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Listened to a podcast yesterday with Max ex performance engineer. He seemed to think it's going to be a total cluster on track.
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Track temp, new tarmac, bad track design, air temp, night time and a rack of other stuff he listed
Did I just watch Gladiators? All that's missing is John Anderson to do voice over
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In the morning. Quali at 8am, race at 6 am. It's a night race over there. Highlights around mid day hopefully.
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Max not impressed 
www.bbc.co.uk
Alonso: "It is a tough sport. It is not football."
Las Vegas GP is 99% show - Verstappen
Red Bull's Max Verstappen says he is "not looking forward" to this weekend's Las Vegas Grand Prix, which he believes is "99% show and 1% sporting event".
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Alonso: "It is a tough sport. It is not football."
Looks like a boring track alright but then again so is Monza, it has 3 corners. So who knows. I thought with all the flack they are getting they wouldn't be back but I read that FOM spent $240m to buy an empty lot at the end of the strip to store all the construction equipment so to me that means they plan on coming back.
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They also spent hundreds of millions on a paddock building.
It's F1 itself paying for all this too. Normally they get tracks to pay them hundreds of million.
Then again, with corporate packages at tens of thousands, and normal tickets at thousands, it's no question what this race is about.
Loathe it or hate it, it's here to stay for sure. As long as they've sold those tickets, and the hotels are full.
Crow555
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From what I've read, they haven't and they aren't. The opening ceremony had only half the seat filled.
gpaevo
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Like you say, massively under sold from what I read this morning.
Nazor
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Happening down the street and I’m not that bothered. Locals don’t seem to like it at all. I’m hoping it goes well but the prices to go watch are horrendous. I’m hoping the cold temps thrown a wrench in the positions on track .
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So, nobody thought to weld the manhole covers closed!
They've only been doing it for years in Monaco.
They've only been doing it for years in Monaco.
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As wise men once said..
"Ambitious, but rubbish"
"Ambitious, but rubbish"
Father Stack
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By all accounts this is shambolic. Locals hate it, employees of the strip hate it, the average F1 fan/viewer hates it, the drivers hate it, the teams hate it, yet it's been contracted for the next 10 years. The race happening at 10pm local time is a bit of a sham too - and it seems like FP2 is due to start in an hour, at 2am local time?!
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Hitting a dodgy manhole cover at 200mph on an untested track was perhaps acceptable in the 1950s, but not nowadays. Leclerc was lucky not to have a big accident.
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I agree it is the pinnacle of the sport. So it shouldn't be done on a makeshift circuit with awful conditions