Formula 1 will add a third round of the world championship in the USA next year.
The series confirmed a street race in Las Vegas, organised in conjunction with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, has been added to the 2023 F1 calendar. It will take place in November and, for the first time in almost 40 years, the grand prix will take place on a Saturday.
F1 is rapidly expanding its presence in the USA where it popularity has grown since its takeover by Liberty Media five years ago. It added a second race in Miami this year to the existing round in Austin, Texas.
Now the series has agreed a deal to return to Las Vegas. The largest city in the state of Nevada held the final rounds of the 1981 and 1982 seasons and saw Nelson Piquet and Keke Rosberg respectively crowned as world champions.
Analysis: First look at F1’s new Las Vegas street circuitBut the new venue will be entirely different from the compact layout contained within a car park which held the previous two…