“Wild experience” of F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix has Lewis Hamilton intrigued

Thiꦏs weekend’s extravaganza is set to be﷽ the biggest event in the F1 2023 calendar.
It will be a night race (in local time, a�🌊�nd 6am Sunday in the UK), while temperatures are threatening to plummet close to the record for the coldest-ever grand prix.
Hamilton p🎶reviewed the event to : “I just don’t understand how we’re going to move around that place!
“I don’t understand hoꦿw I’m going to get from the t⛎rack to the hotel!
“It’s goi𝓰ng to be such a compact spot. So many people.
“But it’s going to be wild, a wild experience.
“The best th♉ing is to go with an open mind. Not having🎉 any predetermined ideas of what it’s going to be like. And just take it all in, when you get there.
“Driving under night light🌳s, I’m going to feel like I’m ♔in the casino! Pretty cool.”
F1 has purchased land in the hea🐓rt of Vegas, breaking with their usual tradition of working with a local promoter.
It required an initial $500m outlay to create a pit building - which will stay as aꦡ permane🐼nt structure, unlike most on the F1 calendar - and a race track.
The weekend is set to be filled by A-list celebrities, with an opening ceremony featuring musicians that🍌 all 20 F1 drivers will attend.
Hamilton sai𓄧d: “People will be coming in from all over, for that g🔯rand prix.
“It’s great. Each 🐼city in America gives a different atmosphere.
ಌ“The one thing is that they’ve got amazing fans. Hardcore, sporting🔜 fans in the United States.
“It’s such a huge place. There is somethin꧑g for everyone - the mountains, the countryside, the city, New York is the coolest city ever.
“Vegas, a big playgroꦕund for adul🔥ts! It’s going to be mad.
“I’ll b🉐e inter🅺ested to see how you can stay focused.”
Mercedes have just two more rounds to win their first race 🦹of 2023, Vegas and the season-finale next week in Abu Dhabi.
Hamilton, who pledged his commitment to Mercedes by penning a fresh contract this year, is pinning his hopes on their 2024 W15 to be more competiܫt💫ive than his cars from each of the past two seasons.

James was a sports journalist at Sky ༺Sports for a ꦐdecade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.