ROUND 22: United States 🇺🇸
FORMULA 1 HEINEKEN SILVER LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX 2023
Circuit stats
- First Grand Prix: 2023
- Number of laps: 50
- Circuit Length: 6.201 km
- Race Distance: 310.05 km
- Lap record: N/A
- **2022 winner:**N/A
Track Map
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If you allow me an opinion: this one’s on the FIA. It’s not the first time a cover is dislodged and cause problems (2019 Azerbaijan GP FP1, 2020 Portuguese GP FP3). One would think that by now there would be a Safety protocol for street circuits, with one of the points being “Verify the security of all drain covers and assure that they can’t be lifted by drag forces”. This would be specially important regarding current ground effect specs. The fact that they had no idea if the drain covers would hold up the cars passing at full speed over them is an indicator that somebody is not doing their work. And the one who should look up for safety is the FIA.
This entire day so far is showing how good most track organizers are. If this was test by F1 to see how much better they would do, it’s showing they’re delusional about their own organisational skills.
That on top of how detached they are from the fans, both more newer casual fans to more hardcore fans. I can’t speak for the superrich but I suspect that even they would be embarrassed about this.
Don’t worry they kicked the new casual fans out of the seats last night so no need to worry about them anymore.
In this case it wasn’t the weald that broke, but the concrete which is more difficult to test. But yeh, makes them look very stupid.
The livestream just concluded, it’s going not great so far in “spectacular” Vegas
Expected start: 10:30 GMT - 11:30 CET
See you later! Planned start no sooner than 2:00 am local time (10:00 GMT | 11:00 CET), but most probably 2:30 am (10:30 GMT | 11:30 CET). Around 100 minutes (1 1/2 hours) from the post of this message.
All contingent on repairs and the track has to open to regular traffic at 4am local time.
Apparently they are filling up all hundred drains with cement? What a shitshow.
Correct. They’re filling all drains with quick drying cement.
Stands evacuated for logistic reasons. No fans attending FP2.
Damn, I’d be pissed if I paid so much money for tickets and the stay.
Sainz will take part of FP2, but will most probably be penalized for the battery replacement.
And it’s over. Track repairs held the whole session. I hope the information gathered by the teams is valuable. And that it doesn’t rain, and track doesn’t lose the rubber it got.
I hope this race is so fucking bad that they cancel any future races here unless Vegas builds a dedicated track. This notion of holding a street race in Vegas is just bonkers crazy and will never result in an interesting event. It’ll be Monaco, but without any of Monaco’s redeeming qualities.
This one brings serious 2019 Azerbaijan GP FP1 vibes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5f87xjg-m4
It was George Russell’s misfortune that time. And a cover got loose at the 2020 Portuguese GP FP3 tooHoly shit. I didn’t start watching in earnest until 2020 so I missed this gem.
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Gawd damn. Toto absolutely ripped into one of the journalist’s questions at the press conference.
Dude just got headphoned.
It took me a while to get the reference, but then I remembered. RIP headphones… XDDDD
Is it just me or has Toto been grumpy af lately? I mean I get that journalists can be annoying but this was just over the top.
I wonder how he would have reacted if it was one of his cars that was damaged instead of Sainz…
Good morning to the EU fans. Good night to US fans.
Confirmed: FP2 starts at 2:30 am local, 10:30 GTM, 11:30 CET
Sainz most probably will get a penalty for changing engine parts
Both Carlos and Charles mechanics working on Carlos’ car
FP2 started
