“Nightclub” teased as cooldown car to Vegas hotspot replaces cooldown room
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F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix 2023 – Race Results from Round 21The traditional post-race private room, which so often reveals interesting conversations between the drivers, was not used in Vegas.Instead, winner Max Verstappen, runner-up Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez were chauffeured in the back of a car to the famous Bellagio Hotel on the Vegas Strip.Verstappen said about his early contact with George Russell: “I passed him at 12. I went like this… And he drove into me.”Perez: “You didn’t lose anything?”Verstappen: “Yes. But when the Safety Car was there, I didn’t want to change the whole front wing. I would’ve lost a lot of time.”Leclerc: “You both stopped at the Safety Car?”Verstappen: “Yeah. I stopped at the end.”Leclerc: “You were a bit more quick on the hards.”Verstappen: “Yeah.”Perez: “Grained on the mediums?”Verstappen: “Yeah.”Leclerc: “We were really good on the mediums.”Verstappen: “You had a lot of rotation.”Perez: “I locked my front wing at the start. There was no DRS.”Leclerc: “I didn’t realise. Where were you starting?”Later Leclerc asked: “Where are we going?”Verstappen: “Straight to the nightclub! Skip everything, see you tomorrow everyone! Or not!”Related “Totally my fault” – Russell takes full responsibility for Verstappen clash ‘Those who were negative…’ – Hamilton’s swipe at Verstappen?
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