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Las Vegas Grand Prix organisers have explained the reasoning behind starting the race at 22:00 on Saturday night local time. Formula 1 returns to Las Vegas for the first time since the 1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix and will be held on a circuit that will see cars racing past the world-famous hotels and resorts lining the iconic Strip. The event will host the penultimate round of the campaign ahead of the now-traditional season-finale in Abu Dhabi, with F1 hoping to capitalise on the market boom experienced in the United States largely down to Netflix series Drive to Survive . But since the announcement of a Saturday night local time start, fans Stateside have questioned the scheduling. Viewed by others: Mercedes Who could replace Hamilton if he leaves Mercedes? ...

Each Formula 1 Grand Prix in the United States will find their "distinctiveness" over time, according to Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei with three races in 2023. Under the ownership of Liberty Media, F1 has experienced a boom in popularity in the US - a market the series has long craved a foothold in, with the Miami Grand Prix joining the calendar in 2022 to supplement the official United States Grand Prix in Austin. For 2023, another race will be held in America as F1 returns to Las Vegas for a Saturday night primetime race on the strip. It will be only the second time in the history of the World Championship that one country has held three races in a calendar year, although the Monza, Mugello and Imola races in Italy in 2020 was due to the COVID-19 pandemic and not through targeted expansion. And Maffei believes that the three races will eventually carve themselves out their USPs. Viewed by others: ...