The Las Vegas Grand Prix, the 1,100th round of the world championship, opens a series of two consecutive events that will conclude the 2023 season. This is the third American Grand Prix on the calendar, being held on a schedule that is rare for Formula 1.
All events have been rescheduled a day earlier and will take place at night under artificial lights, but on Moscow time the schedule is more reminiscent of Australia than the US. According to local time, the press conferences start on Wednesday, practice on Thursday, qualifying on Friday and the race on Saturday, and for us that will be the morning of the next day.
Technically, the Vegas race will be the 74th race not held on Sunday.
Formula 1 was already in Las Vegas, forty years ago the stages closed the season in the parking lot of the Caesars Palace hotel. Back then, no one liked the temporary track surrounded by concrete blocks, but now everything has been taken care of down to the last detail.
A fast and long urban highway in one of the most famous cities in the world should simply surpass Jeddah and Singapore, that was the goal. And this will be the first nighttime Formula 1 race in the United States.
There’s no doubt that we’re in for the best show of the season. Liberty Media will do everything possible to achieve this. They want Formula 1 to appeal even more to the American public. Let’s see if European fans like the stage, so far the reactions are very cautious.
Liberty Media itself acted as a promoter of the stage, investing huge amounts of money and expecting huge profits. Where else are there million dollar tickets? Except in Miami.
It’s amazing how quickly the Miami stage lost its premium status. American Formula 1 owners are actively trying to distance themselves from Bernie Ecclestone’s legacy. The Miami race briefly became Formula 1’s signature event, taking over that role from Monaco, but the main event will now take place in Las Vegas, where Liberty Media and the teams will invite key partners and potential sponsors to impress the scale of the event. Where is Monaco from Vegas?
With the arrival of Liberty Media, Formula 1 has become different. The format of the weekend has changed, sprints have appeared, the ‘one country – one Grand Prix’ rule has disappeared. There are now two races in Italy and three in the US. But other sports have also changed. Time changes and we change with it. New fans come, new stages appear, life goes on whether we like it or not.
Liberty Media wanted the Las Vegas stage to play an important sports role, which always significantly increases the audience, but almost all sports issues for this season have long been resolved.
The title holder and the winner of the constructors’ championship are known, there are still a few local duels left, including for second place between Sergio Perez and Lewis Hamilton, but after the disqualification of the Briton in Austin everything in this battle seems to have been decided.
The Constructors’ Championship is a very tight race for the last four positions as each of them offers millions of dollars in prize money, with Williams, AlphaTauri, Alfa Romeo and Haas F1 doing everything they can to earn points in the final races of the season.
Source: F1 News
I am Christopher Clyde, an experienced journalist and content writer with a passion for sports. I have been writing about Formula 1 news for the past five years and am currently employed as an author at athletistic.com, one of the top sports websites in the US.
