The Teething Troubles of the Las Vegas Grand Prix

[@AronBagel]

You know things are bad when Josh does a video on the weekend... during the actual weekend itself

[@trolly_mctrollface6969]

on a friday 😳

[@F1Krazy]

I have a feeling this video was already planned but when the free practice fiasco went down Josh added a new bit on the end at the last minute

[@Blueflag04]

Kinda wish he do that for every race weekend like other channels but he wont have time probably

[@RukaGoldheart]

​@@Blueflag04 nah, Josh doesn't need to do that

[@tobznoobs]

a few hours after fp1

[@hamizanharith3046]

You'd think after having so many street races, they would have been prepared for a brand new one.

[@DuvJones]

Yeah, but this one was something of a mad dash to complete. They were prepared for road course and street races.... Las Vegas, is it's own kind of challenge. So either this succeed massively, or fails hard. Because Liberty's US expansion is riding on this, Miami has done rather well but with the recent hike in price... that might not continue. COTA is COTA, which is COTA.

[@jacobmassey3897]

​@@DuvJoneskeep COTA and bin Miami and Vegas. We don't want them.

[@apophisstr6719]

@@DuvJones Also Miami isn't really a street track (in the traditional sense) so the challenges are quite different.

[@apophisstr6719]

@@jacobmassey3897 Well, I only care about having more new tracks in the F1 game, so adding new locations is almost always a plus for me.

[@jacobmassey3897]

@@apophisstr6719 you sad lonely individual

[@TheKnobCalledTone.]

I can see this being a multi-part series.

[@PyroBun_2844]

Stayed up late for FP1, saw the drain cover ordeal, dozed off, woke up at 5:30 am to basketball and a phone at 3%, while learning that FP1 was canned and THEN the fan attendance ordeal. So far, even Nascar at Chicago has been handled better than this mess.

[@K9RacingAndStuff]

I mean, at least with Chicago you can actually say everything that went wrong (that wasn't your usual street course discourse) was entirely out of NASCAR's control.

[@richardmccaughey5928]

And no televised coverage of FP2 whatsoever. Add in the bullshit penalty given to Saenz and I'm on the brink of saying "fuck you" to F1, a sport I've followed religiously since 1961. Speaking of religion, granting a race to that medieval hellhole, Saudi Arabia, was damn near the last straw for me. Vegas may yet turn into that. All this is not to mention the FIA gifting the 2021 Championship to Max.

[@n5sc4rtg]

​@@richardmccaughey5928Do you live in the U.S.? If you do, there was a live broadcast on one of the EPSN channels.

[@nickb2049]

@@richardmccaughey5928 I already past that point. I've barely watched F1 and have been following other series. NASCAR has some quirks but the racing is entertaining and unpredictable and IndyCar is downright AWESOME, FAR better than F1.

[@samueljayachandran2849]

NASCAR at Chicago had an interesting race with SVG winning right at the end, wet conditions, lots of action. It wasn’t as bad. It was chaotic and disorganized but that was out of the control of NASCAR management

[@NavF1]

Kicking out fans at 1.30am after they've been waiting for 5-6 hours for any real action is abysmal, no matter the logistics

[@benn87]

The German commentator actually said that the spectators "decided" to leave. I had to laugh a lot because at that point it was already clear what was going on...

[@Blueflag04]

They better dont return the next day, let the seat becomes empty and make Liberty panic

[@vulkanac47]

was expecting a statement about miss communication with stewards/cops, that it was all a mistake, but nop. and, ye you could see cops getting ppl out of stands

[@pushslice]

Well to be fair, Las Vegas is well known to be a Temperance Society that closes shop and goes to bed early… Oh wait.

[@spikespa5208]

A _FAN_ (like me) would stay till dawn, if necessary.

[@mja2317]

Sainz hit with a manhole and an undeserved penalty. Fans breaking their bank accounts for tickets only to be told they can't attend FP2. Congratulations F1. This is shaping up to be one of the worst Grand Prix in history.

