Formula 1 aims for a great night show Las Vegas Grand Prix, this weekend. race, which Returning to the Nevada desert after 40 years Last night, as part of a failed attempt supported by the Palace of Caersars in 1981 and 1982, Strip, the famous boulevard of the ‘City of Casinos’ The presence of all pilots in an imaginary ring, with disco music and neon lights. But one of the game’s greatest heroes, the three-time world champion, rebelled against the ‘great circus’ Max Verstappen, who was disturbed by such an environment: “I feel like a clown”, says. at the opposite endfor Lewis Hamilton This is their perfect ‘habitat’.
V before going to Las Vegaserstappen He was already reluctant about a big prize that was completely artificial, like everything else in the American city.. He also did not provide clear information about the conditions offered by the unprecedented 6.2 km urban circuit, which is the second longest circuit of the season after Spa-Francorchamps and includes 1.9 km of straights and many unknowns. In addition, the lowest temperature of the season is expected to be around 5°C during the race; The race will start not on Sunday as usual, but on Saturday (for the first time since South Africa in 1985) at 22:00 (07:00 in Spain)
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Even at the opening ceremony on Wednesday night, Max insisted on showing his discomfort: “For me, it’s about being able to skip all that. It’s not about the singer, it’s about standing there, you feel like a clown.” The Dutchman commented, “99% of this will be a show, 1% will be a sports event.”
“I’m not into partying, I don’t have a lot of emotions to be honest, I don’t like everything the teams do but of course that’s part of the situation we’re in. I’m not fake, I always speak my mind, I think positive and negative, that’s just who I am, some people like it “I love being in Las Vegas, but not competing,” he concluded.
As if that weren’t enough, the Las Vegas GP is the penultimate race of the 2023 calendar and in just a week’s time the World Cup will bring down the curtain many miles away in Abu Dhabi; “We have a 12 hour flight there and we need to take the time difference into account.. “The race here is as if it were in Japan, since it is a night race it almost means a day difference, it is a bit tiring, it doesn’t make much sense,” said the Red Bull pilot.
“I completely understand that F1 is coming to Las Vegas. You can see it in two ways, the business side or the sports side. I’m just expressing my opinion, we are not interested partiesSo we just go with the flow, they decide what to do, right? “If I were the owner I would do the same, I wouldn’t listen to the drivers, this is my sport, I do what I want with it, that would be the case,” Max argues.
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His attitude is radically different Fernando Alonso: “Jet lag? No, that’s not good… it’s what it is.” “This sport is difficult, not football” The Asturian joked. Having set the bar very high in Mexico and in an intense battle with Checo Pérez for third place on the podium, the Asturian was suggested to the possibility that the famous 33rd victory could come this weekend in Las Vegas: “A win would be nice in the race and especially the first race like this.” like the ground, but I don’t think it’s possible for this to happen.. “I don’t think this is one of the favorite tracks for our pack, I think it will be difficult,” he predicts.
Moreover lewis hamilton Very happy with the ‘show’. The seven-time Mercedes champion, who attended with teammate George yesterday Speaking at a special event organized by IWC Schaffhausen and Mercedes-AMG in Speed City, Russell is excited about the Las Vegas race: “I think the biggest challenge will be the temperature. It will be one of the coldest races, probably the coldest weather we’ve had in a long time.” It is also a new circuitWe have very little time to learn this, so I am excited“, he assures.