I drove down the Las Vegas Strip 2 weeks before this video was made, and wondered how any car could travel 200mph on those bumpy streets without going airborne! This video answers it. Repave!
Brilliant detail! Thanks for this. I've not seen anyone else get this close, or give all the details! Thanks so much! And the public is left with a beautiful flat road afterwards :)
@@AndyFromBeaverton I haven't, but I can look. I do know (as a fan) that they used the wrong mix though in the first year and it was a bit of a problem! Thanks for the pointer! edit: Seen it now. Excellent.
The Shuttle Buggy is designed to mix the 'mix' to insure any sand that has separated during transportation from the batch plant to the paving site is fully incorporated.
It’s designed to keep the paver moving without stopping. Stopping, and starting can cause movement in the pan resulting in bumps in the road. It’s not designed to mix the mix.
@@ssok4133 Wrong go to the manufacturers website and read, number one purpose of the shuttle buggy is to remix the material onsite to prevent temperature issues known as thermal segregation and most importantly segregation of the mix itself, fines and aggregate, while also allowing the paver to operate at a constant speed without stopping. This way trucks aren’t backing up to the paver potentially bumping the paver which causes bumps in the mat.
This is big for a company and the employees involved. Invaluable degree of experience acquired. It's not every day that you get to make race grade asphalt to extreme specifications.
Yeah I'm sure it's the holy grail project to have under your belt when bidding future contracts. Judging by their brand new top of the line equipment and custom built/branded semis, I think these guys are already big dogs. I don't think your average paver could bond a project of this contract value.
@@MrAminalCrackersthe paving company is local and has been here since 1950s, it was one of the early ones here. they’re the ones behind all the interstates in las vegas too. if i’m correct, think the founder created a method to recycle pavement. the founder is also recognized by our local uni for his contributions to pavement. and to this day the family run company continues
Witt your energy and passion for construction is infectious, always look forward to these videos as an F1 and racing fan. It would be awesome if you could do a video for repaving a permanent circuit such as CoTA, Leguna Seca or even abroad at Spa or the Nordschleife
Its crazy because Las Vegas is completely surrounded by nothing but EMPTY space. You could build an incredible grand prix facility and track right next to the city, and nobody would care.
Vegas outside the strip would be boring for viewers and racers. It would be flat without the views of the grand hotels on the strip. Most people watching would like to see the lights of the strip, hence why it is where it is
Yeah, unlike most states Michigan just has a per axle weight limit without the usual gross weight restrictions. Those centipedes have 3k lbs less on any axle than a normal 2-axle setup
Why? Miami and Vegas are garbage money grabs for new Drive to Survive fans.... Austin is good. They are also inconveniencing an entire city for this bullshit, the track layout is awful. F1 lover??
That was one of the biggest mistakes. F1 sporting director admitted they didn't think of cooler evening temperatures in the desert.braking at end of Long straight is going to be tricky and creat more passing opportunity..I think next next year run times will be earlier. That will be good for Saturday ticket sales. Qualifying at midnight. Darn cold. Even drivers will be freezing.
@@soloracer1 They needed to make the race late to catch Europeans in their morning. Alternatively is to run the race on Sun morning to catch European evening but then the casinos and clubs won't be happy since ppl don't really party at 9AM
@@EatonZ26 ya I understand the Vegas never sleeps town and Europe want f1 with their breakfast. Sounds understandable. If 46 degree or low is going to create problems for tires and fast moving drivers. And Fans in warm coats and hats to point they don't want to deal with it and stay home. The main issue with me is Qualifying at midnight.wont take much for 46 to be 40. When doing 200mph at 46degrees . What is the driver experiencing.I drove from San Diego to Vegas once in the winter at night with a plugged up heater core. At 70 miles a hr my toyota tacoma was a ice box. Had to wrap up in blankets to make it.
Check this out 46 degrees F at 210 mph is 26 degrees. So drivers and tires will be experiencing 26 degrees www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/windchillbody_txt.html
High quality paving techniques have been used in the netherlands for decades. We don’t only have the best roads, but also the longest lasting roads too. Instead of getting filled with potholes they grind down slowly and the pavement actually gives you better traction the more it’s been worn down. It’s pretty cool.
