Las Vegas GP organisers proud: 'Wonderful to see the cars on the Strip'
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For the organisers of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, the first day of the race ended in tragedy: a first free practice session that lasted only 10 minutes, a second session that was not run until 2:30 a.m. local time, and the public no longer welcome for the rest of the race day. Steve Hill, the CEO of the Formula 1 race in Las Vegas, had a lot of explaining to do with the media, such as the local Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper.
"It's disappointing to start and not be able to finish that practice session," Hill said. "It looks like it’s a valve cover that failed, and they need to inspect the others. It looks like it’s a very solvable problem, and we’ll move forward. It would have been better if that hadn’t happened, but it was great to see the start, and we’ll be back on the circuit as soon as we safely can," Hill said.
Organiser found opening day 'fantastic'
It was a rather tricky start for the GP in Las Vegas. But the organiser wanted to highlight the positives above all: “It was just fantastic to see Formula One cars leaving this paddock and running down Las Vegas Boulevard. There is really nothing like this feeling after all that work. A year-and-a-half of construction, two years of planning overall, it was really gratifying to see that.”
These are remarkable words after an evening of disappointment for F1 drivers, teams and certainly fans. The latter group paid a lot of money for grandstand seats. Nothing has been disclosed about any compensation.