Las Vegas already overloads your senses with neon, noise, and late nights. Now add 200 miles per hour cars screaming past casino signs, and your brain starts taking mental snapshots. If you plan to watch or attend, you want more than basic TV times. You want the strange details and the trivia that makes everyone around you look over. Let’s line those up before the lights go out.
Las Vegas GP Weekend At A Glance
Here’s how the action lays out for the 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend:
- Practice 1: Thursday, November 20, at 4:30 p.m. local time.
- Practice 2: Thursday, November 20, at 8:00 p.m. local time.
- Practice 3: Friday, November 21, at 4:30 p.m. local time.
- Qualifying: Friday, November 21, at 8:00 p.m. local time.
- Grand Prix (Main Race): Saturday, November 22, at 8:00 p.m. local time, 50 laps over a 3.853-mile circuit.
Because the race kicks off at 8:00 p.m. in Las Vegas, it will roll into very late hours for East Coast viewers—so your evening snack and couch setup might end up feeling like part of the show rather than just the backdrop. The 3.853-mile circuit weaves through the Strip, hits 17 turns, and covers a total distance of around 192.6 miles.
Weird Little Facts That Make This Race So Vegas
A Saturday Night Main Event
Las Vegas does not wait for Sunday. The race lights go out on Saturday night, making it the outlier on the calendar and turning the Strip into a rolling, high-speed block party. For locals and visitors, it sits right in the prime entertainment window. If you already stay up late for boxing or concerts, folding an F1 night race into the mix feels strangely natural.
The Parking Lot Title Deciders
Decades before today’s Strip layout existed, F1 held races in the Caesars Palace parking lot during the 1981 and 1982 seasons. Both were season finales, and both crowned champions there. In comparison, the modern race wraps itself in luxury suites, skyboxes, and synchronized light shows, yet the city’s first titles came next to valet stands. Dropping that bit of history into conversation instantly shows you know Vegas is more than a brand-new glitter track.
The Manhole Cover Mayhem
The 2023 debut brought a bizarre moment that still gets replayed. Only minutes into the first practice, Carlos Sainz struck a loose drain cover, tearing into his Ferrari’s floor and shutting the session down while crews inspected every cover along the route. Fans were sent home close to sunrise, and a class action followed. Since then, Vegas drain covers draw more scrutiny than a red carpet arrival, with engineers eyeing them like split-second data.
Wrapping Up The Vegas Showdown
You now have the times, the layout, and the odd stories that sit under the neon. Share the old parking lot titles, bring up the drain cover drama and point out that this party happens on a Saturday night. Then settle in with your snack of choice, and let the Strip soundtrack mix with V6 engines.