[@TomParden]

Indianapolis 2005 enters the chat…

[@buncobooth]

If it ends up snowing and there are only 3 finishers it could well be :)

[@davidaugustofc2574]

​@@TomParden Rather have Indy to be fair, at least the teams fought for something that day. Here everyone just trying not to die

[@rattyratstuff7125]

it is vegas so like.... so many other things to screw and take your money haha

[@rattyratstuff7125]

was a truly amazing experience as a kid but when i saw the footage of it it was atrocious. the weekend after we got nikki hayden on the rc51 for a few dozen laps then tons of vintage f1 classes.@@TomParden

[@samve8336]

"Sainz and Ocon assaulted by manhole" is already the highlight of the weekend!

[@2lo4sno]

The moment that one of the classic tracks (Spa, Monaco or Suzuka) disappears so this monstrosity can continue is when I will be done with a league that I should love with all of the fiber of my being. Indy car gets my attention more with each passing year.

[@gandalf_thegrey]

True, it slowly creeps into my life.

[@merijnfluitman5761]

For me, it's WEC. Got tickets for the 8h of Spa next year.

[@SWatchik]

I dont get the obsession with Street races, particularly night ones. From on-board and track level, all you see is the catch fence and walls. You could literally be anywhere. it's not exactly thrilling to look at, and I'd much see trees and hills like in Spa and Austria anyway

[@plazasta]

It's cheaper than a permanent track and the safety standards are different

[@frankhuurman3955]

Exactly my thoughts when I was watching FP2 today. Even with all the stuff around this circuit it was still hard to see something other than fences and walls. Some of the camera angles also followed each other way to quickly giving this disorienting effect where tf the drivers were.

[@misfitcherries]

They played too much need for speed 😂

[@gionniblood]

Something something night life aesthetic something

[@Simonsimon-fy3hq]

Sadly it's all about the money.

[@S4b_3r]

The cashgrab behind the Vegas Grand Prix makes me grateful for how cheap and extremely accessible NASCAR and IMSA races are

[@tvdg93]

Toto has mentality never recovered from 21. His mind is bouncing more than the 22 Merc

[@Christopher-nv1cw]

His Interview after Practice just made him look like a clown and asshole even more.

[@vojtas08jarema]

He is absolutely delusional lately. He looks dead inside since the 22 car proved to be shit

[@spikespa5208]

Some of these team principals may have English as a second, third or fourth language but some sure have mastered the cussing.

[@jermaineayivoh8263]

And that’s why he is a poor leader!

[@Indiestructible]

The huge problem is that even if this weekend is the worst event F1 can put on, there will be someone there to point out that “it’s the first year” and continue to hold the race there. When F1 first came to Austin, we were given free tickets because there was not a huge demand for them until DTS happened. Now we have a large American audience yet this race had very few people in the stands. It’s going to be a revolving door of excuses while the workers of Vegas suffer the consequences of road closures and street repairs. I’m also incredibly tired of street tracks

[@accent1666]

What you mean very few, the grandstands were packed in FP1, especially in the paddock area

[@greatsageclok-roo9013]

It probably also didn’t help that this year was about as interesting as starring aimlessly at a wall. If we had even a *slight* chance of a race for the championship, I reckon people would have hocked up the cash and gone regardless of the price tag. But as it stands… yeah. We all saw what happened in Miami and Austin when the crowd booed Max. It wouldn’t be a stretch to assume that Max’s dominance is undoing all the work his battle with Lewis in ‘21 did. Everything leading up to this race was just disastrous for it in every way imaginable. In hindsight, this race has DOA written all over it.

[@funkytransport]

Like the last time it was here?

[@cajunstrat]

Toto said this race sets standards of races to come. It’s all about celebrity entertainment, racing is secondary

[@Limegreenedragon]

HA! What an idiot!

[@MagnumLoadedTractor]

Can't disagree with him...

[@misfitcherries]

It that's the case then this sport either won't see the light until the end of this century or it'll become the WWE of motorsports.

