The Las Vegas Grand Prix's current version is substantially different than the original early-'80s race, which was held, glamorously, in the parking lot of Caesar’s Palace. For one, it features a 3.8-mile city course with DRS zones and one legendary blast down Sin City's (in)famous Strip. With a pair of sizable straights, drivers will crest more than 215 mph at various points. Max Verstappen likes to say that the Las Vegas Grand Prix circuit is a boring drive, but last year saw manhole covers ruin cars and Verstappen himself pull out a nail-biter of a win.
It'll be very late at night (10pm PST, 1am ET) or early morning (6am GMT) depending on where in the world you're watching, but this is Vegas — time doesn't exist the same way it does everywhere else. It also means that there's no bad time for a drink. Which is why we worked with, Ben Wald, the head of beverage programming and spirits for New York City’s Flatiron Room, to mix up three Las Vegas Grand Prix-inspired cocktails.
