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Mercedes & Carlos Sainz Go On a ‘Hangover’ Meme Spree Amidst Recent Las Vegas F1 Announcement

Published 04/01/2022, 7:14 AM EDT

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Formula One has officially announced that the Las Vegas GP will join the F1 calendar next season. All the F1 teams and drivers are excited about the new race and can’t hold their horses to drive on the Las Vegas F1 circuit. Further, Carlos Sainz and Mercedes found the best reference to share their excitement.

The internet is going crazy ever since the announcement of the Las Vegas GP. Not only does it thrill the fans but also the F1 drivers and their teams. Everyone went on to their social media platforms to share their excitement over the Vegas race.

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Carlos Sainz recalls his ‘cameo’ in the movie Hangover

It seems the drivers and teams had the best reference to showcase their excitement for Las Vegas GP. Carlos Sainz went on to his Twitter and shared a clip from the 2009 English comedy movie, Hangover. In that clip, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, and Zach Galifianakis get into a lift in a hotel in Vegas with a baby and Zach calls the baby Carlos. Further, The Ferrari driver captioned the clip with, “I always wanted to go back to Vegas!! Hyped for F1 Vegas”

Mercedes F1 knows the Photoshop game

But Sainz wasn’t the only one to use the Hangover reference. The Silver Arrows went onto their social media with an image from that lift scene in the movie. However, the German constructors swapped a few things in the image like they changed the faces.

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They put Toto Wolff‘s face over Cooper while Lewis Hamilton and George Russell‘s faces were on Galifianakis and Helms, respectively. Further, the Brackley base put their F1 team logo on the baby’s face. Further, they captioned, How ’bout that ride in? I guess that’s why they call it Sin City. F1 is going to Vegas!”

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Everything you need to know about the Las Vegas GP circuit

The Las Vegas GP will have a street circuit that is 3.8 miles long. Moreover, it will feature long stretches along with some high-speed corners and it will allow the F1 drivers to speed up to 210 mph. Also, the Las Vegas GP will be a Saturday race that will take place at night. So, drivers would drive their 2023 challengers under the night sky, with the entire city lit up with neon lights. The drivers will pass by world-renowned hotels and casinos while driving on the Las Vegas strip.

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The F1 teams and drivers are excited to drive in the Sin City but they have still got the 2022 season ahead of them. So far there have been two races in 2022 and all drivers will race again next week at the Australian GP.

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Ripan Majumdar

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Ripan Majumdar is an F1 writer at Essentially Sports. He is currently pursuing his Bachelor's in Science from West Bengal State University, Kolkata. Ripan is a massive Red Bull Racing and Sergio Perez fan, and has been following the sport for over the past few years.
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Ranvijay Singh