What Formula 1’s Las Vegas Debut Got Right — And What It Got Wrong
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t looks like a fireball. The Ferrari hurtles down the Vegas Strip at about 200 miles per hour, a cloud of orange sparks billowing out from underneath the car. The driver, Carlos Sainz, does what he can to bring the $15 million machine to a stop. He isn’t sure what happened, but knows something is wrong. He’s right.
A drain cover on Las Vegas Boulevard came loose, flying up and into the car, tearing apart the chassis and cracking the floor. The Ferrari is fucked, to be sure. But a few inches in another…