Depending on which forecast you choose to believe, perception chances are from 2% to 48%.

I have Good News and I have Bad News.

The Good News: I am no longer part of the F & C (Flagging & Communications) Crew.
I have been reassigned to be an Intervention Marshall. My new responsibilities will put me on the Hot Track in Full Nomex gear as a First Responder to extinguish fires, extract drivers, push/load disabled cars and clear bits of carbon fiber, wings, wheels and all other foreign objects from the racing surface.
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The Bad News: All Photography (including cellphones) is Strictly Prohibited anytime the Track is Hot. If caught, they would pull my credentials and escort me from the event. (I love you guys, but not that much.)

neat.

duck your head when lance stroll comes around.

At least you don't have to worry about Major Spin (Mazepin). I swear he could crash a wheelchair while sitting still.

Wicked! Please post your assignment here when you get it so we can watch for you...

Hide a mini cam in your beard

Let's not forget the King, Andrea De Crasheris, errr De Ceasaris. I believe it was Guy Ligier (Team Ligier) that fired him on the spot after Andrea walked back to the pits after a rollover crash, stating "I can no longer afford to employ this man".

Then there was Crashtor...err Pastor Maldonado...didn't he have his own website, something like "where did Pastor crash today..."?

Here is a list of F1's greatest crash kings.

https://racingguider.com/ranking-the-10-mos...ers-in-history/


And You forgot "Hunt the Shunt"

Here's a different list, with videos: https://www.goodwood.com/grr/f1/the-five-mo...one-f1-drivers/

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i'd be almost tempted to put money down on stroll for fastest lap.
good odds and he would either do it or smear the walls with himself.
have to wait for practice to see if that a m has speed at the l v track.
depends how they have it set up but it can be a fast car and stroll has been fast in it.

but truthfully - i'd be thinking there is a good chance that norris might take that prize.

Marshaling the Marshals.
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F1. F1. F1.
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Wynn
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Strip Straight.
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Or a retirement home for utility workers ...

Ya'll have enough water in Vegas to wash the roads or did it actually rain? HAHA

$900+ tickets?

Safety car lap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6QkCPhJ6Fw

I am highly unimpressed. It reminds me so much of the old WW2 airport circuits in Texas/Oklahoma that we were forced to race on in the 80s, because we had nothing else; a string of long straights with turns necessary to get the cars back to the start/finish line -- plus immovable walls

I hope I'm wrong, but I suspect this will be an unending series of yellows, blacks, and maybe some reds...

Not just Marshals either. ‘Intervention’ Marshals. What are one of those? Plenty of them.

Kevin. See post #52.

I see a lot of good fencing. I know of a good place for that fencing when they are done with it.
Matt

Did they ever get FP1 and FP2 going? I DVR'ed FP1 but only saw Sainz's Ferrari hit a water access cap and damage his car. I read that he would be penalized 10 grid spots to change the chassis and other damaged pieces.

Great start to the weekend eh? Them giving him a penalty for unsafe track condition accident is very dumb.

Clown shoes.

- Track not properly prepared
- Cars damaged as a reuslt, have to replace chassis and sub-components
- Damaged Ferrari given 10-place grid penalty because of a battery replacement due to that damage, no wiggle room offered
- FP2 delayed 2-1/2 hours
- Yet despite many waiting, all spectators removed from all stands due to "security teams shifts ending" (and, I strongly suspect, due to the requirement to open up the roads immediately after end of FP2)
- Martin's comment, paraphrased, "it's like a lock-down race".

This reminds me a lot of the 2005 Indy debacle. Michelin made it right for us spectators with refunds/discounts, I hope Liberty is calling in their check writers (and ticket dispensers) to make their Thursday evening ticket holders whole.

Clown Shoes.

GA

Orange is the new black!

Top tip. Tack weld manhole covers down. That’s what was done when Tacoma hosted a street circuit for Winston Cup cars in the mid 80s. Everyone one wearing puffy jackets and warm hats for the Vegas night race…only in America.

Actually, "the new white" (flaggers tradtionally wear all-white).

I will offer that, despite my initial concerns, the track looks like it'll race better than I thought it would. It's still an "airport circuit" but there's some interesting corners and braking areas that will offer some viewing excitment.

And I've already seen a couple friends on TV; the marshall in black and the helmet with the Texas outline that was shoo-ing away the camera from Sainz' car is an SCCA friend. She must be sleeping now as I can't seem to get a rise out of her via text...lol - GA

Welding the manhole covers is OLD, OLD, school.

Every time a President visits your town every single manhole cover on his route is welded shut.
Makes it a BITCH for the telephone techs to fix stuff in the future...

The manhole covers cover more telecommunication stuff than anything else.

This sounds exactly like Dallas in 1984. The track was breaking apart, and the event organizers cancelled the warmup to fix it.

It will certainly be entertaining to watch.... on TV.

Ferrari killer.
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Actually, White is U.S.A. Qrange is International.

Have fun John! Be careful.

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10 yards, drivers left of the Apex.

Cool.

What's the difference between a Marshall Post and an Intervention Post (asks the F&C-licensed steward...)?

woken up here on other side of the world.
watched FP2 highlights. pity about the manhole cover in FP1.

got to say its spectacular on the screen.
and its a fast track.

could be anyone's race.
the tyres are going to decide it and which cars work the tyres best.
it seems to be outside all the normal parameters that have decided the season so far.

possibly not an MV shoe in for once.

To the best of my understanding. . .
There are many kinds of Marshall's. (Flagging, Intervention, Boundary, Radio, Light Pannel, Grid, Pit and more)
that might be asigned to a station. Their only access could be a window in the fence.
An Intervention Post will usually have a break in the wall with access to push or for the lift to remove disabled cars.
It really has to do with the responsibilities of the different specialties.

Flag Marshall Post.
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Bus Ride.
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some trackside footage of carlos sucking the manhole right out of the ground.

very serious sounding thud with a lot of fireworks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd0zJCx9bZ0

loving your photos @VegasRacer .
its a spectacle being a night race.
right up there with singapore except i think the speeds are monza scale.

Venetian GT4RS.
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Toes on the line.
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One of my corner working partners from Atlanta said his "Brother has a 914 beside his house."
I asked "What year?"
He said he didn't know.
I asked about rust?
He laughed, scrolled on his phone, and showed me this picture.
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logan sergeant qualifying result. !!!!!

relieved that its not another M V shoe in.

It's like it's morphed into its environment....but pristine Delphi front firewall.

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"Attention: If you or a loved one was forcibly removed from the Las Vegas Grand Prix circuit due to chronic mismanagement, you may be entitled to financial compensation."

John you gotta love the 'VegasBaby graphics on those rumble strips @MATTYLITE and pals are in town and will try to reach you after your trackside work