[@I_Hate_Youtube_Handles]

People laughed at me when I said F1 was repeating the same mistakes Nascar did in the early 2000s. Rapid expansion, catering to a casual audience rather than focusing on the people who made you big, making it about "The Spectacle". Nascar imo has the most die-hard audience and it still took them 20 years to recover, even still it's nowhere near as big as it used to be. When F1 announced the Vegas race I could see the writing on the wall, but when I spoke about it it was always, "you're a hater", or "you're just a dumb American, F1 is too big to fail like Nascar did". At this point I think F1 has officially gone a bridge too far. They've already lost a lot of it's core audience and a lot of the DTS fans are moving on to different things. The FIA and Liberty either has to full commit to this casual entertainment focused embarrassment of a "racing" series or go back to being the actual pinnacle of motorsport, where it's all about the racing

[@Jusuff]

​@@misfitcherriesThe WWE of motorsports is NASCAR

[@benn87]

The nice thing is that they can't blame anyone else for the disaster surrounding the broken track and cars because Liberty Media themselves are the promoters and organisers of the race. If this had happened anywhere else, those responsible would probably have been heavily fined...

[@Linnea-nb2jh]

It makes me so unbelievably happy that the Grand Prix of Stupid Decadence has become a complete farce less than 10 minutes into FP1.

[@spikespa5208]

Refer to comments by Toto in the 4 way interview. It ain't the end all-be all disaster that will define this weekend. It's only FP1. The Ferrari ruling sucks , though.

[@karelpgbr]

Yeah I was hating the race since it was revealed, I am so unfathomably happy that it’s a shitshow 😂😂

[@username-mf4mu]

@@karelpgbr hold that ya knob

[@AutisticWombot]

I'm just saying, Kyalami doesn't have mario-kart traps which will take out engines and potentially drivers too🤷🏻‍♂️

[@KorpseTheOriginal]

Maybe so but it's owned by a country openly backing a degenerate dictator and as a South African who drives past kyalami regularly even I don't want f1 near there just because I feel my countries leaders don't deserve more money they'll just steal and use on themselves and their dictator friends instead of the country

[@foxyfoxington2651]

The random pit traps are what makes it entertaining! /s

[@gchampi2]

Unfortunately, they also don't have a national infrastructure that could support a race, and soon they might not have a functional country capable of hosting a race...

[@Ndhavuko_nyiko]

​@gchampi2 that's a way of saying they don't want f1 in Africa

[@JTeam45]

To put it into perspective, I was able to hire a Formula Vee team and race SCCA events for 3 days + rent a hotel room for what it would cost just to *view* this Formula 1 event for the weekend in person. That's insanity.

[@kpegc]

The cost to spectate this event is more than that of a modern GT3 car. That's just bonkers to me.

[@nachobroryan8824]

You also weren't there to race at 10 pm

[@samueljayachandran2849]

There’s a Formula series which is $5k-10k a season, the car itself can be bought for $100k. Still less than 12% of the most expensive ticket for this race

[@ronbelanger4113]

So Paddock club for Monaco race is out?

[@ChristianRunsNY]

The purple pit lane entrance line nobody can see is one of those headscratchers that makes you wonder what some people were thinking.

[@cajunstrat]

I'm a pure racing fan, and seeing the fans getting kicked out is way over the top outrageous. I'm guessing many of the fans that got kicked out are litigious lawyers.

[@virtualmidwest3394]

I hope so!

[@kwasg3]

Ya I can forgive the 9" water cover welded to the frame and the frame coming out of the street (altho why not test pull on those with a 1 ton lifting magnet), but to kick fans out of FP2 due to staffing issues is outrageous and a deal breaker. They need to comp every fan that they kicked out a complete package for next year, and I still maybe wouldn't come back. They lost 2/5 of the track sessions.

[@Phuc_Yhou]

There were only a few hundred fans and its not like they were trouble makers or drunks so it didn't really need an army of stewards to let them sit and watch what they paid to see

[@chilibeer3912]

Also the bridges across the track being obscured with plastic sheeting so all those dirty poor folk who didn’t pay can’t see anything.

[@CheshireTomcat68]

I used to watch F1 for the racing. Now it's the morbid fascination of an ongoing train wreck.

[@BarbequeFreak]

Thats... pretty accurate

[@MagnumLoadedTractor]

Everything but racing is top priority for FIA or liberty media...

[@DanielWW2]

You must be a Ferrari fan. 😅

[@CheshireTomcat68]

@@DanielWW2 Definitely an interesting side-disaster of it's own!

[@papierbak]

F1 has just gone downhill since liberty media bought

[@celtictheknight]

Judging by the news after the FP1 and the current situation, I wouldn't be too surprised with another fiasco.

