The anticipation of seeing adrenaline-fuelled F1 racing in the entertainment capital of Las Vegas has sent the sport into overdrive and when the lights go out and the cars roar down the world-famous strip, it will be the place everyone wants to be.
The US has become so infatuated by Formula 1 since the success of the Netflix documentary Drive to Survive, that it now hosts three races – and with both Austin and Miami achieving massive success, Las Vegas is pulling out all the stops to go one better.
“These new races in the US kind of feel like a new type of Formula 1 event where it’s taken to the next level,” said MoneyGram Haas F1 team driver Kevin Magnussen. “It’s very unique, it’s very hyped and there’s a lot of new things about it.”
The world championship may already be done and dusted, sealed by Max Verstappen in Qatar at the start of October, but forget that – the racing will be as intense as ever in Las Vegas because every driver wants to be on the podium during the biggest weekend of the year.
The Saturday night race – which starts at 10pm local time – will see cars speeding around the streets of Las Vegas past a giant digital Sphere, gondoliers at the Venetian, the Bellagio’s dancing fountains and Paris hotel’s replica Eiffel Tower.
Source: Autosport