Weather Watch: Las Vegas Grand Prix forecast

Formula 1 is returning to Las Vegas after four decades away – but this weekend is a very different prospect to the races of the 80s.

With the race in the desert taking place after dark on Saturday night, on a street circuit yet to be tested by an F1 car, there are unknowns aplenty as we head into the penultimate round of the 2023 season.

The weather, of course, is an unknown in every round. But the unusually cold conditions expected in Vegas this week could provide a new curveball for teams up and down the paddock.

Read on below to see the day-by-day forecast for F1's return to the so-called entertainment capital of the world, where late-night sessions will bleed into the next morning, on occasion.

Forecast: A clear sky with light winds, chance of rain towards end of FP2. Temperature: 13C / 55F Chance of precipitation: 20%

Forecast: Rain from early afternoon and into the evening, clearing up towards Qualifying. Temperature: 13C / 55F Chance of precipitation: 40%

Forecast: Light rain until the early afternoon, but cleared up before night falls. Highest temperature: 13C / 55F Chance of precipitation: <5%