System 1 was making a return to Las Vegas for the primary time since 1982; Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz and Alpine’s Esteban Ocon each suffered important injury to their automobiles due to damaged manhole cowl on all-new circuit
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The Las Vegas Grand Prix Observe One was suspended after 8 minutes resulting from a observe defect that compelled Carlos Sainz to cease his automotive
The Las Vegas Grand Prix Observe One was suspended after 8 minutes resulting from a observe defect that compelled Carlos Sainz to cease his automotive
System 1’s return to Las Vegas was thrown into chaos because the opening apply session was cancelled after simply eight minutes of motion resulting from a damaged manhole cowl damaging the automobiles of Carlos Sainz and Esteban Ocon.
With F1 returning to Las Vegas for the primary time since 1982, a crimson flag was thrown by the race director after Ocon’s Alpine after which Sainz’s Ferrari suffered important injury having run over the broken a part of the observe.
An additional 11 minutes handed earlier than a call was taken to cancel the session, with second apply unsure to start out as scheduled at 8am.
An FIA assertion stated: “Following inspection, it was the concrete body round a manhole cowl that has failed.
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Sky Sports Martin Brundle and Danica Patrick discuss if Friday’s session of the Las Vegas GP will restart after being suspended after just 8 minutes due to a drain cover issue
“We now must test all the different manhole covers which can take a while – we shall be discussing with the native circuit engineering group concerning the size of time it is going to take to resolve and can replace with any resultant modifications to the schedule.”
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When to watch the Las Vegas GP live on Sky Sports
Friday November 17
- 7:45am: Las Vegas GP Practice Two (session starts at 8am)
- 9:15am: The F1 Show: Las Vegas
Saturday November 18
- 4:15am: Las Vegas GP Practice Three (session starts at 4.30am)
- 7am: Las Vegas Grand Prix Qualifying build-up (also on Sky Showcase)
- 8am: Las Vegas GP Qualifying (also on Sky Showcase)
- 10am: Ted’s Qualifying Notebook
Sunday November 19
- 4:30am: Grand Prix Sunday: Las Vegas GP build-up (also on Sky Showcase)
- 6am: THE LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX (also on Sky Showcase)
- 8am: Chequered Flag: Las Vegas GP reaction (also on Sky Showcase)
- 9am: Ted’s Notebook (also on Sky Showcase)
Get ready for the big one: Formula 1 in Las Vegas! See drivers race down the Strip, and past landmarks like Caesars Palace and the Bellagio, on F1’s newest street track. Watch the whole Las Vegas GP weekend live on Sky Sports F1, starting this Friday with lights out on Sunday at 6am. Stream F1 on Sky Sports activities with NOW
