Finally a nice time slot for NZ and Australia! 7PM and 5PM on Sunday is as good as it gets after the misery of northern hemisphere domination. Seems odd that Vegas choose such a late night start time - unless you've been to the strip and experienced their crazy lifestyle! I guess they are in keeping with that hedonistic thing. Good luck to the McLaren team for a crucial piece of the 2024 WCC puzzle.
Last year had the same schedule, race was between 10 and midnight, don't think it was late. But even if it finishes bang on midnight, I think your original description is apt.Ben1980 wrote: ↑19 Nov 2024, 21:41All I recalled from ladt year was it being midnight with cars on track.mwillems wrote: ↑19 Nov 2024, 21:18It starts at 10pm on the Saturday evening in Vegas and the session narrowly misses going into Sunday with an official cut off time of midnight. It's another mad start time leading into the Sunday morning, as "the race" also includes the podiums and interviews that many people watch, going well into the early hours of Sunday morning. I don't think he means the race solely as the on track part of the session, but the general race coverage, certainly that's how I read it.
I think any race that could feasibly be running as the days change, can be classed as mad.
But 6am in the UK. That's OK.
I'm trying to remember the reasons, and think it's just about when they can close the road down. And it's then better to be coming back after a late Saturday into Sunday over Sunday into Monday.BMMR61 wrote: ↑19 Nov 2024, 22:06Finally a nice time slot for NZ and Australia! 7PM and 5PM on Sunday is as good as it gets after the misery of northern hemisphere domination. Seems odd that Vegas choose such a late night start time - unless you've been to the strip and experienced their crazy lifestyle! I guess they are in keeping with that hedonistic thing. Good luck to the McLaren team for a crucial piece of the 2024 WCC puzzle.
Fine by me, I'm on early starts all week, so my body clock will be used to itBen1980 wrote: ↑19 Nov 2024, 21:41All I recalled from ladt year was it being midnight with cars on track.mwillems wrote: ↑19 Nov 2024, 21:18It starts at 10pm on the Saturday evening in Vegas and the session narrowly misses going into Sunday with an official cut off time of midnight. It's another mad start time leading into the Sunday morning, as "the race" also includes the podiums and interviews that many people watch, going well into the early hours of Sunday morning. I don't think he means the race solely as the on track part of the session, but the general race coverage, certainly that's how I read it.
I think any race that could feasibly be running as the days change, can be classed as mad.
But 6am in the UK. That's OK.