{"id":292542,"date":"2025-11-19T05:11:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T05:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/292542\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T05:11:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T05:11:05","slug":"las-vegas-strip-circuit-track-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/292542\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Strip Circuit Track Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"51\">Formula 1 returns to Las Vegas to what is quickly becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/onsi\/f1\/how-f1-defied-the-odds-and-early-troubles-to-turn-the-las-vegas-grand-prix-into-a-major-success\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">must-watch event<\/a> at the end of its calendar.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"54\">While the spectacle of the world-famous hotels and casinos down the Strip took the center of attention ahead of its first running, the on-track action has certainly lived up to the hype, and more of the same is expected this year.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"57\">Lando Norris enters the first of the final three races of the season off the back of dominant wins in Mexico and Brazil, knowing the fate of his title hopes rests firmly in his hands. McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri will be hoping to hit back in style, though last year&#8217;s winner George Russell will be expecting another strong showing from Mercedes.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5a\">Here&#8217;s all the information you need about the Las Vegas Strip Circuit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/01ka7ken3msmb2dy94dr.jpg\" alt=\"Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas Grand Prix\" title=\"Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas Grand Prix\" width=\"6192\" height=\"3483\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"5j\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Las Vegas Grand Prix, Inc<\/p>\n<p>Las Vegas Grand Prix Location<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5s\">Location: Las Vegas Strip, Paradise, Nevada<\/p>\n<p>Las Vegas Grand Prix History in F1<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"60\">First race: 2023<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"63\">Years held: 2023-present<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"66\">Number of races: 2<\/p>\n<p>Las Vegas Strip Circuit Corners<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6e\">Turn 1 &#8211; A long, sweeping left-hander taken at medium speed<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6h\">Turn 2 &#8211; A small kink to the left as an extension of the first corner<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-17\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6k\">Turn 3 &#8211; Tricky entry to a winding right-hander, with speed critical for the following straight<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-18\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6n\">Turn 4 &#8211; Hardly noticeable, an extension of the third corner<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-19\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6q\">Turn 5 &#8211; An overtaking chance at a 90-degree right-hander at the end of a DRS straight. Braking is crucial.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-20\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6t\">Turn 6 &#8211; Another sweeping left-hander that begins the circuit&#8217;s technical sector<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-21\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6w\">Turns 7\/8 &#8211; A difficult chicane in front of the Sphere that requires braking during Turn 6, first a left and then a right<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-22\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6z\">Turn 9 &#8211; A left-hander to exit the technical part of the lap, tight with walls awaiting errors on exit<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-23\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"72\">Turns 10\/11 &#8211; Sweepers taken at high speed to break up what is essentially a straight, no issue in the dry<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-24\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"75\">Turn 12 &#8211; Critical for the following 1.9km straight. A tight left-hander that takes cars onto Las Vegas Blvd.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-25\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"78\">Turn 13 &#8211; A kink in the straight, unnoticeable<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-26\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7b\">Turns 14\/15\/16 &#8211; A fiddly chicane at the end of a DRS zone, with the braking zone for the first part a prime overtaking zone<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-27\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7e\">Turn 17 &#8211; An exhilarating sweep to the left and onto the start-finish straight, three-quarters of the way down a full-throttle dash<\/p>\n<p>Las Vegas Grand Prix facts<br \/>Most wins by a driverMost wins by a team<br \/>Previous winners<br \/>2024 &#8211; George Russell, Mercedes<br \/>2023 &#8211; Max Verstappen, Red Bull<br \/>Las Vegas Grand Prix lap record<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-42\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8m\">Both the race and overall lap records were set during the second running of the event in 2024. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-43\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8p\">Norris holds the race lap record having set a 1:34.876s in his McLaren, while George Russell&#8217;s pole time for the race was a 1:32.312s.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-44\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8s\">The Latest Formula 1 News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Formula 1 returns to Las Vegas to what is quickly becoming a must-watch event at the end of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-292542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}