[@drugoviic]

I am convinced that, since it is a really long lap, the difference in pace among teams will be in seconds.

[@EpicNotch]

Especially considering most of it is pure straights 💀

[@quikesteve]

Dear Josh please please do a video about Bernie Ecclestone history in F1. I know it might give you an aneurysm but I'm willing to risk it 🤣hahaha. Awesome video as always, keep them coming.

[@wkent02]

Ironic after the fp1 teething troubles

[@Angrynood]

The curse of Revell proves to be true again.

[@maxgrieve]

I mean, the video does cover the FP1 teething troubles, so this isn't really an irony situation - feels more like a 'Josh very wisely prepped most a Vegas history reel, in anticipation of 2023 becoming a farce he could plug a final script into the moment it started going obviously wrong' situation.

[@squinz3824]

It's hilariously ironic how this race has become a microcosm of F1 and the world at large

[@Azeria]

And yet it was actually a pretty good race, so it’s probably all forgiven.

[@sherlockmaverick]

Nice seeing you here, George.

[@BluRacer7]

I honestly pray that this race would end up like in Indy 2005 just to send F1 a message that greed in the American Market will always make them repeat the same mistakes again and again.

[@samueljayachandran2849]

No the sport’s success does depend on getting a good amount of f1 fans. But this isn’t how to do it, Vegas is never a good idea. I also hate this race but I think they could have done an f1 festival in LA with a bunch of concerts, then q&a’s with drivers and then headed off to Laguna Seca.

[@scooteria6282]

@@samueljayachandran2849F1 and NASCAR doubleheader exhibition in the LA Coliseum :trollface:

[@greatsageclok-roo9013]

@@samueljayachandran2849Laguna Seca isn’t and could never be Grade 1 certified for F1. Primarily, it’s too narrow in places. (And bloody dangerous in the case of the corkscrew.)

[@I_Hate_Youtube_Handles]

​@greatsageclok-roo9013 yeah but even if they absolutely HAD to have it in Vegas they could've easily used the Nascar track that's right around the corner, it has a roadcourse/roval layout, plus it already has all the amenities. If F1 really wants to capture the American racing fan, there is no better place than a Nascar track.

[@greatsageclok-roo9013]

@@I_Hate_KZbin_Handles The problem is that last time they used a famous NASCAR roval... Well, we all know *that* story. I suspect F1/FIA are hesitant because of which.

[@PvtDonutDJ88]

Gotta look at the big picture, NASCAR’s first Street Race started out as a disaster of a weekend. But ended up being one of the best this year. We can only hope for the same for this weekend.

[@360ed]

You know things have gone bad when NASCAR can put up a street race for the first time IN ITS HISTORY and can outclass F1

[@nizm0man]

Is that the one where a random Kiwi turned up and won? :D

[@360ed]

@@nizm0man perhapsibly

[@salkdhfpoahergpoahre1534]

Josh you should know from going to Bathurst and other races that them blocking the view from the bridges is common practice. It's an egress that must remain clear, so they need to deter people from gathering and blocking the path. I don't understand how this has become such a talking point. Literally every single race track I've been to does this.

[@malonebrowno7]

Thank you! I was looking for someone saying this

[@sabrinadubh7871]

I was wondering when someone would point this out.

[@girlwithaguitar24]

It still blows my mind that there's a track in the middle of the country that has more history than any other track in the world, already has experience hosting F1, is comparatively cheap and accessible to most American fans, and even had its one problematic section fixed in the meanwhile - it's called Indianapolis.

[@andrewrobertson5508]

Roger Penske owns Indy. IndyCar and F1 mix like oil and water. I don’t see Formula 1 ever returning there sadly.

[@eazyelias]

Even as an American, I can’t defend this buffoonery. Thank you for always uploading quality content btw Josh !

[@sabrinadubh7871]

It makes the rest of us look bad. The Euros hate us enough as it is. This makes them think that they are right, that we are all tacky buffoons solely focused on celebrity and decadence.

[@mmogaddict]

As an Australian, I found the LVGP to be PERFECTLY TIMED! Hell it's probably better timed than our own GP.