No one is talking about dutch roads and what you said isnt even accurate. The self healing asphalt is a very exciting technology that has not yet been tested over a long period of time. Only 12 roads in the Netherlands have it in order to validate its performance over time. It does not "heal" from tire wear and provide additional traction, it contains a steel wool that allows the aggregate to shift and settle in the presence of microwaves. Regardless, it still wouldn't be suitable for F1 cars so I have no idea what you're on about.
Here in Texas no asphalt works well (too hot). Using asphalt here turns every intersection into washboards, where the soft asphalt "folds" under the force of stopping vehicles. That is why most roads expected to last are made with concrete.
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I'm interested to see how this goes. The tarmac is nice and hot as it goes down, bit it'll be cold on the night. Combine that with long straights that put no load through the tyres, causing the temps to drop further, and I fear we have a recipe for quite a few crashes. Watch turn 14 in particular
Anybody noticed how quick they get the streets done? If this event wasn’t happening, it takes them many months over for a lousy street!! Who is the company paving the streets?😂 better yet keep the momentum going to get this construction done already.
They should have been laying a straight edge across the old and new for that translation joint. So intelligent compaction isn’t just GPS is has some accelerometers on the machine to sense when the drum is not moving into the mat anymore.
for the 2024 Vegas GP. will it require to re-pave to the spec for the formula 1 to race again or that track is good for how many years to use? formula 1 contracted the Vegas track til 2032 if i remember correctly.
@@christopherjohnson9003no there will be fixes and repaving. imagine days of raining , accidents, driving from hundred of millions of cars a year.... of course they will.
@@kap1526 I was just repeating what I had heard from Vegas news stations when this was being done in the summer. It also doesn't have to be completely perfect every year, it just has to be undamaged.
No, this should stay good for 5-10 years going by Monaco and Baku and Singapore - F1 in fact likes their tarmac to age over time, at least until it breaks, in which it's not great... Makes for better racing with an aged track. but it does need to have this first go over. No resurfacing (UNLESS a small area is unexpectedly damaged by something, of course), at least for 4-8 years - though Vegas traffic might make it closer to 4 years than 8. And - well, in the future, it can be staggered a lot easier - perhaps only parts that /need/ a repave will get one in 5 years' time, you know? The first race needed a new surface, because the old roads weren't ready, but... other than that, everything should be good!
As far as I am concerned the F1 race in Monaco is held on regular streets and doesn't get an extra layer for the F1 race. The streets in Vegas must have been really in bad shape that they had to totally redo it. May be I am wrong..
Hey listen Aaron you almost gave my cat a heart attack with those super loud sound effects for ('truck', 'roller' ect ect) you added on top of you talking (especially at the start) Maybe work on volume levelling next time
Yes and no, some stuff only has to be done the first time and maintained after. Other things like the stands will have to be removed and replaced every year
Everywhere on the course needs to be perfect. I'm suprised they haven't fixed the courses with the bumpy sections. They have been nasty in recent years.
Most roadways look like hills with the hump dividing oncoming traffic, to aid in water evacuation. These roads have to be "level" to make racing better. That being said, I'd love to drive on a formula 1 track to work every day, even if it's flooded. 😂
@@miles5600 nope they don't. Wearing course of asphalt is a life of between 7 to 14 years. Race tracks tend to be at the shorter end of it. Race tracks don't pay for life they pay for ride, cities only want to get the cheapest possible since rate payer hate what they see as "waste"
Hey! this video was super fun, just missed some more shots from the final circuit, info on the layout and question, Once they pave it, do they need to retouch it every year or it doesnt get ruined by normal traffic all year long?
Another reason these cars can’t drive on just any surface is the suction they create underneath the car and they will literally rip up streets that aren’t in perfect condition
A moveable floor on a trailer is not specific to Vegas or any city/country really. They are used all over the world. In German it's called "Schubboden".
