Carlos Gimenez asked county representatives to cancel their trip to the Singapore GP.GETTY IMAGES
The Miami Herald reported on Saturday that a delegation of Miami-Dade County administrators -- including police and fire department chiefs -- would "travel to Singapore and get first-hand experience" of how a Formula 1-standard street race operates, in a trip costing around $18,000, according to Charles Bradley of MOTORSPORT. However, on Tuesday, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez "lifted a self-imposed recusal on the matter and intervened." Gimenez said in a statement, "Upon further reflection, I've asked the directors of PortMiami, Miami-Dade Police and Miami-Dade Fire to cancel their departments' trip and to look for a venue closer to Miami-Dade County." Although "the county delegation's trip is off," a group of Miami city officials -- including event administrators and police -- "will attend the Singapore race as planned at the invitation of F1." Plans to run the Miami Grand Prix in '19 were "shelved in July." The "targeted date for the inaugural event" is now Oct. '20 (MOTORSPORT, 9/5).
