Overview
- Bottas’ team Cadillac Escalade, which vanished Saturday morning from a Fort Lauderdale Airbnb driveway, held his F1 paddock pass and a VIP parking permit.
- Local police and the FBI opened a full investigation focused on the risk that the stolen credentials could enable unauthorized entry to the Miami International Autodrome.
- The SUV was recovered the next day abandoned in what Bottas described as a high‑crime area, and there is no public indication the paddock pass was used.
- Bottas said the team secured a replacement vehicle and posted an armed overnight guard at the Airbnb to reduce risk for the rest of the weekend.
- Reporting points to a relay attack on the keyless system as a plausible method, where thieves boost the fob’s signal from inside a house to unlock and start the car, a vulnerability that could push teams and organizers to tighten credential and vehicle security.