No. and not every yr in Vegas. In 6 years they my do it again .but a simpler shorter process I would think .When was the strip last paved.Be curious to know.
Yes they do it every year in Monte Carlo. Not the paving but set up and tear down they do. They build grandstands put and guard rails. Had a paddock building built. They use to use a temporary paddock building that would go up and down every year. I admit though ,seem like a lot more going on at Vegas. You can RUclips Monte Carlo f1 build up and tear down.Monte Carlo has been doing it for 92 years.
please check your sound levels. the sound effect when you introduce the machines are so loud compared to the other audio that it's unbearable to watch.
By CFO, he means his wife. And driving down that side of the strip is pleasant....but go northbound where they didnt pave or south from Harmon...and its junk. haha!
Yep. I LOLed at the "believe it or not" at the start, saying that the old surface wasn't suitable for F1. It was a contender for understatement of the year!
I just don't understand why they don't build entirely new tracks to lay foundations for future races and future industry. Like the Hanoi GP , Vietnam doesn't have any race tracks but they opted to invest millions into a street course when they should have built a new track which can be used in the future.
F1 has spent over $700 million dollars on this project, but they do require host cities to pay for the privilege of the race. Vegas people seem to think lots of things are free, just because casinos are willing to feed them in exchange for draining their checking accounts.
I know this has nothing to do with the video, which I hope they finish everything before the race. but well all I have to say is, Cowboy culture is not from U.S. but actually originally from Mexico, with roots from Spain but yeah your first cowboy wasn't your german looking guy but more the Mexican
Remember the first F1 race in Dallas . Freshly paved , fell apart during the race. KK won with a great drive but only 9 cars finished. It was over 100 degrees that day with track temps in the 130s. At least they won't be dealing with that. If the tire builders get the compound right the lower temps won't be too big a deal .
RIght, you said 5x that they need different asphalt to race on rather than normal roads. You showed split asphalt, you showed the tech, but you never said anything about the specs for the asphalt. Its like you're leading up to the specs but never gave them to us. Those auger trailers were pretty sweet though. Never seen that before
I drove down the Las Vegas Strip 2 weeks before this video was made, and wondered how any car could travel 200mph on those bumpy streets without going airborne! This video answers it. Repave!
Brilliant detail! Thanks for this. I've not seen anyone else get this close, or give all the details! Thanks so much! And the public is left with a beautiful flat road afterwards :)
Have you seen his video on Miami's F1 track getting paved?
@@AndyFromBeaverton I haven't, but I can look. I do know (as a fan) that they used the wrong mix though in the first year and it was a bit of a problem! Thanks for the pointer!
edit: Seen it now. Excellent.
The Shuttle Buggy is designed to mix the 'mix' to insure any sand that has separated during transportation from the batch plant to the paving site is fully incorporated.
It’s designed to keep the paver moving without stopping. Stopping, and starting can cause movement in the pan resulting in bumps in the road. It’s not designed to mix the mix.
@@ssok4133 Wrong go to the manufacturers website and read, number one purpose of the shuttle buggy is to remix the material onsite to prevent temperature issues known as thermal segregation and most importantly segregation of the mix itself, fines and aggregate, while also allowing the paver to operate at a constant speed without stopping. This way trucks aren’t backing up to the paver potentially bumping the paver which causes bumps in the mat.
Wrong. @@brandondockter5067
Thanks for this video. At last not a negative content for the Las Vegas F1. Great editing.
This is big for a company and the employees involved. Invaluable degree of experience acquired. It's not every day that you get to make race grade asphalt to extreme specifications.
Yeah I'm sure it's the holy grail project to have under your belt when bidding future contracts. Judging by their brand new top of the line equipment and custom built/branded semis, I think these guys are already big dogs. I don't think your average paver could bond a project of this contract value.
@@MrAminalCrackersthe paving company is local and has been here since 1950s, it was one of the early ones here. they’re the ones behind all the interstates in las vegas too. if i’m correct, think the founder created a method to recycle pavement. the founder is also recognized by our local uni for his contributions to pavement. and to this day the family run company continues
this is a smack in the face to the residence i drive it often a week ago it was as cracked and bumpy as heck, and you repaved it all in a night!
