{"id":296843,"date":"2023-11-19T06:23:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T06:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=296843"},"modified":"2023-11-19T06:23:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T06:23:55","slug":"oil-spill-seen-on-the-track-after-drivers-parade-at-las-vegas-gp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/racing\/f1\/oil-spill-seen-on-the-track-after-drivers-parade-at-las-vegas-gp\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil spill seen on the track after drivers parade at Las Vegas GP"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Oil spill seen on the track after drivers parade before Las Vegas Grand Prix&#8230; as more issues surface before the race even begins<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Multiple cars were reported to have issues including Hamilton and Piastri&#8217;s\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>This reportedly effects the left side of the track &#8211; near Max Verstappen&#8217;s grid slot\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Workers rushed to clean up an oil spill on the track at the Las Vegas Grand Prix just over an hour before lights out.<\/p>\n<p>At some point during the drivers parade, a leak from one of the antique cars carrying the racers began to spill oil.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that oil appeared to have been leaking from a 1950s-era convertible carrying McLaren driver Oscar Piastri.<\/p>\n<p>Piastri rode along with teammate Lando Norris as well. Additionally, Lewis Hamilton was seen doubling up with Sergio Perez\u00a0&#8211; giving credence to reports that the Mercedes&#8217; driver&#8217;s classic car was also leaking oil.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Later images showed some form of a liquid underneath Hamilton&#8217;s car &#8211; a retro Mercedes-Benz coupe.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/19\/04\/77980129-12766987-image-a-80_1700369641131.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Workers try to clean up an oil spill on the grid just before the Las Vegas Grand Prix<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/19\/05\/77980209-12766987-image-a-91_1700370359034.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Just below the car in this image, there is visible liquid on the surface of the track<\/p>\n<p>The left side of the track appeared to be the most effected by all this &#8211; which could pose an issue for Red Bull driver Max Verstappen.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicated that Verstappen was furious after realizing that his grid spot in P2 would be the most effected by this.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That\u2019s definitely unfortunate for those on the inside,&#8217; F1 commentator Danica Patrick said on Sky Sports&#8217; pre-race coverage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This is going to be a loss of grip. This is very unfortunate. I don\u2019t know what they\u2019re going to be able to do about it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Are they going to be able to run cars over it before? Probably not. It\u2019s a busy grid. This is an issue.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>This is the latest in a series of serious safety issues on this track after a manhole cover was sucked up from the ground by the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz on Thursday&#8217;s FP1 that caused a significant delay in that night&#8217;s proceedings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/formulaone\/article-12766987\/Oil-spill-track-Las-Vegas-Grand-Prix.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oil spill seen on the track after drivers parade before Las Vegas Grand Prix&#8230; as more issues surface before the race even begins Multiple cars were reported to have issues including Hamilton and Piastri&#8217;s\u00a0 This reportedly effects the left side of the track &#8211; near Max Verstappen&#8217;s grid slot\u00a0 DailyMail.com provides all the latest international [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Oil spill seen on the track after drivers parade at Las Vegas GP - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/racing\/f1\/oil-spill-seen-on-the-track-after-drivers-parade-at-las-vegas-gp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oil spill seen on the track after drivers parade at Las Vegas GP - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Oil spill seen on the track after drivers parade before Las Vegas Grand Prix&#8230; 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