Las Vegas Grand Prix preview

F1: Chequered Flag

BBC

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4.2 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Rosanna and the BBC F1 team look ahead to the weekend’s action from Las Vegas. They ask whether this is more of an event than a Formula 1 race. We hear from many of the drivers on how their Vegas experience is. And Max Verstappen tells us that the uncertainty of racing on a new circuit means win number eighteen of the season is far from being a foregone conclusion.

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0:00.0	You're about to listen to a BBC podcast and trust me you'll get there in a moment but if you're a comedy fan
0:05.2	I'd really like to tell you a bit about what we do. I'm Julie Mackenzie and I commission comedy
0:10.2	podcast at the BBC. It's a bit of a dream job really.
0:13.0	Comedy is a fantastic joyous thing to do because really you're making people laugh,
0:18.0	making people's days a bit better, helping them process, all manner of things.
0:22.0	But you know I also know that comedy is really
0:24.4	subjective and everyone has different tastes so we've got a huge range of comedy on offer
0:29.6	from satire to silly shocking to soothing profound to just general pratting about. So if you
0:36.2	fancy a laugh, find your next comedy at BBC Sounds. Ladies and welcome to BBC Radio 5 live. Is everybody eaten?
0:50.3	Yeah boy. Good.
0:54.0	Everybody's so...
0:55.0	Close enough.
0:57.0	What I'm about to propose to you is both highly lucrative and highly dangerous.
1:02.0	This is the Grand F1 Master Plan. Our target?
1:07.0	Las Vegas. Here's the crew we have in mind. Mad Max is in.
1:16.0	He's mellowed in recent years and is the best in the business.
1:20.0	Max Vastapen, he crosses the line in second, but he becomes a three-time F1 world champion.
1:28.3	Pyres is his wingman.
1:30.3	Everyone knows him as Checo.
1:32.3	The way Max pushed me throughout the race was really hard,
1:35.0	but we managed to keep him under control.
1:38.0	Then there's crazy Carlos.
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