Here’s what the Las Vegas Grand Prix circuit looks like from behind the wheel, about a week before race weekend. I drove a stretch of the track at night, under the race lights, past the barriers and grandstands and right around the Sphere.
The part I drove was open to regular traffic, with cones splitting the lanes and a flagger directing cars. The posted limits were 25 and 35 mph, a long way off race speed. It still feels unreal driving the same pavement the F1 cars will use.
Driver’s tip
If you end up on the circuit, take it slow, follow the cones and the flaggers, and watch for crews and equipment along the barriers. The race cars hit this same stretch on race weekend, Nov. 19-21.
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