On this file picture, the well-known Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada neon signal is seen at nightfall.
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Method One will return to Las Vegas subsequent yr with the race going down on the well-known Las Vegas Strip.
The grand prix will likely be held on a Saturday evening in November, doubtlessly round Thanksgiving, with the monitor sweeping previous a number of the metropolis’s most legendary landmarks, resorts and casinos.
The monitor design is 3.8 miles lengthy from begin to end with prime speeds estimated to be over 212 mph.
There will likely be 50 race laps with three fundamental straights and 14 corners, together with a high-speed cornering sequence and a single chicane part.
Stefano Domenicali, president and chief government of Method 1, mentioned: “That is an unbelievable second for Method 1 that demonstrates the massive attraction and development of our sport with a 3rd race within the US.
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“Las Vegas is a vacation spot recognized around the globe for its pleasure, hospitality, thrills, and naturally, the well-known Strip.
“There isn’t a higher place for Method 1 to race than within the world leisure capital of the world and we can not wait to be right here subsequent yr.”
Las Vegas’ neon nights would be the backdrop for F1’s third race within the U.S. together with the Miami and Texas Grands Prix.
Vegas beforehand hosted two F1 grands prix within the Eighties however as a substitute of the Strip, they came about within the parking zone of the Caesars Palace resort.
Last week Domenicali told Sky Sports F1’s Martin Brundle that Africa may additionally maintain races sooner or later, with the calendar set to develop.
F1 is about for a report 23-race calendar this yr however the present Concorde Settlement, which runs till 2025, permits 24 races per season.
South Africa’s Kyalami circuit — which Lewis Hamilton lately insisted needs to be again in F1 — final hosted a race in 1993 and has been mooted as an choice.
“On prime of America, on prime of China, I feel there’s a potential additionally to be in Africa quickly,” mentioned Domenicali.
“There may be loads of curiosity there. For positive that is one other space that to date is lacking within the geography of our calendar.”
