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F1 vs NASCAR Debate Triggered as LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Tom Brady & Serena Williams Confirmed to Attend Miami GP

Published 05/02/2022, 12:17 PM EDT

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Formula 1 is in the United States of America. One of the most popular form of Motorsports globally has arrived in the country for the first time this season. As the race is all set to take place at the end of this week, F1 and NASCAR fans lock horns.

F1 is set to host the inaugural Miami Grand Prix this season. It’ll be the first of two outings in the US that the sport will have in 2022. Numerous stars from NBA, NFL, and tennis are on the list to attend the motor race as reported by Daily Mail. However, NASCAR fans have got something to say about this.

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Adam Stern, a motorsport reporter, tweeted, “Celebrities expected to attend @F1Miami include LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Tom Brady, Pharrell, Dan Marino, David Beckham, James Corden, the Williams sisters, and Wyclef”

It is needless to say that NASCAR is America’s reply to the motorsport world. It is not only the most popular form of car racing in the United States but also one of the most popular forms in the entire world. Moreover, NASCAR goes to Darlington for the race on the same day F1 hosts the race in Miami.

NASCAR fans argue about the celebrities attending the event

F1 has got pretty popular in the third most populated country in the world of late. With the inclusion of two new races in two years, the spread of the sport has been ever increasing. And now the long list of celebrities attending the event got the NASCAR fans questioning their choice.

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Moreover, it’s rare for the celebrities to attend a NASCAR event this way as one fan wrote, “Don’t know what the h*ll they’re watching…SMH (shake my head)”, while another fan wrote, “I’m guessing none of them can name a single driver.”

Furthermore, another fan wrote, “Why would they go to an @F1 race when every single @NASCAR race is better?”

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So which side are you on? Team NASCAR or Team F1? However, it’ll be interesting to see how much crowd the inaugural Miami GP pulls in apart from the celebrity crowd.

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Sabyasachi Biswas

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Sabyasachi Biswas is an F1 writer at EssentiallySports. He has completed his Master's in Mass Communication and Journalism from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Sabyasachi is an ardent Red Bull and Max Verstappen fan and has been following the sport for over a decade now.
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Ranvijay Singh