Toto Wolff wasn’t going to do his published media routine after the sporting nightmare that unfolded in the Brazilian Grand Prix last weekend. Red Bull, McLaren, Aston Martin, Ferrari and Alpine were all ahead of them. But Formula One is littered with too many tales of fallen giants to be certain of that. Felipe Massa was in Sao Paulo last weekend telling anyone who cared that he should be 2008 world champion. Nor did his performances in the wet at Monaco and Silverstone, which, for me, disqualify him from a moral claim on the title. Las Vegas is sure to be the craziest, loudest, swankiest race ever staged. Regulars at next weekend’s race will call the Las Vegas ‘paddock’ by that name, as they do around the world.

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