This is what it's really like to experience the breathtaking violence of a 180mph F1 hot lap, writes OLIVER HOLT

A man of small to medium build wearing racing overalls got up and introduced himself. It was Thursday evening, close to midnight, and there were around 30 of us in the Pirelli garage, looking out with a mixture of nervousness and excitement across the pit lane towards the start-finish line of the Las Vegas Grand Prix. Mail Sport's Oliver Holt takes you through a breathtaking F1 hot lap at the Las Vegas Grand Prix Holt took to the track after the likes of Max Verstappen had their second practice session Verstappen went on to win the Grand Prix and, in turn, secured four successive world titles I had been allocated a spot in the first round of cars to hurtle round the track after Max Verstappen, Lando Norris, George Russell and the rest had completed their second practice session. The week before the Las Vegas Grand Prix, at the wheel of an Aston Martin Valkyrie, Turner had smashed the Silverstone Circuit lap record for production cars. The car was a magnificent, deep blue Aston Martin Vantage with a V8 twin-turbo engine The road-going version of the Aston Martin retails at somewhere close to £200,000 'The thing is,' he said, 'none of us have been out on track yet so you're Guinea Pig Number One.