Lewis Hamilton has offered to help improve the i♓nitial circuit layout for the proposed Formula 1 gran♒d prix in Miami after voicing his criticism over the design.

F1 is hopeful of adding a second US round to the calendar for next season after tꦍhe Miami City Commission approved plans for a race - which could be staged as early as October 2019 - on Thursday.

Hamilton took to Instagram to announce his delight after initial plans were announced but expressed concerns after the first images of the proposed track layout - incorporating eleme🗹nts of downtown Miami previous𒁏ly used for IMSA, CART and Formula E events - were revealed. 

“All the great golfers designing golf courses, we’ve not got any of the top 🙈racing drivers in history, they’ve never designed a race track. Not♌ that we are designers or anything but our input,” the Briton told reporters in the build up to this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix. 

“Miami is a supꦰer cool place and I was very, very excited about it, and then I saw the layout. It could be a lot more fun. You’ve got two of the longest straights but maybe when we drive it it could be fun. I dread the thought of a street circuit like we had with Valencia, that wasn’𝓰t a great street circuit. It can be a hit or miss, but maybe it’s a hit. 

“I don’t want to make an assumption before we’ve even driven it,” he added. “But I”m sure as drivers we can give an insight into it and I know Miami q☂uite well. There’s a🙈 few better locations to put the track for example.”

McLaren’s Stoffel Vandoorne also raised doubts over the circuit proposal and suggested im🍸provements could be made.

“I don’t know about the track layout, I’ve have seen the proposal, I can’t really visually imagine where it is exactly or how it’ll look like, but looking at the shape of it it doesn’t look very attractive so far. Mayꦉbe some🌊thing we could change there," Vandoorne said.

However, the suggested track layout received a posit♏ive verdict from Hamilton’s teℱammate Valtteri Bottas.

“I saw some initial layouts and it looks cool,” the Mercedes driver said. “Fingers crossed it’s going to🧔 happen - I think it will be good for Formula 1.”

Haas driver Romain Grosjean refrained from providing early judgements, adding that other “boring” looking circuits actually prཧoduce good ra🔴cing. 

“It’s d𝔉ifficult," he said. "From a layout point of view, if you look at Bahrain let’s say, you could find i🐎t boring from a design point of view but actually when you race there the racing is amazing."