Las Vegas will host from next season a Formula 1 Grand Prix. Specifically, on November 18, 2023. It will be a urban and night circuit and in this way it will be the third race of the championship that will take place in USAafter those of Miami Y Austin.
To commemorate the entry into the calendar of this new circuit, Formula 1 held an event in the city with four drivers from the current grid: Lewis Hamilton, George Russell, ‘Checo’ Pérez and Alex Albon.
All they left with their single-seaters to the best-known avenue in the city, The Strip, to delight all the fans who wanted to see the show. Hamilton and Russell they dated Mercedes from other years, while Perez did the same with a Red Bull.
Spinning in Sin City.
360 donuts are our new favourite. 🍩 pic.twitter.com/N2J3csYcAA
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) November 6, 2022
The pilots began to roar their engines to the delight of the fans. The ‘donuts‘ were repeated several times. Another novelty in the car was also striking. hamilton: blue neon lights on the floor of the car.
Nevertheless, George RussellHe had a little scare, because in a turn the back of the car went away and about was to crash.
Luckily, the Briton managed to control the car and avoided the impact, although in the maneuver to save the crash his right rear wheel slightly impacted the guards.
Checo Pérez making donuts with one hand and George Russell almost collided pic.twitter.com/bnY0vyThN7
– Ricardo Cariño (@ricardocarino) November 6, 2022
After the incredible show that took place that night, the American city will have to wait a year to see the 20 single-seaters in action on the new track. The Las Vegas GP will be the penultimate of the seasonprior to the Abu Dhabi.