[@XelferefleX]

Pirelli Hot Laps is happening in between sessions that might help lay down some rubber. There’s 30 cars doing 7 laps each day. However, yesterday it was cancelled for the drainage repairs.

[@Morcap]

Ooh Josh, we know you made this video before the Las Vegas shit-show really unraveled - can't wait for your next video about this.. -, but even so you are spot on as always. Thank you.

[@lachlancampbell3538]

99% show 1% racing, liberty deserves this when we have so many good circuits being ignored.

[@sdx3918]

I just wanna say. The Macau GP is also happening this week and every category is streamed for free on YT..

[@gahook]

I happen to live in the largest concentration of people in the United States in one time zone. The East Coast time zone. Cities like New York, Philadelphia, Miami, Boston, and so on and so on. The race starts at 1 AM. There’s no way in hell I’m gonna stay up for it.

[@brandensimmons653]

Meanwhile they competing with pac 12 after dark college football

[@EL1TESHARK]

exactly. i can barely stay awake for the race when its a 9:00a.m. EST start. good luck getting me to do a 1AM race start f1

[@King_Ears]

It's ridiculous that they're running the race when they are. 6am GMT for me on Sunday. Won't bother watching as I'll be asleep. Why they didn't run it like COTA or mexico so it's daytime for the locals and evening for Europe is beyond me

[@vulkanac47]

for most of europe its 7 am sunday, id rather watch it 1am

[@SatchDoesThings]

To be fair to Toto he was saying that manhole covers (and in many cases drain covers) at much more established tracks have come up before and people haven't kicked off nearly as much and he was backing the work of the people that have made the event happen like local crew etc. I'm somewhere in between Fred and Toto in that I support the local crew and everything that's been done to make it happen, but it's pretty bad to see the damage caused to Sainz's car and the resulting pentalty he's received for changing parts due to this damage. Also the prices are crazy for this weekend, lets hope something is done to make changes for the better next year. Let's all hope for a good qualy and race!

[@joshuawhelan9358]

Sure it's happened before but think about how many sessions those tracks have had over the years and this one happened in the first 8 minutes of the first session. The last one I vividly remember was 2017 malaysia and that only happened at the end of FP2 back when those sessions were 90 minutes. The fact that these covers weren't properly checked to be sealed properly is an absolute joke and Toto is so far up Vegas' arse I'm surprised he was able to speak so clearly

[@mobius1291]

A real fan right here. Not just another asshole bitching, moaning, and complaining.

[@vk3hsc655]

It destroyed the battery and broke his seat…. Amongst other damage. This could have resulted I serious injury to a driver…. Because some assclown can’t weld a drain lid? This whole race is bullshit. Stupid place, stupid time. No venue should get a race if if can’t run support races. Simple. Red Bull should just put Danny the RB and get Lawson back in the AT, and Max can go have a holiday somewhere…. It’s not like anyone paying to go gives a shit about the racing anyway….

[@superferrariman]

Love that @rocketpoweredmohawk gave you the shout out! You are one of my favs too!

[@Lazuli2-6]

I did not know that the race was held this late in the year, so when I found out, I was confused because Las Vegas evenings are warm in the summer, not the fall/winter. The temperature concerns could've been avoided if it was settled sooner in the season instead but it doesn't look like they thought about it

[@aiwash2766]

I went to sleep at 11pm woke up at 6am to have seen that 2nd practice had JUST finished, their schedule is insane

[@boss_vision65]

I honestly thought that the Vegas track looked like a kid's rendition of a cruise ship (and its still valid). But, that spider pig reference is just gold from the 1st time I heard it.

[@berke2336]

the nutty thing is, Indycar and NASCAR have been racing on WAAAAY more temporary road tracks in the middle of US cities for decades... but F1 decided to take 0 notes from them.\ Also, most US fans have never had to fork out more than $100 for a full day of pro racing, especially for a race on public roads.

[@mateusgirotto6346]

GP that could substitute the 3rd united states race: Buenos Aires GP South Africa GP Turkish GP Germany GP Even Indianapolis

[@MagnumLoadedTractor]

Replace miami with germany and Las Vegas with Malaysia

[@kpegc]

I'd like to add the Portugal, French, Malaysia, Mugello, and Nurburgring GPs into that hat too.

