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2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix - [PRACTICE 1] discussion thread

ROUND 22: United States 🇺🇸

FORMULA 1 HEINEKEN SILVER LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX 2023

Circuit stats

First Grand Prix: 2023
Number of laps: 50
Circuit Length: 6.201 km
Race Distance: 310.05 km
Lap record: N/A
**2022 winner:**N/A

Track Map

27 comments

This is much like gambling: High expectations, but it always ends with disappointment. Welcome to Vegas!

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I'm sure many people know of this, but if not– this is easily my favorite manhole cover story. Potentially the fastest man-made object with mass ever is a humble manhole cover. Also a potential wrecker of F1 cars!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plumbbob

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What the hell is the point of this race. It is making me not want to watch the rest of the season. Everything is all clinched up anyway.

I live one time zone away from this track and I can't watch any of it because it is all past my bedtime.

It is a NASCAR race because the only reason to watch it is for the crashes.

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- Yea, it's certainly not for the American market. No one in America will be awake to watch it.
  
  It is going to be a fun race though since no one has an data on it. It's a blank slate.
  
  I'll just watch it the day after and try not to have it spoiled.
  
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  FP1 was at 5:30AM for us central euro people, not for us either
  
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  I'm in New York and it's midnight. I'm 100% here for it.
  
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- Yea, I’m only watching this race for the shitshow and to see Checo beat Max.
  
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  That would be pretty nice to see but even with his street skills I think Checo's smooth driving is going to keep him from keeping his tires hot. Max is going to be better at keeping heat in the tires.
  
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The corners look to come straight from a cheap indoor karting track. They're there because they need to be and don't allow fun or interesting driving. Combined with the gaudy surroundings the commentators are being forced to say is spectacular this looks like such a dumb track. Isn't Vegas in the desert or something? They should have a built a new track outside of the city.

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9 minutes..3 cars damaged by manhole cover issue? Wtf

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- Which was the third? Sainz, Ocon and ?
  
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- Who's was the third? Sainz, Ocon and?
  
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  Commentators said Zhou too
  
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Well that was a fucking waste of everyone's time.

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- If you have F1TV you can eek out another five minutes of action watching Sainz' onboard, as his car is loaded on a flat bed.
  
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Well... Looks like Max was right, all show, no racing.

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@wes Question is who is waking up at 5:30 for FP1...

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- cries in father of a 7 months old
  
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- Don't have to wake up if you never go to sleep!
  
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- 2230 here
  
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- I tried, but I failed.
  
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Whew. What a session!

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Im actually pissed. What?!? Why?!? Jesus.

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You wot? It's that early?

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