I reckon the guys in this vid must be sweaten bullets right now…atleast the guys responsible for the drain cover fittings
Witt your energy and passion for construction is infectious, always look forward to these videos as an F1 and racing fan. It would be awesome if you could do a video for repaving a permanent circuit such as CoTA, Leguna Seca or even abroad at Spa or the Nordschleife
Its crazy because Las Vegas is completely surrounded by nothing but EMPTY space. You could build an incredible grand prix facility and track right next to the city, and nobody would care.
Vegas outside the strip would be boring for viewers and racers. It would be flat without the views of the grand hotels on the strip. Most people watching would like to see the lights of the strip, hence why it is where it is
Excellent job BigWitt . i drove the strip last week, i had the paving scedule from way earlier this year. u guys are right on the scedule .
I love that you’re still wearing your Australian work shirt 🫡
All that work and somebody forgot to weld the manhole covers down😂😂😂
This is great content for the mainly motorsports fans. Thanks.
Michigan allows 11 axle configuration for trucks and trailers. 8 axle on the live bottom trailers.
Ajax and Allied are the ones that have that configuration right?
Yeah, unlike most states Michigan just has a per axle weight limit without the usual gross weight restrictions.
Those centipedes have 3k lbs less on any axle than a normal 2-axle setup
Solid video mate, great info for fans.,
This is awesome thanks for the great footage.🎉 . Did they do the Milling too? Too bad no footage of that.
Hey, don't forget to tamper around those valve boxes and manhole covers.lol
from a F1 lover this is pretty awesome :D
Why? Miami and Vegas are garbage money grabs for new Drive to Survive fans.... Austin is good. They are also inconveniencing an entire city for this bullshit, the track layout is awful. F1 lover??
US is GARBAGE @@415s30 Austin suck big time
Drive to Survive is garbage you garbage @@415s30
and your ugly dog
@@415s30 Stop crying it will be great. The city inconveniences itself year round anyways, whats one more thing on the list.
Must have been a rather good contract for that paving company
*good contract for the Mafia family that owns that paving company
great pay day from f1 to the city of las vegas lmfao... disgusting and sad.
@@jennifersprague8585… what? you would rather a corporation not fund jobs and events?
@@jennifersprague8585wtf is wrong with you?
40-80 Mil
Can’t wait to see it
Anyway to make the track "grippier". Race will happen in cold temps and tires aren't going to fire up as well....
That was one of the biggest mistakes. F1 sporting director admitted they didn't think of cooler evening temperatures in the desert.braking at end of Long straight is going to be tricky and creat more passing opportunity..I think next next year run times will be earlier. That will be good for Saturday ticket sales. Qualifying at midnight. Darn cold. Even drivers will be freezing.
@@soloracer1 They needed to make the race late to catch Europeans in their morning. Alternatively is to run the race on Sun morning to catch European evening but then the casinos and clubs won't be happy since ppl don't really party at 9AM
@@EatonZ26 ya I understand the Vegas never sleeps town and Europe want f1 with their breakfast. Sounds understandable. If 46 degree or low is going to create problems for tires and fast moving drivers. And Fans in warm coats and hats to point they don't want to deal with it and stay home. The main issue with me is Qualifying at midnight.wont take much for 46 to be 40. When doing 200mph at 46degrees . What is the driver experiencing.I drove from San Diego to Vegas once in the winter at night with a plugged up heater core. At 70 miles a hr my toyota tacoma was a ice box. Had to wrap up in blankets to make it.
Check this out 46 degrees F at 210 mph is 26 degrees. So drivers and tires will be experiencing 26 degrees
www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/windchillbody_txt.html
@@69SunSt at that speed the cars and drivers will experience 24 degrees fahrenheit. Ya cold tires brakes and drivers
I know people there hate the construction but hey at least they get a pretty damn fine road that will be maintained yearly
High quality paving techniques have been used in the netherlands for decades. We don’t only have the best roads, but also the longest lasting roads too. Instead of getting filled with potholes they grind down slowly and the pavement actually gives you better traction the more it’s been worn down. It’s pretty cool.
