{"id":216633,"date":"2023-11-16T15:22:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T15:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=216633"},"modified":"2023-11-16T15:22:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T15:22:25","slug":"las-vegas-gp-is-99-show-and-1-sport-the-500million-hollywood-show-has-made-me-look-a-clown-slams-verstappen-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/sport\/las-vegas-gp-is-99-show-and-1-sport-the-500million-hollywood-show-has-made-me-look-a-clown-slams-verstappen-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas GP is 99% show and 1% sport… the $500million Hollywood show has made me look a clown, slams Verstappen | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

MAX VERSTAPPEN has slammed the Las Vegas Grand Prix – saying it is "99 percent show and one percent sporting event".<\/p>\n

The F1 world champion added that F1's pre-race razzmatazz left him looking "like a clown".<\/p>\n


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The Red Bull ace along with several other drivers criticised the inaugural race – saying the gruelling schedule and the night-time timings have left them shattered.<\/p>\n

When quizzed about the race, which has cost F1 owners Liberty Media over $500million to put on, Verstappen said: "It is 99 percent show and one percent sporting event.<\/p>\n

"I just want to always focus on the performance side of things, I don't like all the things around it anyway, I know in some places they are part of it but let's say it's not in my interest.<\/p>\n

"[The track is] not very interesting. Just not many corners, to be honest. It will also depend quite a bit on how grippy it is. This is not really my thing."<\/p>\n

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F1 have been busting a gut to promote their showpiece with a special launch event with a number of singers performing including Kylie Minogue and John Legend.<\/p>\n

The drivers were all thrust up upon the stage too before sheepishly waving to half-empty grandstands.<\/p>\n

Verstappen added: "For me you can all skip these things. It's not about the singer, it's just standing up there, you look like a clown."<\/p>\n

This race comes off the back of a triple header across three continents – and put as a back-to-back race with Abu Dhabi, some 26 hours of flying away – has played havoc with jet-lag.<\/p>\n

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Last night, media sessions were cancelled as F1 requested that drivers attend a party at the Wynn hotel in yet another requirement for drivers.<\/p>\n

However, Red Bull's drivers pushed back, as too did Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll from Aston Martin.<\/p>\n

Verstappen said: "When you are here it is not so much of a problem, but then we have to fly to Abu Dhabi, where there is already a 12 hour time difference, but also a completely different time zone…<\/p>\n

"Basically, we live on a Japanese time schedule. But then almost a different day. I don't really get that, it is very tiring also at the end of the season that we have to do this. It doesn't really make a lot of sense."<\/p>\n

Stroll was also quizzed about whether he enjoyed the opening ceremony.<\/p>\n

He said: "Not really, no, not my thing, not really my thing. I didn't sign up for that part of it all.<\/p>\n

"We're racing drivers, I think sometimes it goes too much in the whole Hollywood \u00a0side of things.<\/p>\n

"I just like racing cars, not trying to be a Hollywood star."<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton has defended the race saying that he is not suffering any of the effects of jet-lag and he understands why Liberty Media are going to such lengths to host the Las Vegas race.<\/p>\n

He said: "The sport continues to grow. It is a business ultimately. You'll still see good racing here.<\/p>\n

"It is just such a big country here and to really tap into the market and capture the audience we needed.<\/p>\n

"One race [in the US] wasn't enough, this is one of the most iconic cities there is and all the lights, the show, it is a big show for sure.<\/p>\n

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"It is never going to be like Silverstone but maybe over time the people in the community here will grow to love the sport.<\/p>\n

"Maybe the track will be good, maybe it will be bad. Don't knock it until you try it. I hear there are a lot of people complaining about the direction F1 have been going and I think they have been doing an amazing job."<\/p>\n


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