[@delinquents00]

Wonder if Toto would think differently if it was Hamilton that hit the cover and not Sainz.

[@Andre_The_Millennial]

That's not even a question.

[@BoliveiraNTPW]

For F1, in their social media canon, FP1 did not happen and nothing bad happened on it.

[@kriskay5020]

Honestly, as an Aussie, I want a New Zealand GP. The Kiwis are producing some world class drivers so lets give them a world class race event to showcase some of them in the support races instead of 3rd USA GP

[@shardell]

Was actually an excellent race lol

[@jeffbrown3009]

Oh no, it was a really good race despite all the problems.

[@SquidJoe]

And only 3 DNFs compared to 6 in Brazil; 5 in Mexico; 5 in Japan and 4 in Singapore. Guys like him wanted failure, and now they got shame.

[@zaphod4245]

I fully agree that Toto's rant was absolutely ridiculous. A manhole popping up is a serious problem, and a major oversight. It's lucky it only destroyed the car. Toto was so out of touch with his rant, and sounds like such a shill the way he lauds this track as something which will change F1 forever and which is pushing boundaries. Like no, it isn't, street tracks have existed for over a century and Singapore pioneered the F1 night race. This track brings nothing new to the table other than extortionate prices, pissing off locals and turning drivers into circus animals. It's a step backwards.

[@matthewgamble95]

10 minutes of fp1 running because they couldn’t sort out a drain cover. Then forcing all the grandstand fans to leave and not even have the ability to stay up to see the extended fp2 session also not giving them a refund at all is an absolute fucking joke

[@MrBertstare]

I still can’t get over them not understanding that Vegas gets cold at night! Raced in the SKUSA supernats and we ran a few heats at night. It was bitterly cold and one heat got blasted with sleet! It was wild.

[@allshownogo1389]

It was an amazing race!!!!!!

[@merijnfluitman5761]

I feel like 500.000.000 would buy you a sizeable plot of land on the edge of the city. With plenty of money left over to build an amazing track. Instead we get this

[@scooteria6282]

or use LVMS

[@hung8969]

Stopping people not paying from watching is crazy to me but stopping paying customers from watching? That’s a new one

[@loganxmartucci]

i live in vegas, so we were walking through and around casinos to just be immersed in it, cus we couldn’t afford tickets. we were excited once fp1 started, but then my day felt ruined. it was my first time seeing f1 cars in the flesh, but ultimately it one of the worst days i’ve ever experienced. i have so much hate for liberty media

[@sabrinadubh7871]

It's not just Liberty. Most of F1, including the Euros like Toto want every second of this farce. They are making a shitload of money off of this shit show. As Josh pointed out, despite what he may say today, this is Ecclestone's wet dream.

[@zanemurcha9742]

I remember when Baku came onto the calendar and people thought that race was a disaster and the first year was really dull. But then in 2017 it produced one of the great races. So we haven't the slightest cluse what will happen come Sunday.

[@Blueflag04]

I dont think the fans at Baku got kicked out after certain time period

[@rickyeligio1674]

I feel like the las vegas gp could be it’s own episode for drive to survive

[@TheA53ford]

Let's also not forget the paddock is not being called a paddock it's just being called a pit building for this race

[@hnh5618]

That makes sense though. You don't want a reminder of the Las Vegas shooting easily brought up.

[@MythicalDust]

That’s fair though. It’s just a name, and could potentially upset the locals who were shot at by that guy called Paddock. It’s the only thing the FIA actually did well in Vegas.

[@TheA53ford]

@@MythicalDust it's about the only thing I can praise the FIA for. My boss hates it for that reason though as he said it brings more attention to his name then

[@nicklowe1815]

​@@TheA53fordwell it reminds me of when you cant say car or peach in Albania because they refer to both the male and female genitalia respectively. So, just for this occasion, ill let it pass.

[@TheA53ford]

@@nicklowe1815 that's what I'm doing. Also didn't know that fact so that's something new to know, thank you

[@cooperjb12]

The concept of making a video bashing a race weekend before the race has even happened is a bit silly to me.

[@ljphoenix4341]

great vid, Josh! The best F1 KZbinr out there, in no way am I biased being a kiwi.

