Formula 1 fans have reportedly been threatened with traspasing orders by police as the Las Vegas Grand Prix descended into an unmitigated disaster.
Farcical scenes on the opening day of practice on the Vegas street circuit has turned the locals against the sport — at a time when residents were already furious at the impact it has had around the party city.
The greatest slap of them all came at 1.30am local time when spectators were ordered to leave — one hour before the second free practice session began at 2.30am local time.
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Fans had already waited for hours at the track after being able to watch just eight minutes of the opening session before the event exploded when Carlos Sainz’ Ferrari struck a manhole cover.
It was chaos as the event’s engineering team attempted to fix holes all over the track.
When P2 was finally able to get underway — it concluded at 4am local time.
The sounds of the screaming engines would have made it near impossible for locals to sleep.
Even the die-hard fans that stayed around hoping to watch FP2 got sucker-punched when organisers ordered them out.
In the early hours of the morning the Las Vegas Grand Prix released a statement tha...
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