If it lasts for decades, it is bad for business, you got to keep paving it repeatedly to keep the scam system going
Yup but in the US the government doesn’t do this, only reason this road is so good is bcus of f1.
great roads for peddling bikes
No one is talking about dutch roads and what you said isnt even accurate. The self healing asphalt is a very exciting technology that has not yet been tested over a long period of time. Only 12 roads in the Netherlands have it in order to validate its performance over time. It does not "heal" from tire wear and provide additional traction, it contains a steel wool that allows the aggregate to shift and settle in the presence of microwaves.
Regardless, it still wouldn't be suitable for F1 cars so I have no idea what you're on about.
Here in Texas no asphalt works well (too hot). Using asphalt here turns every intersection into washboards, where the soft asphalt "folds" under the force of stopping vehicles. That is why most roads expected to last are made with concrete.
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Perhaps the sacred racing asphalt that will make F1 history.
@user-tn8uu2cu8g To be honest, I believe that too, One God, One Origin.
I'm interested to see how this goes. The tarmac is nice and hot as it goes down, bit it'll be cold on the night. Combine that with long straights that put no load through the tyres, causing the temps to drop further, and I fear we have a recipe for quite a few crashes. Watch turn 14 in particular
Maybe perelli can bring a new tire for the colder track temps.
Looks amazing.
How often do street tracks like this have to be re paved since they are in use from the public year round?
Takes a private event to fix the streets of LAS VEGAS!!! WOW great job 👏
Thanks again great video
I imagine the reason they are working at night is that during the summer months in LV, it's to damn hot working around that black asphalt.
I hope they've added heating too, because it's gonna get cold af.
I can imagine the locals there not being happy of their already good roads being repaved just for a weekend : P
Anybody noticed how quick they get the streets done? If this event wasn’t happening, it takes them many months over for a lousy street!! Who is the company paving the streets?😂 better yet keep the momentum going to get this construction done already.
The summer heat and monsoons will tear that up easy.
Great video with notable a knowledgeable presenter. 👍
They should have been laying a straight edge across the old and new for that translation joint. So intelligent compaction isn’t just GPS is has some accelerometers on the machine to sense when the drum is not moving into the mat anymore.
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As a local, can’t wait for this to be over, and never come back
for the 2024 Vegas GP. will it require to re-pave to the spec for the formula 1 to race again or that track is good for how many years to use? formula 1 contracted the Vegas track til 2032 if i remember correctly.
I think it might need a bit of repaving but not to the level this year because it's the first ever race
As of now, they think that this surface should be good for 6 years.
only the very top-level that you see them doing here i would guess, although in monaco and singapore even the top layer last's like 3-4 years
@@christopherjohnson9003no there will be fixes and repaving. imagine days of raining , accidents, driving from hundred of millions of cars a year.... of course they will.
@@kap1526 I was just repeating what I had heard from Vegas news stations when this was being done in the summer. It also doesn't have to be completely perfect every year, it just has to be undamaged.
That Weiler MTV is the cherriest shuttle buggy in Las Vegas. LVP is number 1.
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Not sure the streets of Monaco had ever had this kind of treatment though..
Maybe not for the first few races, but these days it gets repaved regularly.
they do every once every like 7-8 years, but you also need to remember that the amount of traffic on the road/traffic in the weekdays is way different
F1 is so sustainable or zero emission. Keep adding street tracks FIA 💪 👍
@user-tn8uu2cu8g Allah is like Santa. Grow over it
I wish I still had my '74 AMC Gremlin to "test" that pavement. 😂
Next year they should just do a straight line race West to East coast, then we have one decent road to drive on.
Do they have to redo the race layer every year?
Every 7-8
Sunland should've done this, they did a great job in Miami.
The moral of the story? A bad F1 track is a bad F1 track no matter how much money is spent on it.
No one knows if this is going to be good or bad. Because no one has raced on it yet.
