to realise. Pairing those two goals has seldom happened completely in the US. But while last weekend's race wasn't an absolute classic, it did enough to establish a foothold for the event to build on.
With more spent on promotion, increasing and maximising initiatives such as Jake Dennis's Ocean Drive showrun in Miami Beach a few nights before the race last week, Formula E can hopefully beef up its prospects of getting more people at the track (or more eyes on it from afar). Then it’s up to the FIA and Formula E to get the Gen4 entertainment-and-technological cocktail shaken to perfection.
The good news is that Formula E has found a strong venue with growth potential as an event. The obvious area to work on is furthering the fanbase and for that, Formula E's keeper, Liberty Global, has to invest much more in showcasing off track what its custodianship has designed on it.
Do that, and there's not just the likelihood of Miami becoming a core event - a scenario both promoter and circuit want - but also a much greater chance of a second event in such a key market finally becoming a reality.
