Miami Gardens residents trying to prevent Formula One racing from coming to Hard Rock Stadium in less than three weeks must show why noise from the first Miami Grand Prix would be so severe that they would “suffer actual injury,” a Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge said on Monday. Judge Alan Fine asked the residents to provide an explanation in a court filing by Tuesday. The judge will then decide whether the issue is urgent enough to warrant an emergency hearing before the weekend-long event begins May 6.


Pallett-Vasquez added that preparations for the event are too far along to call it off. If the judge put a stop to the event, she said, it could result in a $300 million economic loss.

“Make no mistake, judge, the tickets are sold, the track is 95% complete,” she said. “The train has left the station.”