FORMULA 1 HEINEKEN SILVER LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX 2023....Practice 1-2-3.... ▄▀▄▀▄▀ SPOILERS ▄▀▄▀▄▀

ESPN has bailed out!

Knowing F1, Liberty and the LV tourist major domos there’s probably a media blackout. Is anybody watching Sky actual?

 

I saw a truck drive by with some equipment in the back.

 

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Welding drain covers have been a standard part of tracks for decades. Remember Grosjean in Malaysia? Seems Vegas skipped that part and the session lasted a whopping 9 minutes.

It's currently 15 degrees C in Vegas, so it's much warmer than what was rumored.

 

W T F!!!!!

 

FIA: "Concrete frame around a manhole cover that has failed. Now need to check all the other manhole covers, which will take some time. Will be discussing with circuit engineering team about length of time it will take to resolve and will update with any changes to schedule"

 

It’s not that cold. Pretty typical Nov evening.

 

Unreal.

what a disaster.

If I was sitting in those grandstands I would be PISSED

 

The opening celebration more entertaining than FP1.

 

I wonder if the drivers are getting a bit agitated….

 

It’s possible they cancel the next practice. They have to be 100% sure it won’t happen again.

 

Yeah seems like a very comfortable evening to me. Supposed to drop only to about 12C at about Midnight, which is still warm enough.

 

so digging up and replacing concrete frame(s) then having to resurface those areas? JFC

someone call Caesars and see if we can borrow their parking lot

 

That would be horrible. They do have a couple hours and surely enough workers to get it done. I think they will run FP2

 

Planet F1


Formula 1 aborted the opening practice session for the Las Vegas Grand Prix after a drain cover shattered the floor of Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari.

The session saw just seven minutes of track action with Charles Leclerc on top of the timesheet ahead of Nico Hulkenberg before the red flag was waved for Sainz’s stricken Ferrari.

With the FIA revealing it was a manhole cover that broke Sainz’s floor, the session was cancelled on safety grounds.

 

Tow trucks pulling in now…..

 

That’s the best shot I’ve seen of it

Can you imagine if this was race day

 

The bad news. The track destroyed the Ferrari of Sainz which might jeopardize the race.

The good news. Leclerc was fastest.

 

I think if I were a driver…or a team principle….I’d be requiring proof of safety.

 

Yep. This is really serious. This is no joke.

 

just means Chuck will win pole then DNS for a faulty sensor due to cold weather

 

Too many times back in the 60s and 70s they started races on tracks that were “safe enough.”

 

IMO they should have run some test laps with a spare car or something. I don’t know how you fix is quickly. Maybe weld it and use an epoxy filler. But what about other covers?

 

This last happened at the 2019 Azerbaijan GP Practice. They had 320 manhole covers to check and had the F2 Qualifying up n running 3 hours later.

 

Different official vehicles driving to
The area now. No word at the track what’s going on.