[@caiomiwa4674]

This track layout remembers me of the Tokyo r246 from gran turismo with a few parts changed, idk what to expect about it

[@JustinW2980]

Qualifying has delivered all year but it MUST deliver tonight.

[@FrozenArthie]

To think you can actually watch the Grand Prix Weekend through CCTV cameras for free is the cherry on the top

[@garrettweight1951]

I live around 5 hours north of Vegas and have been a fan of F1 since 2018 that hasn’t been to a Grand Prix. When me and my dad found out about the Vegas race, we got super excited that there was finally a race within driving distance, only for it to cost more to go there than to fly to somewhere like Austin and go to the race there. I hope they figure out a way to lower prices because there are plenty faithful F1 fans waiting to go to a race that don’t have 3,000 dollars to attend a full race weekend.

[@jamesshives5679]

Yeah they say this is about appealing to the American market, but which Americans, exactly? Because the ones who care about racing don't seem to be the ones catered to here. This seems focused on spectacle and style more than racing, not to mention the atrocious ticket prices and start time for the GP.

[@scooteria6282]

And it’s not going to pick up traction on American TV or streaming because at the race start the MST,CST, and EST timezones will all be in the dead sleep hours. Waste of money for F1. Sham of a sport.

[@AnArtii]

Never been so early to a Josh Revell video until now, it feels weird.

[@equinox9504]

I know, right

[@Blueflag04]

Yeah

[@SuperGenericUser]

So this video aged like milk, the race was fun, there was no rain, no red flags, no problems with grip. Yeah it sucked for Sainz but that's a rules problem, not a track problem. Every other street cirquit has had issues with manhole covers coming loose so you'd think they would know about this but yeah...

[@caydencorning]

I bought 2 tickets to sports car weekend at Road America for me and my father. All in (Gas, tickets, food) was less than a 3rd of the cost for a single general admission ticket at Vegas.

[@c.l.8213]

As someone comfortably sitting at home, I'm still quite excited for this race tbh. I'm really hoping that the low temps and fresh tarmac will make for an interesting race. I couldn't care much less about everything around the race itself, aside from the FP2 thing being weird and that they really should've allowed the locals to watch from those bridges etc. That would've been free positive PR.

[@adam346]

teething problems are when the camera placement isn't quite right or there are audio glitches... at a race, the track should not be part of the glitches... but that could just be me and or an unrealistic approach to the world premiere single-seater racing series.

[@psnKirios86]

I can't believe your video was outdated the second you uploaded it. Gonna need a part 2 mate.

[@reireiismeme]

thought to myself today, wonder how long it will take for Josh to make a vid about this. I just didnt expect same day delivery xD pure class

[@gordonritchie9341]

Nostradamus again!!

[@dexterhochstetler3727]

A race inside the Las Vegas Motor Speedway oval would have been better than the track they have now.

[@shoeflytoo]

I've mentioned that in the comments of other videos. I don't know why but it seems like some people are almost personally offended by the suggestion.

[@christiancompton2326]

I attended the race. I was gifted tickets as an early Christmas present. FP1 was a disaster, Sainz's Penalty was beyond absurd, and the whole, "logistical," nightmare that was kicking people out before FP2 was a shitshow. Other than the first part of the event, it kicked into high gear. FP3 had some great competition and the whole of qualifying and the actual race had me and my dad on the edge of our seats. We had a great time and the race had some incredible action and competitiveness. If they can fix their problems like spectator entry and navigating to the hotels, it would be a spectacular event. I hope for the best for this venue

[@benben3409]

Ferrari! Ferrari! Ferrari! That tire warmup speed is really gonna come in handy here. Second win of the season, p2 in constructors, here we come!

[@benben3409]

@aimanazrie8944 P2 and just 2 seconds off Verstappen is good! Not to mention, Leclerc would've won if Sainz hadn't gotten the penalty because Sainz would've been forced off-track by Verstappen at the first turn instead of Leclerc. Verstappen doesn't get clear air, comes out further down after his stop, and has to clear another car before Perez.

