{"id":297556,"date":"2023-11-17T18:24:15","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T18:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=297556"},"modified":"2023-11-17T18:24:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T18:24:15","slug":"angry-f1-fans-slam-ridiculous-decision-to-kick-them-out-of-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/racing\/f1\/angry-f1-fans-slam-ridiculous-decision-to-kick-them-out-of-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Angry F1 fans slam &apos;ridiculous&apos; decision to kick them out of practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Furious F1 fans blast &#8216;ridiculous&#8217; decision to kick them out of grandstands as they tried to watch practice in Las Vegas&#8230; with some paying $200 for just EIGHT minutes of action following drain cover disaster<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The first practice session for this weekend&#8217;s Grand Prix lasted just eight minutes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fans were told to leave five laps into the second practice in Vegas on Friday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Formula One fans were left seething on Friday morning after a loose drain cover meant they saw just eight minutes of practice for this weekend&#8217;s Las Vegas Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>In a nightmare start to F1&#8217;s first Sin City race for 41 years, the first practice session was scrapped after just eight minutes when a loose drain cover caused significant damage to Esteban Ocon&#8217;s Alpine and Carlos Sainz&#8217;s Ferrari.<\/p>\n<p>Grand Prix organizers were eventually able to get the second practice session underway at 2:30am local time, two-and-a-half hours later than scheduled, after the drain cover was filled in by workers to quickly get the event back on track.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite some of them forking out $200 for the privilege to be there, fans were kicked out of FP2 after a mere eight minutes and five laps as F1 chiefs evacuated the stands.<\/p>\n<p>A statement read: &#8216;Due to logistical considerations for our fans and our staff, we have made the determination that we will be closing all Las Vegas Grand Prix fan areas at 1:30am PT.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/17\/77938467-12762333-image-a-115_1700240453300.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Formula One fans were left seething on Thursday night after a loose drain cover meant they saw just eight minutes of practice in Las Vegas<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/15\/77934549-12762333-image-a-61_1700235003021.jpg\" height=\"418\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The first practice session was scrapped after just eight minutes when a loose drain cover caused significant damage to two vehicles<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/15\/77927865-12762333-The_Las_Vegas_Grand_Prix_s_second_practice_session_got_underway_-a-62_1700235013988.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The second practice session eventually got underway at 2.30am local time on Friday, two-and-a-half hours later than scheduled<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/17\/77938469-12762333-image-a-116_1700240471687.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Spectators were told to leave the second session after a mere eight minutes and five laps<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We look forward to welcoming fans back later today for exciting FP3 and qualifying sessions.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Sky Sports News were able to capture the mood of spectators who had been left short-changed on Thursday night in Vegas, with one saying: &#8216;Ridiculous! We waited for four hours and they gave us hope.\u00a0At 2am they said &#8220;we are going to have the race&#8221;. And then nothing, nothing happened. Now they are telling us to leave, so what a night.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Another fumed: &#8216;We came from Los Angeles, we flew only for today. We spent money on the airplane, tickets for this place and&#8230; nothing.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A third said: &#8216;I&#8217;ve been here for the last 2-3 hours and now we&#8217;ve been asked to leave. We weren&#8217;t sure if practice was going to go ahead but fans were asked to leave. It was all kind of disappointing.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A fourth also shed light on the mixed signals from race officials: &#8216;That was the big difference, the optimism, the hope that it would continue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We caught 10 minutes at the beginning then we sat and waited. We hung out, food was good, drinks were good, but we sat and nothing happened.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>While another simply conceded: &#8216;That&#8217;s Vegas baby! We wanted to stay until 3am to watch the practice but it is what it is.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><span>Dailymail.com<\/span>\u00a0has reached out to the Las Vegas Grand Prix for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Before some were told to leave, several fans had already left amid the chaos and confusion that followed the nightmare start as workers battled to fix the loose manhole cover.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/17\/77938471-12762333-image-a-117_1700240498244.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fans who had paid up to $200 to be at the practice session were quick to brand it &#8216;ridiculous&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/15\/77919915-12762333-Carlos_Sainz_saw_his_Ferrari_damaged_when_he_hit_the_manhole_cov-a-72_1700235132967.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Carlos Sainz saw his Ferrari damaged when he hit the manhole cover during first practice<\/p>\n<p>Given a number of them have paid $185,000 to be there this weekend, the setback left F1 bosses red-faced as fans booed from the stands when the cancellation was announced.<\/p>\n<p>This was not the start envisaged for an event that was supposed to be a glamorous affair for the sport.<\/p>\n<p>Race chiefs had released a statement saying an inspection by Formula One and FIA determined that &#8216;a single water valve cover failed&#8217; in the first practice session.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The FIA later said Sainz hit the concrete frame around a manhole cover and the governing body must now inspect every manhole cover on the course.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We will be discussing with the local circuit engineering team about the length of time it will take to resolve and will update with any resultant changes to the schedule,&#8217; the FIA said.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/formulaone\/article-12762333\/F1-fans-Las-Vegas-Grand-Prix-practice.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Furious F1 fans blast &#8216;ridiculous&#8217; decision to kick them out of grandstands as they tried to watch practice in Las Vegas&#8230; with some paying $200 for just EIGHT minutes of action following drain cover disaster The first practice session for this weekend&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Angry F1 fans slam &amp;apos;ridiculous&amp;apos; 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