Interesting video on how the track was built.
 

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Day one was a fiasco. They repaved the entire track with brand new asphalt, and the water valves were just not done to F1 needs. They fixed the issue, and the fans that paid for those tickets deserve a full refund, and some F1 swag as an appeasement.

Qualifying and the race itself went off great. The top three finishers all swapped the lead multiple times. There was lots of passing throughout the race, and overall it was a good race, and a real spectacle. The limo ride to the interviews and then back to the podium was kinda weird.

Overall it was way better than the Miami F1.

I post in all racing threads. I watch any kind of race, NHRA, NASCAR, IndyCar, etc. I rate racing types and find IMSA lower on my list than say a Youtube of a great dirt track, like a mile. F1 just falls into the mix but it's not high enough on my list to pay for it on TV. I don't pay for any, so if they are unavailable, something else usually is.

Therefore I can relate to all kinds of drivers since the era of the Lotus with Clark. There has been a complete cross section of humans driving professionally. A lot of them are aholes while others are not.

Some series' run reasonable tracks with not much fanfare or buffoonery. Others seem more like a rave where a race happened to be at the same time.

Myself, I was an amatuer racer from age 14, mostly in karts for 40 years. We had plenty of jerks in karting, a couple of low brow fist fights and some people sent home. NASCAR too sends people home. F1 so far as I know has not.

Just another comparison. I claim the right to discuss any racing.

Agreed. And the track was a great track. The venue not so much to me.

You're more of a racer than me, my racing career started and ended with a stock classic Mini in one grass track race :D

Wasn't meant to be a pop at you, just wondering why anyone would waste their time discussing something they didn't enjoy

I wouldn't pay to watch F1 either

Also enjoy all types of motorsport, watching Baja 500 and Dakar comes higher on my list to watch than F1

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1700421534.jpg

The Red Bull drivers in their Elvis inspired racing suits.

I forgot to mention that I worked in racing for at least a decade before going into the trades. I worked in the shop and as a pit crew. I worked for a F5000 team and 2 different drag racers, Mickey Thompson being one. I fabricated some, most with fiberglass. I worked at the shop that built the Ford J car body that Ken Miles was killed in. I worked in a motorcycle shop too, and we had both flat track and RR riders. I didn't have the experience on bikes but I rode hard on the street on a cafe racer and in the dirt with a dirt bike. Funny, I enjoyed going round and round locked up like speedway on the dirt way more than I did hauling ass over unseen terrain. Didn't care for jumps at all. I made an early version of the skid pad to ride sideways on concrete lap after lap. Busted my ass many times but never broke anything but the bike.

Give me 4 wheels.

Our path to the shuttle took us by park ferme. It was unexpected. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1700434530.jpg

Hey Paul, did you get to grab a piece of carbon fiber from the mishaps on track?

It would be a cool souvenir of the weekend.

Did not, Glen. Our area was quiet. Our responsibility turned out to be watching the race.

I’ll post more pics later.

Great pic!

There were 82 separate overtakes during the Las Vegas Grand Prix, ranking it #2 in the 2023 season. Not bad. Sure better than the Monaco parade.

It's a piggy

It's even pink!

If LVGP was smart, they would promote the piggy with fun marketing.

^^^ Miss Piggy from the Muppets comes to mind .

That would offend the Muslim countries, and F1 is partly owned by them. With several Arab countries paying lots of money to have a F1 race, it ain't likely they promote that.

The spending cap is on a per season basis.

Yes, Ferrari will field an entirely new chassis next year. So will every other team. That is how this game is played. The pace of development and learning is so great that there is no way on Earth that last year's car would even make the field next year. Every team builds new cars every year, of their own design and manufacture (even if, as discussed earlier, they contract some of that out).

You already noted elsewhere that this was not the last race, so they do need a car for the final race of the season next weekend. They can replace a car if damaged enough to warrant doing so. It has to be the same specification as the one being replaced.

The Williams sucked an entire manhole cover up from the street in Baku the last year Claire was their team principle, severely damaging the car. Baku were required to weld all of the manhole covers down, but missed this one. These cars generate a couple of tons of downforce at speed, several times their own weight.

Granted, lifting a manhole cover might actually be easier, with its surface area to weight, but it's not surprising at all that Sainz's car lifted this thing when it drove over it.

Ferrari said the water valve hit cost them 2 million bucks! Ouch.

I have to assume the mechanics are all on a salary, and paid the same regardless of the tasks at hand. That is just an assumption. I am sure many would have proffered to be back in their rooms getting some sleep, or seeing the sights and maybe a show. I hear there are a few things to do in Vegas. ;)

Glen, the $2 million cost is accurate, had it confirmed by a friend that knows

The crash scrapped the chassis, engine, gearbox and broke the seat

Sainz was extremely lucky not to have been very seriously injured

300kph, was a huge impact