Cool video. Do they restrict big trucks from driving I. It before the race? Will they replace again before the race next year?
No, this should stay good for 5-10 years going by Monaco and Baku and Singapore - F1 in fact likes their tarmac to age over time, at least until it breaks, in which it's not great... Makes for better racing with an aged track. but it does need to have this first go over. No resurfacing (UNLESS a small area is unexpectedly damaged by something, of course), at least for 4-8 years - though Vegas traffic might make it closer to 4 years than 8. And - well, in the future, it can be staggered a lot easier - perhaps only parts that /need/ a repave will get one in 5 years' time, you know? The first race needed a new surface, because the old roads weren't ready, but... other than that, everything should be good!
Hindsight is 20-20 huh??? Watch out for any in ground valves!
As far as I am concerned the F1 race in Monaco is held on regular streets and doesn't get an extra layer for the F1 race. The streets in Vegas must have been really in bad shape that they had to totally redo it. May be I am wrong..
Hey listen Aaron you almost gave my cat a heart attack with those super loud sound effects for ('truck', 'roller' ect ect) you added on top of you talking (especially at the start)
Maybe work on volume levelling next time
That's really cool
Hope vegas doesn’t loose money on this. It would be cool to see more formula 1 races on the strip.
No.
Will they be doing this every year?
As of now, they think that this surface should be good for 6 years.
Yes and no, some stuff only has to be done the first time and maintained after. Other things like the stands will have to be removed and replaced every year
Everywhere on the course needs to be perfect. I'm suprised they haven't fixed the courses with the bumpy sections. They have been nasty in recent years.
Most roadways look like hills with the hump dividing oncoming traffic, to aid in water evacuation. These roads have to be "level" to make racing better. That being said, I'd love to drive on a formula 1 track to work every day, even if it's flooded. 😂
Cost to do this is about 5 to 10 times a normal road per m2
Come visit the netherlands, you’ll feel like driving on air lol
@@nimrodbegg123they also last much longer though.
@@miles5600 nope they don't. Wearing course of asphalt is a life of between 7 to 14 years.
Race tracks tend to be at the shorter end of it.
Race tracks don't pay for life they pay for ride, cities only want to get the cheapest possible since rate payer hate what they see as "waste"
Should build more with the Native plant life and terrain in the city than just endless slabs of concrete. Would feel more fresh
those people wearing cowboy hats at night and in the middle of vegas are just hilariously freedom eagling 🙊🤣🤣🤣
Hey! this video was super fun, just missed some more shots from the final circuit, info on the layout and question, Once they pave it, do they need to retouch it every year or it doesnt get ruined by normal traffic all year long?
The way they get flooding downtown.almost definitely will have to. That's a great question.
didnt install the man hole covers correctly
Another reason these cars can’t drive on just any surface is the suction they create underneath the car and they will literally rip up streets that aren’t in perfect condition
80 million? Well, it was time to resurface those roads anyway! Seems like a good investment.
You should have looked at the drain plug and covered it with some Cement You would have saved a 135 million dollars Ferrari 😂
A moveable floor on a trailer is not specific to Vegas or any city/country really. They are used all over the world. In German it's called "Schubboden".
@user-tn8uu2cu8g Lol, why would anyone want to worship an invisible friend? 🤣😂 That's the definition of psychosis.
In the U S they are called “live bottoms”.
@@Mk99987 yeah, but "live bottoms" in Las Vegas has a completely different meaning!
We are really doing shit like this, instead of solving world hunger and the education system.
do they do this at monaco every year?
No. and not every yr in Vegas. In 6 years they my do it again .but a simpler shorter process I would think .When was the strip last paved.Be curious to know.
No because Monaco has been a track for a while, it’s just maintaining now. The city is used to the race and so things move smoothly.
Yes they do it every year in Monte Carlo. Not the paving but set up and tear down they do. They build grandstands put and guard rails. Had a paddock building built. They use to use a temporary paddock building that would go up and down every year. I admit though ,seem like a lot more going on at Vegas. You can RUclips Monte Carlo f1 build up and tear down.Monte Carlo has been doing it for 92 years.
