With Ocon finishing second and Gasly third in the main event — and Gasly adding a P7 in the F1 Sprint Race — Alpine banked ... hang on in the standings as the grid heads to the Las Vegas Grand Prix, the first of three straight races to close the ...

So, the F1 -Las Vegas union can’t fail, right? It can, actually. We know that because it has failed before — and somewhat spectacularly. All one has to do is look back to 1981 and 1982 to understand why this bet doesn’t offer a guaranteed payout.