Several Formula 1 fans found themselves stranded near the Miami Grand Prix at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens on Friday evening. They paid to park in a lot across the street, but hours later, they found their cars, trucks and SUVs missing, along with the people who took payment.

Friday was the first day of on-track activity for this year’s FIA Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix with practice in the early afternoon and qualifying for Saturday’s F1 Sprint race in the late afternoon.

Formula 1 has come to Miami once again. It's the fourth straight year that the world's best drivers have descended on the 19-corner Miami International Autodrom