Vegas: The first time around - John Watson on the '81 & '82 Las Vegas F1 races
Added 2024-06-05 00:53:21 +0000 UTCIn the latest exclusive F1 podcast for Race members, we’re looking forward to the upcoming Las Vegas Grand Prix by looking back at F1’s initial visits to the self-proclaimed entertainment capital of the world. Yes, in case you weren’t aware, F1 has raced in Las Vegas before, holding a pair of races on a makeshift circuit in the Caesar’s Palace car parking lot in 1981 and 1982. Racing in both of those Grands Prix - and finishing second in the latter - was five-time F1 winner John Watson, who we're delighted to say is Edd Straw's very special guest for this podcast. Listen as the former McLaren and Brabham star describes the uniqueness of those first races in Vegas, and explains why he's so excited about F1 returning there this year...
Originally published on 14 Nov 2023