Monaco is rich city. F1 viva las vegas trashy city, fucking joke. 😮
This is more interesting than the race.
Here he is again . Less be negative
Come on Lando. 😊🏁
I wish I had a job like that when I was 16 🤷 very well done video. 👏
please check your sound levels. the sound effect when you introduce the machines are so loud compared to the other audio that it's unbearable to watch.
Intro almost knocked me out of my chair. WTF!!
The cost to maintain this for one race a year has to be crazy.
Makes you wonder why they just don't build a new track.
Only if they can do this kind of better job for regular highway 😢
Highway road conditions are shxt compare to this
That AssFault machine looks environmentally friendly .
Echelon left specifically.
By CFO, he means his wife. And driving down that side of the strip is pleasant....but go northbound where they didnt pave or south from Harmon...and its junk. haha!
Yep. I LOLed at the "believe it or not" at the start, saying that the old surface wasn't suitable for F1. It was a contender for understatement of the year!
I learnt a lot from this video. I didn’t realise it was pronounced ass-phalt for the word asphalt…
At least you will have some decent asphalt. Don’t whine, just enjoy Max.
I just don't understand why they don't build entirely new tracks to lay foundations for future races and future industry. Like the Hanoi GP , Vietnam doesn't have any race tracks but they opted to invest millions into a street course when they should have built a new track which can be used in the future.
Wow so much effort for just an once in a time race track!?!
Just crazy with all this money you could do so much better things!
Lol it’s not once in a time. They have a contract for the Las Vegas GP until 2032. And it can always get extended.
It looks like it is going to be a nightmare for drivers and teams but a great show for viewers.
F1 said we can't afford $80 mil so we need $14 mil from the city 😂
F1 has spent over $700 million dollars on this project, but they do require host cities to pay for the privilege of the race. Vegas people seem to think lots of things are free, just because casinos are willing to feed them in exchange for draining their checking accounts.
the only good thing about f1 going to street is you get a new road
😂😂😂😂 not really. What we get is bedbugs from the euro trash.
I know this has nothing to do with the video, which I hope they finish everything before the race. but well all I have to say is, Cowboy culture is not from U.S. but actually originally from Mexico, with roots from Spain but yeah your first cowboy wasn't your german looking guy but more the Mexican
The gross odor of asphalt must be overwhelming...quaffing even into the gambling dens !
Like it’s so much worse than the decades of tobacco smoke that’s Vegas is known for
I can only imagine, mon ami !@@phatnum17
U forgot the pot holes lol
Everyone is just standing and watching... only 2 or 3 are working... 😂
Time will tell if it is quality asfalt or not… F1 Las Vegas should be good, lets see if it is a stayer.
vegas actually has nice ass wide roads
Bro I gave you a microphone once remember?
He clucked it
Back in the day they would've just raced
Do you think they would’ve held the homeless?
I wonder if in Japan this is just regular asphalt.
"Stop oil" enters the chat.
so.... they pave it new... which means zero grip? on a race circuit?
Low grip means better entertainment
Expected to be a very smooth and slippery track per pirellis sims. Plus it’ll be below 50F, 8-9C. So should be a pretty terrible race.
Remember the first F1 race in Dallas . Freshly paved , fell apart during the race. KK won with a great drive but only 9 cars finished. It was over 100 degrees that day with track temps in the 130s. At least they won't be dealing with that. If the tire builders get the compound right the lower temps won't be too big a deal .
Next stop.., Honolulu, Hawaii…!
RIght, you said 5x that they need different asphalt to race on rather than normal roads. You showed split asphalt, you showed the tech, but you never said anything about the specs for the asphalt. Its like you're leading up to the specs but never gave them to us. Those auger trailers were pretty sweet though. Never seen that before
Those trailers are used everywhere apart from Na
Should have took the money and build a nice track in Vegas, Just like Texas 😊😊😊😊
Shoot, let the state of CA do the paving and it would be a demolition derby instead........
definitely the guys who missed the drain cover