It’s honestly kind of insane to start a race in the US at 1 am Eastern time. I understand they care more about their European viewers but man, that’s brutal.

Haha, winter in the desert huh. You would think somebody would have thought about that.  They don’t have anybody who has spent time in a desert with them?  Nobody in Vegas brought it up?  Hah.

Inbreeding?

You are both right on this.

Damper air makes it “stick” to you, true... but it’s the lack of moisture that brings the air temperature down in the first place. Literally the same process your air conditioner does to cool down a room. That’s why it has a drain tube.

I think the FIA is missing Jean Todt. Before he was FIA pres, and before he was with Ferrari, he was a rally guy. You know, back when they did the whole safari rally thing. Bet he knows that it gets cold in the desert when the sun goes down!

Oooh I have the opposite version of the story.

How are rich people this fucking stupid?

It starts at 10:00PM...holy eff.

Ha, I had no idea the race started at 10 PM local.  I’m on the east coast, so...’eff this race I guess?  This race is as hard to watch as Suzuka.  Pathetic.

Honestly F1 COULD be bigger in the states, the primary issue, aside form there being very few F1 races, is if a US fan wants to watch the race live, you have to be up at absurd hours to watch, because of the time difference, it’s what it’s starting at 10 at night for the Vegas race.  I say fuck it, start it at a…

F1 itself really wants to bet big on the US, but the overwhelminly European teams would rather there be as few trips out of Europe as possible. That’s why they despise the idea of a US-based Andretti team.

F1, I introduce you to the phrase: “Due Diligence”

F1's innovation isn’t from the racing series but as an organization kept afloat by racing while committing new and more innovative self-owns and managing to stay profitable.

Well, 3-4C is actually about 37-39F, which is well below the recommended 45F summer => winter transition point for consumer tires. And of course F1 tires want to run much hotter before they make grip.

Desert means “dry” not “hot.” That lack of moisture in the air leads to much hotter hots, and like an air conditioner, much colder colds.

Hilarious. Our first trip to Vegas was back in the mid-90's. We went in February and while we knew it was offseason and winter, we also rented a convertible Corvette for a drive to the Grand Canyon. One thing we did not take into account was that there could be snow anywhere along this trip. Well imagine our tourist…

for fuck sake are a bunch of amatuers running this thing now?   theyre already racing on a pig circuit and now they didnt bother checking the weather? thats why they had to move the austin race. 

I’ll say it again, F1 really doesn’t want to be here. Yes, they see the potential for money, but they really, really do not care about the US market. I think they were happy to have one race here, and now it’s 3 and now there’s an american team that wants to join the grid and they actually seem serious (unlike…

Maybe Pirelli will break out Winter Sottozero tires for the race... <smh>