F1 celebrated its first race in Las Vegas since 1982 with a lavish opening ceremony which featured appeaꦐrances from all 20 drivers, as well as performances from big-name music artists. 

Bu💯t three-time world champion Verstappen was not impressed by the pre-race event and said the drivers ‘looked like clowns’.&n🐓bsp;

"For me, you can skip this. We are just standing up there, looking like a clown,” Verstappen said, referring to the drivers b𒀰eing presented to the crowd on rais🍌ed platforms along the main straight. 

Verstappen added: “I don’t like all the things around it. I’m looking forward to trying to do ಌthe best I can but I’m not looking forward to this.”

Asked if he would 💜share his opinions on the race with F1, the Dutchman replied: "I don't know, I guess they still make money if I like it or not, so it's not up to me!

"But I'm also not going to fake it, I just always voice my opinion on positive things and negative things. That's💃 just how I am.

"Some people like the show a bit more, I don't like it at all. I grew up just looking at the performance side of things and that's how I see it as well. So for me, I like to be in Vegas, but not so much for racin𒐪g.”

McLaren’s168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lando Norris echoed a similar view to Verstappen, cal✨ling F1 “definitely more of a show now than what it was a few years ago.

“To be honest I just want to come here and drive and race, I’ve never been the biggest fan of doing these types of things lik🀅e we did earlier.&nbs😼p;

“It’s not what I enjoy d꧙oing. I know a lot of this stuff is just part of it and I’m not saying anything against it. 

“But I do this job because I want to c🅺ome and drive and race cars. I don’t simply enjoy doing tཧhese kinds of big events and shows and things like that. 

“But it's part of the job and it’s♈ a busin♛ess and that’s how it has to run at the end of the day.”

An🌃d Verstappen had nothing positive to say about the brand-new street circuit either.&n💫bsp;

"There's not many corner🍬s to be honest... I don't know," he said. "It also will depend a bit probably on how grippy it is. Doesn't look like it has a lot of grip, but we'll go with the flow.

"I don't think it's that exciting, that's the only thing. I think already for me a street circuit is not that exciting, especially with these new cars, the🌼y are jus𒀰t too heavy.

"When you have low grip that doesn't help. The scenery will look great, drivꩵing through the strip, but the layout itself is not the most exciting.

"Driving an F1 car is a lot more fun with a l🥂ot of high-speed corners, but around here 💛there is not many high-speed corners.”