Then the LVGP lit up the Strip with a New Years Eve-style fireworks show. He had completely changed his mind by Saturday night, when the podium finishers got a stage-side show of the Bellagio fountains. “But they don’t actually understand what we’re doing or what we’re putting on the line to perform. They come and they become a fan of what? They want to see maybe their favorite artists and have a few drinks with their mates and then go out and have a crazy night out,” he continued. I can go to Ibiza and get completely (expletive) and have a good time. “But I think it’s more important that you actually make them understand what we do as a sport, because most of them just come to have a party, drink, see a DJ play or a performance act. “I understand that fans, they need maybe something to do as well around the track,” he said. And so Las Vegas was an excessive party simply delaying his next win and the upcoming offseason.

After this Sunday’s race in Abu Dhabi, he’s done for the season.