The Las Vegas Grand Prix was, really, the best race of the 2023 Formula 1 season so far. And with just the Abu Dhabi finale to go, that mantle is already nailed on. The key ingredients for last Saturday night’s engaging contest were these: an exciting track layout that favoured overtaking; controversy from the first-corner clash between Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc; and a multi-team scrap for the first F1 victory in Vegas in 41 years.
The setting was also key. The TV shots of cars running down the
