Hamilton and Russell both think cold conditions will play a huge part in the new Las Vegas Grand Prix.
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00:00 I think the biggest challenge is going to be the temperature.
00:05 I think this is one of the coldest, probably the coldest race that we have done in a long,
00:09 long time.
00:10 Normally you're in hotter climates, you know, so yeah, this is chilly.
00:14 But I raced when I was younger, I raced in cold climates like this, like in Scotland
00:18 around the UK, but I think it's going to have a, it'll be interesting this weekend.
00:23 But also it's a new circuit, we only have a short amount of time to learn it, so I'm
00:28 excited though.
00:29 There's many challenges going into a race like this, but the unknown about the circuit,
00:34 we don't know how much grip the tarmac's going to give to the tyres, how many bumps there's
00:38 going to be.
00:39 We've scanned the circuit, but it's only when you get out there you truly recognise it.
00:43 How the tyres are reacting with the cold temperatures, you know, it's probably, the track's going
00:49 to be about 15 degrees colder than everywhere else we race on an average, so that's going
00:55 to be reacting totally different.
00:56 The engines are going to be running much, much colder, we're never really used to being
01:02 under the limit in terms of the temperature, so there's so many factors that it's like
01:06 a learning curve for us and that gives an opportunity to do a better job than our competitors.