I also read a different interview where Ver said he doesn't have much experience of the track and kept crashing in the official F1 game...so it sounds like a simulator session was in order
Wache said the following so we know what they are working on:
https://www.autohebdo.fr/actualites/f1/ ... ences.htmlThe opinion of Pierre Waché, Red Bull Racing Technical Director
The tyre part in Las Vegas should be the number one topic of conversation in the US paddock. In any case, this is what we can deduce from our interview with Pierre Waché, to be found in its entirety in issue 2438, available on Monday 13 November in the evening in digital version and Wednesday 15 November on newsstands.
"The biggest challenge, in terms of temperatures, will be the tyres. The temperatures will be cool, on a track where you don't put energy into the tyres, so that's a big challenge. »
Indeed, the 6.12 km long Las Vegas circuit is made up of 17 corners, but hardly any sequence of curves. These usually allow the single-seaters, in a lateral downforce situation, to heat up their tyres more quickly. This is what is known in the language of technicians as "putting energy" into the tires.
"We're doing more simulation on this track than we've ever done on others. We try to put temperature in the tyre without destroying the balance of the vehicle or the degradation of the tyres, but it's very complicated, because we're a bit blind. We don't have a lot of data, except for the simulation. Because if we make sure to optimise the car thoroughly, it's also going to slide and the driver won't be able to drive the way he wants. »
Gianpiero Lambiase and Max Verstappen! 
