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F1 fans tore down view-blocking screens during Las Vegas GP

The race had already courted some controversy in the weeks leading up to this weekend on this element when view-blocking filters were applied to areas of pedestrian bridges running over the Strip that prevented people without tickets from seeing the track.

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F1 fans tear down view-blocking screens during Las Vegas GP

Unlike F1’s first attempt at racing in Vegas in the early 1980s with the Caesars Palace GP, the new showpiece event for the championship promoter and its owner, Liberty Media, incorporates a 1.4-mile-stretch of the Strip on the Las Vegas Boulevard.

Autosport

Max Verstappen shrugs off collisions and penalty to win F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix

Entertaining race on the Strip ends with familiar result despite strong showing from Charles Leclerc in the Ferrari

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What we learned from Friday F1 practice at the 2023 Las Vegas GP

Formula 1's return to Las Vegas got off to a shockingly bad start with Ferrari's Carlos Sainz striking a loose water valve cover in FP1 and that session having to be abandoned after just eight minutes of running. What followed was a communications and optics horror show from both the…

Motorsport

What we learned from Friday F1 practice at the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix

Formula 1’s return to Las Vegas got off to a shockingly bad start with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz striking a loose water valve cover in FP1 and that session having to be abandoned after just eight minutes of running. What followed was a communications and optics horror show from both the…

Autosport

Sainz gets F1 Las Vegas GP grid penalty after track manhole cover incident

The first F1 race weekend on the famous Strip has been blindsided after Esteban Ocon ran over a water valve cover, with his Alpine lifting it proud of the resurfaced asphalt. His Alpine sustained damage and a yellow flag was waved but Sainz still clattered over the loose cover.

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Sainz given grid penalty after F1 track manhole cover incident at Las Vegas GP

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Wolff: Vegas GP manhole incident "not a black eye" for F1

The first on-track session for the inaugural race weekend on the streets of Las Vegas was abandoned after just eight minutes on Thursday evening when Ferrari's Carlos Sainz ripping up the concrete frame of a water valve cover on the flat-out Strip section.

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Vasseur: F1 Vegas manhole issues that wrecked Sainz's Ferrari "unacceptable"

Eight minutes into first free practice for the inaugural race weekend on the streets of Las Vegas, Sainz suffered huge damage to the chassis, floor and power unit of his Ferrari after ripping up a concrete frame of a manhole cover on the iconic Strip.

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Vasseur: Vegas manhole issues that wrecked Sainz's Ferrari F1 car "unacceptable"

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Glitzy F1 opening ceremony sets tone for divisive Las Vegas GP

If the groundbreaking, F1 promoted race around the Strip is earmarked as the series' very own Superbowl, then it already served up a halftime show to match a day before on-track proceedings even start.

Autosport

Las Vegas Grand Prix: Formula One taking expensive gamble that isn't guaranteed to pay off

Interest in F1 has experienced a huge surge in the United States, but there are fears that the sport is only in Sin City for the show

Evening Standard

Alonso: F1 Vegas GP "deserves" its special treatment

This weekend, F1 owner Liberty Media realises its long-held ambition of bringing the series to downtown Vegas, with a layout incorporating a large section of the gambling haven's iconic Strip.

Motorsport

Alonso: No two laps of Vegas F1 weekend will be the same

F1’s return to Vegas will take place on an all-new course that incorporates the city’s famous Strip boulevard – with the public roads being used having been resurfaced ahead of the event.

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Tourists find the Las Vegas Strip remade for its turn hosting Formula One

The Bellagio fountains on the Las Vegas Strip won't be very visible

The Independent UK

Tourists find the Las Vegas Strip remade for its turn hosting Formula One

The Bellagio fountains on the Las Vegas Strip won't be very visible

The Guardian - AU

F1 apologises to Las Vegas for disruption caused by new night race

Greg Maffei has issued an apology for the disruption brought to the city after workers expressed disquiet over the impact on infrastructure

Motorsport

Why standing waves and tyre graining will be huge challenges in Vegas

Thanks to a mid-November calendar slot, and the decision to hold the charge along the famous Strip at night, the air temperature will most likely drop well below 10 degrees Celsius for all track sessions.

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The Guardian - UK

Formula One gambles on Las Vegas spectacular to break US market

Organisers of the first grand prix in Sin City for more than 40 years vow to stage an unmissable event to rival the Super Bowl

Sports Illustrated

How Las Vegas Is Turning the Strip Into an F1 Track

Building a road course in the middle of a city is not easy—especially when it’s the glitziest city in the world.

The Independent UK

Las Vegas hotel workers union reaches tentative deal with Caesars, but threat of strike still looms

The Culinary Workers Union in Las Vegas has reached a tentative deal with casino giant Caesars Entertainment that could help avert a sweeping strike

Autosport

Verstappen: Las Vegas F1 race "more for the show than the racing itself"

F1 has gone to great lengths to revive the Las Vegas race, acquiring permission to race on the gambling haven's iconic Strip and taking on the promotion of the race itself, which takes place on 18 November.

The Independent UK

Thousands of Las Vegas Strip hotel workers at 18 casinos could go on strike this month

The labor union representing Las Vegas hotel workers has set a strike deadline

The Independent UK

Union workers arrested on Las Vegas Strip for blocking traffic as thousands rally

Thousands of hotel workers fighting for new union contracts are rallying on the Las Vegas Strip

Motorsport

Las Vegas F1 Track Guide: Where does it go and what does it pass?

The Las Vegas F1 race takes place on some of the most famous streets in the world, but where does it go and what does it pass? Find out here.

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