re: 2023 Formula 1 season Thread

I always expect a parade.

Great question. Curious to hear some thoughts.

The few realistic passing zones plus the cold temps and the Pirelli's terrible performance when not at optimal temps will surely result in some crashes.

Drivers complain about those Pirelli's during perfect weather already. The tires in Vegas will never get right.

Thoughts?

Max out with an engine failure DNF.
Alonso has to retire the car.
Checo wins.
Lando always the bridesmaid and finishes second.
Stroll podium and rocketpoweredmohawk has a stroke.
Poor LeClerc and Sainz finish 4-5.
Mercedes eats tires and finishes 6 and 8 with Danny Ric sandwiched between them.
Sargeant at 9 cuz wut tha frick is a kilometer?
Yuki at 10 for a double points day for AT.

HOW BOUH DAH?

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Ferrari double dnf.

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Why you gotta do me like that?

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Such a cluster... Like he said, I think people were excited at the prospect of this at first, but it is a huge clusterfrick.

Don't see how the businesses or locals go for this after this year. Imagine there will be uproar to cancel go forward.

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I know people are complaining, but isn't this what every city that hosts a road race goes through? What makes Vegas so different?

color highlights of 1955 Monaco GP featuring the Mercedes of Fangio and Moss.

Fangio led half the race until his car died but moss was faster in 2nd. Fangio was the same age as Alonso but looked like a retired plumber walking around in the pits

This was also Alberto Ascaris last race but he made it memorable by blasting through the chicane and into the Med while leading. He would die 3 days later at Monza at the age of 36.

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On 26 May, he went to Monza to watch his friend Eugenio Castellotti test a Ferrari 750 Monza sports car. They were to co-drive the car in the 1000 km Monza race, having been given special dispensation by Lancia. Ascari was not supposed to drive that day but decided to try a few laps. In his jacket and tie, shirt sleeves, ordinary trousers and Castellotti's white helmet he set off.[3][4][17] As he emerged from a fast curve on the third lap the car inexplicably skidded, turned on its nose and somersaulted twice. Thrown out onto the track, Ascari suffered multiple injuries and died a few minutes later.[3][4][26] The crash occurred on the Curva del Vialone, one of the track's challenging high-speed corners. The corner where the accident happened, renamed in his honour, has been subsequently replaced with a chicane, now called Variante Ascari.[26]

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Teams were not limited to two cars until the mid 80s. Crazy seeing Lancia and Ferrari with so many cars on the grid

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but isn't this what every city that hosts a road race goes through? What makes Vegas so different?

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Bc the business of vegas is tourism... Nearly 40m people a year visit.

Compare that to 2m for Singapore, 7m for Monaco, 800k for Baku... What other street courses am I forgetting?


The construction has been going on for 6 months, shutting down all major roadways around the strip and even the strip itself, shutting down attractions, etc..

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parts of the track lit up and it's stunning visually.

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Oh yeah, its going to be visually sexy depending on the angle... I'm sure they will blackout all of the gas stations and crack house businesses on the back side.

The area where they had to build the temporary bridge for cars to get into the area once they block off the track is skid row esque

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Don't see how the businesses or locals go for this after this year. Imagine there will be uproar to cancel go forward.

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Locals dont go to that area often. Doubt they will notice that much