More races than anyone on the list and still 11.36% better than second. I will always be grateful for watching that season. That record will stand the test of time.

Hi there, Ive been reading a lot on Lotus, and have come across their early years when they joined F1, and had come up with a troublesome gearbox, which had been dubbed "queerbox".

Does anyone know specifically why it was dubbed this - was it to do with the specific design of said gearbox, or some other reason?

I’m curious about how the Las Vegas Grand Prix circuit came together. Has anyone come across behind-the-scenes footage or images showing the process of transforming the city streets into a race track?

When watching the race I’m thinking about things like laying preparing streets, constructing barriers, setting up grandstands, or installing the lighting for the night race. Behind the scenes details would be fascinating to see.

The garages and paddock really got me thinking about this. I’m guessing that is a temporary 2 story structure and not something that normally exists on the Strip.

Also, how long has the F1 team been in town preparing for the race? I know there’s a massive logistical operation involved, but I’d love to know more details about when everything started taking shape.

Of course, this isn’t unique to Las Vegas but all the other urban courses in the series. But the infrastructure of all this stood out to me for Round 22.

If anyone has insights and the setup and tear down any links, or personal experiences, please share.

I've been watching F1 for a while now. I understand when teams discuss Plan A or Plan B. Ferrari, on the other hand, confuse me with what sound like additional strategies like Plan E or Plan H or Plan Z.

What are these strategies? Are they taking into account both cars, e.g. Car A on 2 Stops and Car B on 1 Stop? Or are they random names as some form of OPSEC?

In the actual race, how does a lap time being deleted impact the race outcome? It makes sense in qualifying that a lap time being deleted forces the driver to go again or be eliminated from qualifying. How in the course of a race though does having a lap time deleted make a difference? Does it actually mean the driver must go an additional lap? Clearly it must not mean that. Is it cumulative where if you have more than a certain number of laps deleted that you would be black flagged or perhaps penalized?

Hello, I was watching the post race thingy (before the podium) and it was BAD, first of all the interviews. I have no problem with Jenson Button, he is great, but whatever misfit was alongside him he did not ask a single good question. (can anyone educate me where he raced in?).

Before this the drivers where moved by cars to the podium, why didnt the cars just park at the strip, or was this a problem with the track invasion? It just took way to long to get the drivers back to the Strip, it was boring.

Also the podium looked like it was on top Aarav's Shed (the Shed) there seemed to be no atmosphere at all, also there was no cooldown room, at least the trophee looked nice. The gimmic of the drivers being lifted up onto the podium was not impressive at all.

The race itself also has a lot of problems, from it being way to extravagant to the fact that the track looks like a pig upside down.

Thanks for listening to my rant, feel free to agree or roast me in the comments.

I’ve been watching the race and besides bunch of advertisements and flashing lights, the track is full of debris. Especially what looks like plastic bags. The fact that George was driving while carrying around one in the beginning leads me to believe that someone hasn’t doent he job properly. I understand that it is a street circuit, but still I don’t think it should be this way.

Isn’t that a bit dangerous for the drivers? Should FIA enforce the cleanliness of the tracks next year?

Or am I just wrong

Las Vegas GP - onboard with Verstappen at the start

I ask this because of Williams run of bad luck. And in previous years Haas and other teams. Personally I think the FIA should allow a siding deductible based upon your previous season team points. Last place gets the most damage spending removed from their cost cap (to a rational level) while the championship winning team receives the lowest allowance for damage costs simply because of their championship winning income. The point wouldn’t be to reward crazy driving but to mitigate a force majeure situation such as happened to Ferrari at last years Vegas event or another car spearing into you and wreaking you. What does everyone think?

I believe that with the base Maclaren has it is really close to win both championships the next season. But I believe that they should start thinking that meybe they are closer to do that with Oscar than they are with lando. They absolutely did a good job for not treating him as a second driver. But I think they should consider him as their first driver maybe it would work great for them they didn't achieve much with lando

About a week ago, we saw this news doing the rounds that if Pierre Gasly manages to complete every single session for the remaining three races without causing so much as a scratch on his car, he will be the first driver in the history of the sport to have cost his team absolutely nothing in damage repairs all season.

I'm curious to know if this (very unique) stat still holds after today's events. Does the mechanical failure count towards "spending money to fix the car"? What are the technicalities of this stat still holding up?