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Great race - very entertaining. Vegas absolutely pulled it off and had one of the best debut weekends for a new race. All the hate and complaining about FP1&2 was way overdone. Yes it was unfortunate but they addressed it pretty well (except the part with the fans having to leave - understandable but that sucked). The part that failed was installed correctly and in the best accepted method. A piece of cast iron and chunk of concrete breaking off like that is not something they could have predicted. It is not the same as the actual lid not being welded properly to prevent it have moving. They addressed it correctly by lowering all valve boxes on the track and temporarily paving over them to prevent any more failures. It’s unfortunate and never want to see that happen (especially for driver safety) but it was addressed and fixed. They made the right call delaying the start of FP2 until they were all covered. Really sucked that it happened and that cars were damaged but thankfully no one was hurt. Stuff like this isn’t unprecedented on road courses either but the extreme backlash seemed to be a product of so many people having negative views of the race going into the weekend and jumping on it wanting to be validated.
The actual race was very entertaining. When was the last time so many drivers expressed how much they enjoyed it post race - especially at the top…. For all the negative going in it ended up being one of the best races of the year. VER again shows he’s the top of the field and a nice drive by LEC and recovery PER. Really enjoyed another late podium battle but wish PER could have pulled this one off for P2. DRS was strong but good passes in corners as well.
Look forward to next year’s race.
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