F1 Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada – Entertainment Capital of the World. It's a city known for excitement, glitz, glamour – and as of 2023, the newest race location on the ...

Or maybe grab a ticket to one of the huge shows, whether it’s magic with Penn and Teller, a seat at Cirque du Soleil or one of the many A-list residencies scattered across the city. The Las Vegas Grand Prix will be an event. On your right is the decadent Caesars Palace, whose former car park hosted the two previous editions of F1 in Las Vegas but now houses a shopping mall and the Mirage Hotel, dominating the skyline. There’s just so many terraces, extravagant suites, swimming pool decks and bar balconies to recline on which also boast an impeccable view of the circuit. We then indicate left, taking the turn that that quartet and the rest of the field will take onto the Strip. The enormity of the hotels that line the Strip quickly becomes apparent. There are eight lanes on the Strip – split down the middle by a tree-lined central reservations – and it’s heaving, mostly with taxis, classic cars and modern convertibles. Then the Bellagio – with its iconic fountains that dance to music every 15 minutes through the evening – bursts into view. And what better way to see iconic city than in a beautiful blue Big Finned Cadillac. Floating around the city, I felt like a rockstar. Las Vegas is all about the superlatives. F1 Correspondent Lawrence Barretto headed to the desert city ahead of the announcement to check out what we have in store. Heading out of the hotel onto the famous Strip – which for the first time in history will be part of a Formula 1 racetrack in Las Vegas – after sunset you’re struck by just how different the place looks at night. I think of an ‘anything is possible’ attitude, swimming pool-size buffets and a city that is more American than a Banana Split.

It's been 40 years since Formula One last ventured into Sin City for back-to-back Las Vegas races staged in the parking lot of the Caesars Palace hotel.

But it has to be real, (the driver) has to be quick, because otherwise it would not work. “It's important, but it has to be real,” Domenicali told AP. “People are making a difference, they are the protaganist. F1 won't admit a team owner just to further its growth in the U.S. Haas has refused to sell and through the first two races appears to be a much improved team. Gene Haas was forced to drop both his Russian driver and the sponsorship Nikita Mazepin brought from his father's fertilizer company following Russia's invasion of Ukraine two weeks before the season opened. F1 will promote the event alongside Liberty, which is taking on the additional role because of its belief in the market. Formula One has huge momentum and we are growing around the world and the United States is a massive focus for us, there is no doubt about it.” Andretti has since applied for expansion to the 10-team grid. The American company has since targeted U.S. expansion and received a massive boost from the Netflix docuseries “Drive To Survive.” ESPN, meanwhile, said viewership for Sunday’s race in Saudi Arabia broke the week-old record for the network and was ESPN’s largest F1 audience since 1995. Then came new ownership, slick marketing, a Netflix docuseries and a historic championship battle that all helped F1 explode in popularity throughout the United States. But the open-wheel series has never challenged F1, even as European drivers are now migrating to IndyCar.