OT: No, I'm not excited., Formula 1 coming to Las Vegas for Thanksgiving Options

[VegasRacer]

[VegasRacer]

[Shivers]

Awesome

[Van914]

I’m planning on being there!

[GregAmy]

Please let it be better than 81/83 (and Detroit and Dallas '84). Those were awful.

Though I do have a photo somewhere of Mansell trying to push his car across the line...what a bonkers weekend.

[Van B]

I'm not excited for F1 period. MotoGP is where the real racing action is. But on the Vegas race specifically, I thought that was announced for 2023?

[FL000]

Sounds like a fun weekend - I’m hoping to be there. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

[sb914]

That would be awesome!
They should make it in the circuit ….

[JmuRiz]

Another boring street circuit (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

[Freezin 914]

I am a F1 fan. It should look good on tv. I have to say the new regulations and aero specs seem to make the racing better so far…

[rgalla9146]

Disaster at turn one

Official calendar shows MIAMI (!) in May ( 6th-8th) Austin in Oct (21st-23rd) and no mention of Vegas.
Russia cancelled due to war crimes

[abes914]

I am hoping to attend. This is for next season 2023. This will be awesome! Vamos!

[76-914]

I love F1 but was was highly disappointed with their ruling handed down for the "Rain Delayed Race". Complete and utter Bull Shit. Crooked as a dogs hind leg. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif) I'll still probably make the Austin and/or Vegas race. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[ClayPerrine]

Please let it be better than 81/83 (and Detroit and Dallas '84). Those were awful.

Though I do have a photo somewhere of Mansell trying to push his car across the line...what a bonkers weekend.

I worked corners for the Dallas F1 race. I was about 20 feet from Mansell as he was pushing the car.

I don't think this was ever in any of the pictures, but I can remember his crew lined up with their toes touching the line waiting for him to push the car across the finish line. They couldn't help until he actually crossed the line because it would disqualify him. The second the car nose crossed the line, it was like a bunch of racehorses coming out of the gate.

Clay

[Front yard mechanic]

Hey John where's the best place to stay and have a street view ? I'm ready to be there!

[GregAmy]

I worked corners for the Dallas F1 race. I was about 20 feet from Mansell as he was pushing the car.

You and I must have been shoulder-to-shoulder. I was a spectator but had an all-access pass because of some forgotten reason related to SCCA (CanAm?)

Did you ever work San Antonio for the GTP cars? I was F&C/spotter/"corner driver" for them*.

Small world!

GA

*Which allows me to slip in one of my fav stories about that time I drove the Momo Porsche 962 (wait, wut?)

For the weekend, IMSA put SCCA National-licensed drivers as F&C on each corner, in case a car had to be flat-towed. Well, wouldn't you know it, Gianpero Moretti parks the red 962 in our corner and walks away...and I could not wait until the race was over. Race is done, I jump in the car and drive it all the way around the track behind the tow vehicle, giving teh queen wave to all my F&C buddies.

We arrived at the paddock (inside the convention center, cool) and I didn't want to get out...until a gruff Italian implied that we could do this the easy way or the hard way...I fit real nice in there, too.

[ClayPerrine]

Personally, while I am glad they are bringing more races to the US, I am going to watch this one on TV. The track layout reminds me of LeMans before the chicanes on the Mullsanne straight. The focus will be on top speed, with very little chance of overtakes. So it is going to be a series of drag races down the straights.

And DRS is going to be a real advantage with this being all long straights with a few corners. Imagine coming out of turn 9 and getting DRS. You would have a HUGE advantage by the time you reach turn 11.

Just my $.02

Clay

[VegasRacer]

Hey John where's the best place to stay and have a street view ?

The Flamingo would be my first choice if I wanted to watch the race from a hotel room.

They have the most rooms with a good Strip view, plus all the others are set back with fountains, volcanos and shopping having Strip frontage.
Also, the other properties have their towers at an angle to Las Vegas Blvd.

The Cosmopolitan, Palazzo and Treasure Island should also provide a good view of the action from some of their suites.

[bkrantz]

Personally, while I am glad they are bringing more races to the US, I am going to watch this one on TV. The track layout reminds me of LeMans before the chicanes on the Mullsanne straight. The focus will be on top speed, with very little chance of overtakes. So it is going to be a series of drag races down the straights.

And DRS is going to be a real advantage with this being all long straights with a few corners. Imagine coming out of turn 9 and getting DRS. You would have a HUGE advantage by the time you reach turn 11.

Just my $.02

Clay

I flagged at Lemans in 1989, the last year before the chicanes. I ended up as part of a mixed French-British-Canadian-American team at the Mulsanne kink. Seeing the big Group C cars go by on the other side of the armco at 230 mph was pretty exciting.

[wonkipop]

Disaster at turn one

Official calendar shows MIAMI (!) in May ( 6th-8th) Austin in Oct (21st-23rd) and no mention of Vegas.
Russia cancelled due to war crimes

china (shanghai) cancelled too.....vid closed borders. gone for good from there?.

vegas gp will be a night one? neon backdrop too good not to use.
looks like its a real drag strip layout. park yourself at the end of one of those clinically insane straights and watch em hit the brakes. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) those things can stop. most violent thing they do.

i just used to go to the qualifying session in melbourne. better than the race.
no crowd. (watch the race on tv). had schumacher stand in front of me when he crawled through the fence after a real big one trying too hard. for some reason i always thought of him as a big guy. he is tiny. a guy holding a piece of his wing with blood coming out of his forehead got it autographed. the crowd got a bit of a carbon shower.

stopped going after the turbo hybrid cars came in. spectacle trackside is not quite the same.