It is finally race week for Formula 1 in Las Vegas, and the much anticipated street race comes about in a thick fog of the unknown.
Those aren’t my words for it. That’s tire supplier Pirelli’s words for it, washing their hands of any potential situation.
Note that we can’t assume that the event being located in Las Vegas doesn’t imply that the race will be hot, or even held in comfortable temperatures, as deserts tend to get rather cold when the sun fades away.
So, whenever a new street race happens, the first race is always a little bit of a mess. The amount of traffic the build-up requires doesn’t sit well with a new populace not used to it, with construction of the track maybe not as optimal as it can be in years two or three. During Monaco Grand Prix weekend, the track even opens up to allow for public road traffic after the on-track sessions are done for the day.
Many NASCAR fans can remember these growing pains earlier this year, where a lot of local press in Chicago hyped up these problems the series would bring. Outside of the rain cancelling concerts and almost ruining the race, the weekend itself went off without much issue.
F1 itself also knows this, as the Miami Grand Prix faced opposition from the time of its proposal to the first time the lights went out. They even adjusted the proposed layout so that the cars would only race on one public street instead of the two surrounding the stadium.
But the Las Vegas backlash has been something else so far.
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