Vegas GP fans offered F1 merchandise vouchers after being sent home

F1’s long-awaited spectacle on the streets of the gambling haven of America got off to a disrupted start on Thursday when Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari suffered huge damage after striking the a loose water valve cover after just eight minutes into FP1.

The session was abandoned as track workers were forced to remove all 30 covers around the 6.2km circuit and fill them with sand and asphalt, which led to a 2h30m delay of FP2.

By the time second practice…