2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix Race Preview

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00:00 Welcome in to Sports Illustrated's coverage of Formula One's Las Vegas Grand Prix.

00:04 Presented by Nickelodeon Ultra, I'm Claudette Modena joined alongside Alex Harrington.

00:08 We are here at the third race in the United States.

00:10 This one has been a long time in the making.

00:13 So many people are looking forward to this race.

00:15 I mean, just take a look at this backdrop.

00:16 It's incredible.

00:17 It's pretty beautiful.

00:18 It's pretty beautiful.

00:19 Formula One has spent over $500 million on this race, but also people have mixed feelings

00:24 about it.

00:25 Why do you think that is?

00:26 Well, I mean, let's start with the locals.

00:27 There's been a lot of local upset.

00:28 I mean, this building has been going on for about a year now.

00:32 Road blockages, road closures, buildings, even businesses have been quite heavily affected

00:38 by this.

00:39 And coming from a fan perspective, the track is simplistic.

00:42 So maybe the more traditional F1 fans weren't appreciated as much as they could be.

00:48 There's been some reports that ticket prices have actually dropped this week.

00:51 The Formula One's struggling to sell tickets.

00:53 What's contributed to that?

00:54 I mean, the price, first of all, a month ago, the cheapest ticket you could get was around

00:59 $1,600 for the race.

01:01 That's really expensive.

01:02 On top of that, I think it's partly when it's placed in the calendar.

01:07 We know the story.

01:08 We know the plots of the season now.

01:10 So I find it very strange to put a new track, the track that they really want to show off,

01:16 towards the end of a season which has already basically finished.

01:19 Max Verstappen has been a driver that's been outspoken about the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

01:22 In fact, he said it's 99% show, 1% sport.

01:26 Do you think having drivers speak out in kind of a negative way will affect things moving

01:30 forward here?

01:31 Yeah, I mean, Formula One will always listen to their drivers.

01:33 But we have to remember these drivers are people.

01:35 They like different things.

01:37 You know, Lewis Hamilton is going to love this because he is outspoken.

01:40 He's very external.

01:41 Max Verstappen, who spends his time sim racing at home, maybe not so much.

01:45 The ground floor, if this race makes money, Formula One's going to keep it.

01:50 Even though he said he doesn't like their race, there's a very high chance that we'll

01:53 see him on the podium on Saturday, right?

01:55 Oh, yeah.

01:56 Yeah, he's going to do great.

01:57 Those Red Bulls are fast.

01:58 He has a bit of competition, but I don't think it's any sort of competition to get close

02:02 to these Red Bulls.

02:03 Race weekend just getting started here in Las Vegas, Nevada.

02:05 And special thanks to our friends at the Bellagio Fountain Club for setting us up with this

02:09 amazing view.

02:10 Thank you.

02:11 Thank you.

02:12 Thank you.

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