Yes, that’s right — it’s a two-fer today. Because the timing of the Las Vegas Grand Prix is bugging me.
I wanted to watch the race but a friend of mine is in town for the holidays and we met up for a beer — and I honestly forgot the race was on. I’d have recorded it otherwise. I think my local watering hole did have it on TV, but most of the televisions were showing college football.
I guess I don’t understand why the race is slated for night time.
Sure, it’s not super late in the Pacific time zone, but something like 80 percent of the television viewing public is on Eastern or Central time. I don’t understand why this can’t be a day race — or even earlier in the evening, consider it’s dark early this time of year.
Yes, I suppose the race organizers want to show off the Vegas Strip at night. Yes, F1 viewers in the U.S. are used to watching races at weird times or recording them.
I suppose you could argue it’s cooler at night, but Las Vegas isn’t typically super hot in November. A quick Google shows the high was 63 degrees on Saturday during the day — not a bad temp for racing.
And why wouldn’t the Strip also look good during the day? Wouldn’t U.S.-based F1 fans be happier to get a third F1 race that’s broadcast during daylight hours like Miami and Austin?
Now my questions to you — did you watch and should the race change times to the daylight hours or earlier in the evening?
You know what to do. Sound off below.
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