F1 Demands Las Vegas Venues Pay for a View of the Race

Re:F1 Demands Las Vegas Venues Pay for a View of the Race by caseyohara on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @11:56AM (#37051000)

Street circuits are just boring racing, at least for Formula 1. The cars are so big these days and the circuits are too narrow to allow overtakes and competitive racing. The qualifying grid basically dictates the finishing positions.

In 2022, there were only 12 overtakes at the Monaco GP, only 2 of which were shown on the broadcast. And Monaco is supposed to be the "premier" F1 street circuit. https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/v0lmjy/all_2022_m...

I'm hoping they've designed the Las Vegas circuit to have better racing.

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Re:F1 Demands Las Vegas Venues Pay for a View of the Race by Wojtkie on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @12:10PM (#37051268)

Have you seen the layout? It's pretty close to a square in terms of design. It has a U-shaped dip in the top of it but I don't see it being super entertaining.

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Re:F1 Demands Las Vegas Venues Pay for a View of the Race by caseyohara on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @12:56PM (#37052055)

It has 17 turns and long straights on wide boulevards. It might be okay.

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