When Sainint’s F1 Car Got Heated, and the Las Vegas Grand Prix’s Running Costs Were Announced
But in a move that’s angering fans, Sainz was penalized for switching to the new car, with the sport’s governing body saying they had no way to make a provision to the rulebook even though his original car was damaged by the approved course.
More F1 events are being hosted by the U.S. than any other country this year. The release of the documentary series, Drive to Survive, coincides with the new national popularity of sports.
Locals have accused F1 of giving preference to European attendees with late-night on-track start times and high ticket prices.
The CEO of Liberty Media told Yahoo Finance the event is expected to bring in more than $1 billion to the local economy. Ceasars Entertainment has broken its F1 betting record, reports the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
The famous Las Vegas Strip makes up part of the racing course, which required about $80 million in roadwork costs, half of which Formula One is requesting from Clark County.
We’ve all been to concerts, games, and even other Formula 1 races that have been canceled due to weather or technical issues. F1 President Filippo Domenicali and Las Vegas Grand Prix CEO Renee Wilm said in a statement that it happens and that they hope people will understand.
The drain caps were filled with asphalt and sand by the workers who rushed to remove them. The attendees were told to leave the fan viewing areas when the practice began 2 1/2 hours late. The course had to be closed a few hours later, by 4 a.m., in order to reopen the streets to morning commuters.
During the first practice session, Carlos Sainint Jr. hit a water valve cover and damaged his car in nine minutes.
Formula One is trying to recover in time for its Las Vegas Grand Prix race after an embarrassing opening-night debacle stopped the racers’ first practice after just nine minutes.
For many Formula 1 fans, the Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend delivered an exciting crescendo Saturday night after the high-speed race through city streets concluded with a dramatic finish.
F1 superstar Max Verstappen of team Red Bull breezily nabbed first place in the contest, while Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc took second after overtaking Verstappen’s teammate, Sergio Pérez, in the final lap.
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But other fans left the much-heralded weekend events as parties to a class-action lawsuit against the racing organization, after attendees were booted from viewing areas on Thursday during an hours-long delay caused by technical issues with the course.
Supporters of Formula 1 cheered the sport’s growing popularity in the U.S., but some residents booed the disruptions to city life when the race returned to Las Vegas.
The practice session was “red flagged” to allow workers to make repairs to the track by removing water valve covers and filling them with sand and asphalt.
The fans had to leave the viewing areas when the second practice run started two and a half hours after the first one ended.
Not everyone of them did. A group of fans is now suing the Las Vegas Grand Prix and owner Liberty Media in a lawsuit seeking at least $30,000 in damages, The Associated Press reported.
Formula 1 gave attendees who held single-day tickets to Thursday’s events a $200 voucher to the Las Vegas Grand Prix gift shop, journalist Chris Medland reported, while those who held three-day passes received nothing.
Even some F1 drivers have been critical of grand prix organizers. Ahead of race weekend, Mercedes driver and seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton said F1 shouldn’t be a “circus that shows up that’s all glitz and glamour and people are affected negatively by it,” while reigning champion Verstappen suggested that the Las Vegas event placed too much of an emphasis on the spectacle of the race and not enough on the sport itself.