F1: Gears and Loathing in Las Vegas

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🗓️ 17 November 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Formula 1 spent half a billion dollars to return to Las Vegas. Jalopnik’s Elizabeth Blackstock explains how a lackluster season and this weekend’s nothingburger race threaten F1's American dreams. This episode was produced by Isabel Angell, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by David Herman, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Formula One returns to Las Vegas this weekend for the first time since 1982 and apparently
0:05.7	F1 has dropped somewhere in the neighborhood of half a billion dollars to convert the
0:11.2	strip into a race course and what does half a billion dollars get you?
0:17.0	Last night just nine minutes into a practice run, Carlos signs hit a loose manhole cover on the Las Vegas Strip, damaged his Ferrari, and the entire
0:26.8	event ground to a halt. Ferrari's team principal, Frederick Vassour, was inconsolable.
0:33.0	I think it's just unacceptable for the phone today.
0:35.0	But the company man interviewing Vassur tried to console him anyway.
0:38.0	Ferrari Fred, it's Vegas baby.
0:41.0	Vegas! Vegas!
0:42.0	Vague is going to leave now? Fred, can we just reflect? No. Vegas, baby. Vegas? Vegas! No!
0:43.0	Fred, can we just reflect?
0:44.0	No.
0:45.0	It's not just Ferrari Fred.
0:46.0	Max Verstopin, the reigning champion told Reuters this Vegas event is 99% show and 1% sporting event.
0:55.0	Ouch! Formula One's America Problem.
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