Ghosts of F1's old failures resurface as Las Vegas Grand Prix gets off to dismal start

After a spend of nearly half a billion pounds and more razzmatazz thrown at a Formula One race than ever before, something as simple as a loose manhole cover derailed the sport’s return for the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Back in the early 1980s, essentially a car park acted as the circuit for the then Caesars Palace Grand Prix.