Hamilton and Russell pinpoint Las Vegas challenges

Hamilton and Russell both think cold conditions will play a huge part in the new Las Vegas Grand Prix.

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00:00 I think the biggest challenge is going to be the temperature.

00:05 I think this is one of the coldest, probably the coldest race that we have done in a long,

00:09 long time.

00:10 Normally you're in hotter climates, you know, so yeah, this is chilly.

00:14 But I raced when I was younger, I raced in cold climates like this, like in Scotland

00:18 around the UK, but I think it's going to have a, it'll be interesting this weekend.

00:23 But also it's a new circuit, we only have a short amount of time to learn it, so I'm

00:28 excited though.

00:29 There's many challenges going into a race like this, but the unknown about the circuit,

00:34 we don't know how much grip the tarmac's going to give to the tyres, how many bumps there's

00:38 going to be.

00:39 We've scanned the circuit, but it's only when you get out there you truly recognise it.

00:43 How the tyres are reacting with the cold temperatures, you know, it's probably, the track's going

00:49 to be about 15 degrees colder than everywhere else we race on an average, so that's going

00:55 to be reacting totally different.

00:56 The engines are going to be running much, much colder, we're never really used to being

01:02 under the limit in terms of the temperature, so there's so many factors that it's like

01:06 a learning curve for us and that gives an opportunity to do a better job than our competitors.