F1 knew it couldn’t lean on quite the same intrigue for its second visit to Las Vegas. It also couldn’t realistically expect to repeat the money-spinning success of year one, which generated half a billion dollars for the local economy and $77 million in tax revenue, outstripping all expectations.

Four days of racing mayhem and adventures gave me a crash course into the world of Formula 1, and I would do it all again in a heartbeat

Max Verstappen, only the sixth driver in F1 history to win at least four titles, sounded unusually emotional on the radio.