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In The Driver’s Seat
After rough start, Las Vegas Grand Prix delivers best race of the Formula One season
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Red Bull's Max Verstappen celebrates winning the race in Las Vegas.
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If you wanted an example of pulling success from the jaws of disaster, the inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix staged at the 6.2km track right on the famed strip stands as a pretty strong example.
Thursday’s opening practice session was over within 10 minutes of its scheduled 60 after a loose manhole cover caused serious damage to Esteban Ocon’s Alpine and then Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari. The public relations nightmare was the tabloid journalist’s manna from heaven.
