‘Viva Las Vegas' – F1 returns to Sin City - video Dailymotion

Lewis Hamilton, George Russell, Mario Andretti, Jody Scheckter and Nicholas Latifii preview the Las Vegas GP

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00:00 We're stepping into the unknown.

00:02 We only have a short amount of time to learn it.

00:04 You'll see a world of change when it comes to Las Vegas.

00:07 Racing in Vegas, night race, is much colder than every other race we ever participate in and

00:28 being within this city

00:30 with all the lights, it's going to be pretty wild. So I'm just excited to see what that journey brings.

00:36 We're living in a time right now where

00:48 the sport has grown so much here in the States and

00:51 it's great to see. I've been to NFL games and

00:55 NBA games and see how

00:57 how excited the fan base is here. So finally we're now tapping into that fan base.

01:02 I think three events is very ambitious and

01:13 I think this country can handle it. But be careful not to be too over the ambitions.

01:20 I think it's the balance is there now.

01:22 Cultivate that and be happy with that.

01:26 You know, I think there's a lot of money in America still, you know, so that's what they're doing, you know.

01:31 And I think Netflix has made it so popular worldwide, but especially in America.

01:37 You'll see a world of change when it comes to Las Vegas. I've raced there, but there was basically

01:54 at the Caesars Palace huge parking lot, you know. So now I mean, it's a total commitment from the city.

02:02 I mean, it's amazing what's going on there.

02:05 I think the biggest challenge is going to be the temperature.

02:17 I think this is one of the coldest, probably the coldest race that we've done in a long, long time.

02:21 It'll be interesting this weekend, but also it's a new circuit. We only have a short amount of time to learn it.

02:26 So I'm excited.

02:28 The track's going to be about 15 degrees colder than everywhere else we race on an average.

02:34 So that's going to be reacting totally different. The engines are going to be running much, much colder.

02:39 We're never really used to being under the limit.

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02:52 It seems like there's been a very big buildup. I mean, understandably, it's, you know,

02:55 anytime we had a race in the previous years in the States, it was always a big buildup.

03:00 Vegas, I think, is always going to be something extreme over the top. I mean, that's what Vegas is.

03:04 I feel proud to be part of Formula One. The people running the show at Formula One, they're incredibly smart people.

03:11 They know what the fans want and they know we need to keep on pushing the boundaries.

03:16 We're at a peak, but you can't plateau. You need to keep on pushing forward.

03:19 And I think the addition of Las Vegas to the calendar is another step pushing the sport in a good direction.

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