Dempsey giving Leclerc his Las Vegas F1 Pole Position award while wearing the TAG Heuer Grand Prix De Monaco Historique

I was also told by sir @Anthony.R , Las Vegas is TAG Heuer’s 2nd biggest sales market, after Paris which is 1st, and Sydney in 3rd.

 

Paris..... really?

 

@Hubert needs to up his game to put Las Vegas on top!

 

I have to say, I'm a little disappointed with Las Vegas so far. Admittedly I'm not there, but watching on TV it might as well be Singapore or any of these other 'night races'. At least Baku you can see the old buildings and the castle. I kind of pictured the cars flying past the Eiffel Tower and the Sphinx, but apart from a few neon lights and the sphere it's just a bit anonymous.

 

Very cool that he is wearing the Historique. One of my absolute favorite TAG Heuers.

 

A nice match for Ferrari's red & white livery for Vegas. Even his outfit matches Ferrari! Movie tie in perhaps?

I wonder if Patrick had several watches ready, depending on who got pole, he'd select the appropriate one. E.g. RedBull F1, Tron Monaco Skeleton for Mercedes, Porsche Orange Racing for McLaren etc.

 

I’m also curious about the yearly sales statistics but the TAG Heuer Boutique along Avenue des Champs-Elysees is a pretty solid TH store with high volume foot traffic from tourists all over the world. And probably because it is LVMH’s homecourt boutique

(sorry for the lousy photo I took)

 

I don't remember seeing a TH boutique on the Champs-Elysees when I was there, guess it was quite a few years ago now...

 

Red Bull has effectively won all races but one so far. 20/21 GPs with one race to go. So if Max or Checo wins the Abu Dhabi GP, the Red Bull RB19 will be the new MOST SUCCESSFUL F1 Car in HISTORY with a 95.5% winning percentage! (displacing the Mclaren-Honda MP4/4)

And yet HONDA remains the best engine manufacturer

 

What's also an interesting coincidence is that Ferrari stopped both McLaren Honda & RB Honda from perfect win records on each occasion.

 

Also worth noting is that Checo's 3rd place finish secured him 2nd place in the Driver's Championship. The first time Red Bull has achieved a 1-2 in the WDC.


But it's the second race in a row poor Checo was passed on last lap! That's gotta hurt!

 

Lets hope they put Alonso in the second Red Bull next year, so tired of Perez now

 

Why on earth would Verstappen want a team mate who can beat him?

 

When people talk about the good old days of F1 I do tend to gloss over a bit, but... if ever there was a moment to put two top drivers in one team it's now. Perez is not going to challenge Max for anything, even he must realise this now. The guy is absolutely a machine. It's like Hamilton used to be, even if he's 10th you know he's gonna be on the podium.

 

Good for Max, good for Red Bull, but not good for the fans.

When McLaren was dominant in the 80s we had Lauda vs. Prost and later Senna vs Prost, it was riveting stuff. Even Hamilton vs Rosberg was good for the fans. But Perez is no match for Max.