[@evanmico]

surprised you didn't mention how that loose manhole cover gave Sainz a 10 grid penalty as well. Classic FIA moment

[@khushgandhi8791]

I think he recorded this video before the weekend started

[@Blueflag04]

Recorded before the session. I dont think he have time to add it

[@syrekongen982]

As a former Las Vegas residenr and a person who grew up there.... these race times are absolutely normal. Las Vegas is so used to the nightlife/heat controlling the city that things are open very late and a lot of events run at night. Electric Daisy Carnival is from 21.00 - 0.600, just as an example.

[@LeoTop22]

How do you make such a high quality video so fast?! Nice!

[@danconner7561]

This content is great! Awesome work 👏

[@chiseledmedal2634]

I agree with you about all the stuff, the track design is meant to show less of a complexity factor.

[@playwithcars]

For those who are wondering if all street circuits cause major disruptions... the one in Singapore doesnt really affect day to day traffic till the week off the race. So what the las vegas residents had to endure was pretty shit.

[@nover0570]

I can't stand Toto, but he asked a good question in the press conferences last night. "When's the last time you made content that wasn't negative?" Starting to notice a trend here.

[@WolvesCry95]

Never in my life has a video hyped me up more for Strolls maiden win than this one :D

[@vlbz]

This will be a fun race. Can't wait.

[@frostedhams]

Honestly the Race was a lot better than I thought it would be. One look at the circuit and I thought it would be a snooze fest with the right walls but I was pleasantly surprised.

[@theplumbum82]

My main thought about this race is legitimately "holy shit i hope nobody dies". That's not an aspiration I should be having.

[@Bishops1414]

It ended up being a decent race which is hilarious considering everyone downed played it 😂

[@The_SingularityZA]

Very well made video Enjoyed your voice over as well

[@borismarkov1141]

So in the end it was a great race and all the haters seem to have gone silent

[@RobaMostarRoba]

Nice to see you calling out that hypocrite Toto

[@ShadowWolfe]

I hope the Vegas residents fight back on this event enough for it to never happen again. Whoever was behind this thought that Vegas was a good idea, all for show as opposed to actual racing. Indianapolis is just fine, and yet they only care about the show. This is pretty much a sign for them to stop caring about the show over the quality of the race. We can't get Hockenhiem but we get Vegas, ugh.

[@switchmuso]

Kudos, GREAT JOB!

[@Dezroy]

Thanks again for the content Josh. Keep giving ‘em the taste of Kiwi! Gotta, ask what’s your outro music? I like the vibe.

[@MaxVerstappenGlazer]

Even Caesars Palace would’ve been better at this rate

[@FlashoftheBlades]

Yeah, if you’re racing Superkarts. Hell, even regular sprint and shifter karts would be a better fit for that track than F1.

[@pushslice]

From today onwards, the Caesars palace races will be forever be referred to , misty-eyed, as … “the Golden Age of Las Vegas Grand Prix racing”..

[@_TeXoN_]

We have this instead of a German GP...

[@MattChaffe]

Can we add that nearly half of the US will struggle to watch just because of how late the race is. They could've had it start at 8 pm local time and still be reasonably dark outside to have a night race, and for most of the US to be able to stay up to watch it. I don't expect the ratings to be any good from this event.

[@PeanutTheThird-GTR]

Yeah man i live in the east coast of the U.S and the race STARTS at 1:00am for us...like ughh ya know.

[@MattChaffe]

@@PeanutTheThird-GTR Yep, and especially with people like myself that have to get up early to work on Sunday, it's not worth trying to stay up for it. Formula One obviously didn't research times of NASCAR and other sporting organization's night events on the west coast

[@PeanutTheThird-GTR]

@@MattChaffe Yea if you work on Sunday there's ABSOLUTELY NO POINT in watching the race, especially given with all the negative press around it. It truly makes you wonder what were they thinking honestly.

[@unoriginalsyn]

Sitting there watching this shit show last night and thinking can't wait for Josh's video about this and here it is ❤

[@NateDates]

Most probably wont know how dangerous that manhole incident could be, the F1 didnt wanna cover it but if you look up video/photos of the incident its horrifying. For starters its not the kinda manhole cover youre probably thinking of, this ones very small, its small enough to go straight through the gaps of a Halo, and the part of the track its on is very high speeds. You can probably imagine my concern for these racers.

[@Codi95]

Cool thing to see you on the DRS podcast