![]() Teams’ predictions of what speeds will be possible in Las Vegas have varied, with 350kph definitely possible but matching the 359kph of Monza or 361kph of the high altitude Mexico track might not be in reach. The highest speed achieved in F1 so far this year was by Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas at the Mexican Grand Prix, going through the Mexico City speed trap at 361.9kph. That trumps the 1.875km stretch between the exit of La Source and braking for Les Combes at Spa, but comes short of the 20-corner Baku circuit where drivers can go at least 2km at full throttle from the exit of turn 16 before approaching turn one. The 1.9 kilometre flat-out section down the city’s famous Strip (which is between turns 12 and 14 in the lap) is the second longest full-throttle section of a circuit in F1. Officially there are 11 left-hand and six right-hand corners. Five of them are street circuits, and the season ends with three anticlockwise tracks in a row. ![]() ![]() It is the second-longest Formula 1 track, behind Spa-Francorchamps, and one of eight anticlockwise venues on the calendar.
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