Editor's note: Este artículo está traducido al español.
Logan Ponce will never forget his first time watching Ferraris thunder past just feet away as he stood marshaling turn one at the Las Vegas Grand Prix Plaza.
The Las Vegas resident had always been interested in racing, but discovered Formula 1 just before the COVID-19 pandemic. What started as casual curiosity about the sport deepened into genuine passion with the 2019 Netflix series “Formula 1: Drive to Survive,” which chronicled the experiences of drivers like Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton.
In 2024, Ponce volunteered for the Las Vegas Grand Prix’s Locals’ Marshal Program to “get closer to the action.” And he was hooked.
“This is the center of engineering of racing, so it’s just an incredible sport and to bring it into the ba