Walking down the Las Vegas Strip in the early hours of Sunday morning, with the noise of the 20 Formula One cars still ringing in fans’ ears, one man summed it up perfectly. It was a week that started so badly and threatened to implode before it had even begun, but ended with a brilliant, dramatic 50-lap race around Sin City. It was a week that saw the already-bonkers world of Vegas turned upside down by the madness of the most expensive sport in the world. In Vegas not much is normal, but this is on another level. Eight minutes for the entire race weekend to be thrown into jeopardy… and all because of a loose drain cover on Las Vegas Boulevard. Thankfully, though – for both the fans and those in charge – it was firmly uphill from there. It has everything a good F1 weekend should have… entertainment for the fans, celebrity glitz and glamor – and a brilliant race at the center of it all.

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