Hamilton looks forward to GP in Las Vegas: 'It will be even better than in '23''
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- Ludo van Denderen
The 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix was one that has gone down in the history books. Of course, there were the problems on the opening day, when covers came loose and destroyed Carlos Sainz's Ferrari, for example. Only deep into the night and with no fans could FP2 be completed. But that was offset by a great Grand Prix on Sunday, with Max Verstappen winning.
Lewis Hamilton came no further than seventh place in '23, but he still enjoyed the Grand Prix in an iconic setting at the time. "One of the cool things is, I feel like I maybe play a tiny role in these races that appear," said the Mercedes Briton. "They'd say, where you want to have a race and I always said Vegas. And all of a sudden some years later we had a race in Vegas."
According to Hamilton, lessons were learned after the first edition. "I think what happened with the fans and I can't remember exactly, but it wasn't the smoothest of weekends, but the race was incredible. And so going back now, I think they would have made so many changes and it would be even better. But yeah, definitely dancing under the nightlights was just incredible."
Hamilton dreams: From Las Vegas to Rwanda
Secretly, Las Vegas even offers a little hope for the realisation of another of Hamilton's dreams: racing in Africa. "I've been talking about Africa, and we've got, potentially, Rwanda on the cards, which is amazing. So I just hope it comes in time before I'm gone. That's my biggest dream, is to make sure that I get to race there before I retire."
This article has been created in collaboration with Matt Gretton