PADDOCK INSIDER: How the Entertainment Capital of the World is living up to its billing ahead of the Las Vegas GP

Walking into the paddock on Wednesday evening ahead of media day, the organisers of the Las Vegas Grand Prix left visitors in no doubt as to where they were in the world...

A chorus of Elvises greeted the drivers as they strolled through the entrance gates, individual bespoke ‘Welcome to Vegas’ signs with the drivers’ names were on hand for each to pose with – after, of course, they were handed a sparkly sequin-emblazed jacket with ‘Las Vegas 23’ plastered on the back.