System One vehicles will race below the lights down the Las Vegas strip in 2023 as a part of a brand new occasion on the championship calendar, becoming a member of Austin and Miami as U.S. host venues.
Las Vegas will hosts its occasion on a Saturday evening in November, a rarity in an F1 calendar that includes grand prix occasions on Sundays.
The race will characteristic among the metropolis’s most well-known landmarks, motels and casinos in what’s a multi-year cope with F1.
The three.8 mile (6.2km) circuit will see vehicles flash by Caesars Palace, Bellagio Fountain and Mandalay Bay, in addition to the ball-shaped MSG Sphere, which is presently below building and set for completion subsequent yr.
The date of the primary occasion is but to be confirmed.
American curiosity in F1, bolstered by Netflix blockbuster collection “Drive to Survive,” is booming like by no means earlier than and has led to a surge in curiosity in internet hosting races.
This yr options the primary Miami Grand Prix, going down on Might 8. Austin’s Circuit of the Americas has hosted the U.S. Grand Prix since 2012, solely lacking 2020 because of the pandemic.
“That is an unimaginable second for System One which demonstrates the large enchantment and progress of our sport with a 3rd race within the US,” F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali mentioned.
“Las Vegas is a vacation spot recognized all over the world for its pleasure, hospitality, thrills, and naturally, the well-known Strip. There isn’t a higher place for System 1 to race than within the world leisure capital of the world and we can not wait to be right here subsequent yr.”
Miami joins Austin’s Circuit of the Americas (COTA), which hosts the U.S. Grand Prix in October. Till this yr, COTA has been the one U.S. race on the F1 schedule since 2012.