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F1 modifications Las Vegas manhole covers to keep away from Sainz crash repeat
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F1 modifications Las Vegas manhole covers to keep away from Sainz crash repeat

By Miles Cooper November 21, 2024
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Method 1 has modified the Las Vegas Strip circuit’s manhole and valve covers to forestall a repeat of Carlos Sainz’s heavy crash final yr.

Through the very first observe session for Method 1’s first race across the Las Vegas Strip, Sainz suffered an enormous accident when his Ferrari dislodged a water valve cowl on the principle straight.

The incident, which was attributable to a failure of the duvet’s concrete body, led to monumental harm to the Spaniard’s Ferrari and saddled the Scuderia with an enormous restore invoice.

It additionally delayed the remainder of the Thursday working whereas non permanent fixes have been put in place, with FP2 working at 2:30am native time in entrance of empty grandstands. The remainder of the weekend went easily from that time onwards.

With a purpose to forestall a repeat this yr, Motorsport.com understands F1 and its governing physique the FIA have made modifications to the various covers alongside the 6.2-kilometre avenue circuit.

A big variety of manhole or comparable covers have been paved over, whereas others have been strengthened with a a lot wider and heavier anchoring block to maintain them in place.

Because the circuit predominantly makes use of public roads, the organisers couldn’t pave over all related covers as the town wants entry to water valves and different utilities at any time when the observe re-opens to the general public, which is the place the strengthened building has been used.

Different smaller tweaks to the circuit embrace re-aligned partitions on the quick entry into the pitlane.

F1 modifications Las Vegas manhole covers to keep away from Sainz crash repeat

Carlos Sainz, Scuderia Ferrari

Picture by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Photographs

When requested about final yr’s incident, Sainz mentioned: “After what occurred final yr, I hope every thing’s mounted this yr as a result of I feel it will likely be so much higher for the race and for everybody, and clearly for all of the drivers, for security. That is my primary hope, for certain.

“However we’re wanting ahead to it. It is a chilly weekend and a special observe to what we’re used to, low downforce, low grip, so numerous completely different variables that we’re usually not used to and numerous challenges forward like they have been final yr. I am excited for it.”

Ferrari has been touted because the pre-race favorite on account of its SF-24’s strengths in sluggish corners, traction zones and lengthy straights, with no high-downforce corners the place McLaren could make the distinction.

However Sainz cautioned that whereas Las Vegas fits Ferrari in concept, the chilly night-time temperatures might convey the group’s struggles to get warmth into the tyres to the foreground.

“Particularly this yr we’ve got been fast on this type of tracks,” he mentioned. “However then we have been very weak in switching on the tyres in qualifying and within the races on out-laps. So, we’re conscious that nearly as good as this observe seems on paper, it is presenting us with the most important problem of the temperatures.

“We have by no means raced in such chilly temperatures aside from final yr. So, McLaren can speak us up with the observe structure however on the identical time we all know that this temperature is doubtlessly an enormous weak point for us.”

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