The Las Vegas GP weekend was a mixed bag. The newest Formula 1 event was always going to struggle to live up to the hype, and the on-track problems that led to the damage of Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari, the delay of FP2 and ejection of fans was a bad start. But when the proper action got going, the high-speed street circuit provided one of the better contests of 2023.
What the event could really have done with was a shock winner, which by this season’s standards simply means a non-Red Bull. And, as Alex Kalinauckas explains in our in-depth report, Ferrari star Leclerc really should have won this one.
