2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix - Las Vegas, Nov 16 - 18 Sportsbook Motor Sport

[Tom]

Track Information

The Las Vegas Strip Circuit made its Formula 1 debut in the 1980s, marking the beginning of an exciting racing tradition. Comprising 50 laps, this circuit spans a length of 6.12 kilometres, resulting in a total race distance of 305.88 kilometres.

So F1 heads back to Las Vegas.

TV Times:

Friday. Practice 1: 04.30 Practice 2: 08:00
Saturday. Practice 3: 04.30 Qualifying: 08.00
Sunday. Race: 06.00

All live on Sky Sports F1.

For those watching on Channel 4: Qualifying highlights will be at 11.40 on Saturday and the race highlights will be at 12.30 on Sunday.

Note the times. The race is actually taking place at 10pm on Saturday night (Vegas time) which is 6am on Sunday morning (UK)

 

[Random Guy]

First practice was cancelled after just nine minutes when Carlos Sainz hit a manhole cover that had come loose.

Esteban Ocon's Alpine was damaged in the same way before the session was cut short.

Ferrari boss Frederic Vasseur said Sainz's car had a damaged chassis, engine and battery and would miss the second session if it happened.

The FIA said there would be an indefinite delay while all manhole covers around the track were checked.

FIA STATEMENT: "Following inspection, it was the concrete frame around a manhole cover that has failed. We now need to check all of the other manhole covers which will take some time."

Oh dear, not the first time a drain cover has caused problems, but you would have thought first race here, thing would have been double and triple checked.

 

[Legion]

Grid penalty for Sainz because he needs a new engine. Absolutely ridiculous.

 

[Bandit]

At least having Alonso, Hamilton, Perez and Sainz starting 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th will make it interesting. Especially seeing if they can all catch up and overtake 2 Williams rocketships.

And it would be nice if Leclerc could win a race this season. He's had enough horrible luck.

 

[Son Of Jack]

I enjoyed that race, more than I thought I would at the start, turned out to be a decent race.

Max worthy of his win. Mistakes were made, penalties served but a decent win.

Cracking second for Leclerc, well deserved. Good recovery and result from Perez.

Plenty of good racing behind the top 3. Not quite the shitshow I was expecting.

A few tweaks to the track and maybe race timing and this could become a very good race each season

 

[Silverback]

Watched the highlights, by this year's standards it was a very good race.