Grip was at an absolute premium when the clock started in Las Vegas. A peppering of dust obfuscated the racing line in the very early stages of FP1 for the Las Vegas Grand Prix but, even when removed by continued running, the circuit continued to give the drivers little to work with.
Street circuits are never entirely festooned with grip but, when allied to the cold temperatures, it seemed inevitable that there would be a difficult task in getting the tyres to truly bite into Las Vegas Strip. And so it proved; there were no horrendous rear-end snaps throughout practice, and no real car/wall (or drain) interface across the two hours of running - instead, it was the front end that refused to dig in under braking.
