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https://www.reuters.com/sports/motor...ed-2023-11-18/

“The troubled Las Vegas Formula One Grand Prix has been hit with a class action lawsuit on behalf of the 35,000 people who bought tickets for Thursday’s practice session which was cancelled …”

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11-19-2023 , 12:12 AM

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The race is at this time as a compromise between the times Vegas is willing to block all traffic and making it possible to view it live in Europe. Despite the progress made in USA viewership the main market for F1 is still Europe.

My assumption is that F1 is trying to increase the US market as much as possible and this start time doesn't help that. Plus, for it's biggest market, the EU it's still a weird time.

Gratz though to all my brothers in Asia getting to watch a race live at a reasonable time!

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11-19-2023 , 12:22 AM

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Something I still don't get is, who is this race for??

Pokerstars.

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11-19-2023 , 12:47 AM

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Is F1 that popular anywhere in Asia?

I would've thought it'd be somewhat popular here in Thailand with Albon, but there is very little visibility.

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11-19-2023 , 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by kerr

Nobody wants to hear a bad beat story

One hour to go

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11-19-2023 , 01:18 AM

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I thought it was funny that Alex pipped Logan right at the end of Q3, couldn’t let his team mate beat him once in qualifying this year, so far.

Another day, another issue. Oil leak from a parade car on start grid, let’s see what start Max gets from P2. Can George beat him to the first corner.? Will we see a red flag on lap one?

I will miss Bernie Collins today, love her insight (and accent). I really enjoy the Sky F1 team, to me, they greatly add to viewing experience. I hope it’s a great race.

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11-19-2023 , 02:00 AM

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as of 10 PM local time, the weather here is as good as possible for this time of year - low 60s F (sorry no speak celsius), light winds and partly cloudy w/ no rain in sight.

so time to see what all of the trouble has been about for the last year here...

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11-19-2023 , 02:18 AM

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They can't allow Max to keep the lead can they?

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11-19-2023 , 02:19 AM

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What trouble?

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11-19-2023 , 02:20 AM

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What trouble?

stop f**king shilling and only comment on the race. K, thx.

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11-19-2023 , 02:22 AM

#587

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Just block the ****. He’s annoying in every thread he contributes to

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11-19-2023 , 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Fossilkid93

They can't allow Max to keep the lead can they?

Pure BS! Charles deserves that position back. 5 sec penalty isn’t severe enough.

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11-19-2023 , 02:23 AM

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Is Kylie Minogue big in the US? Surely there’s bigger stars to feature at the race than her?

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11-19-2023 , 02:25 AM

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5 second penalty seems like a random call when there's no contact. Isn't the precedent just to ask him to give the position back?

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11-19-2023 , 02:25 AM

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Incredible the distance Max can create at the end of the safety car. It honestly feels like he’s got seconds per lap in reserve for when he needs it

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11-19-2023 , 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Fossilkid93

5 second penalty seems like a random call when there's no contact. Isn't the precedent just to ask him to give the position back?

Yep. Should be

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11-19-2023 , 02:27 AM

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Max on getting a meaningless 5 second penalty for forcing Charles off at turn 1: “Yeah, that’s fine, send them my regards!”

lol, love the comment, but he should have to give the place back. Shouldn’t take 20% of the race duration for stewards to make that decision.

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11-19-2023 , 02:27 AM

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stop f**king shilling and only comment on the race. K, thx.

You brought it up, I’ll address it

Keep quiet then

Complaints are for other thread, not this one. This is for the race

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11-19-2023 , 02:39 AM

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Nice I bet LeClerc, I like my side

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11-19-2023 , 02:55 AM

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Leclerc win % just took a massive nose dive.

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11-19-2023 , 02:59 AM

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I think Max has to be smarter than that, George is stubborn and not going to let you squeeze into a gap that isn’t there. Max wont want another penalty.

Wow, George gets the penalty. But for his own race, I think Max could have expected contact and waited for his next opportunity.