Discover the starting grid for the 22nd Grand Prix of the 2024 Formula 1 season.
Until the end of the qualifying session, the starting order for the Las Vegas Grand Prix was undecided. Four teams fought for pole, exchanging the best times over the three qualifying segments. Finally, it was George Russell who hit the jackpot in Las Vegas. The Briton, fast since the start of the weekend, took his 4th pole position in Formula 1, the third of the season. At the start of the Grand Prix (Sunday, 7 a.m.), he will start in front of Carlos Sainz and Pierre Gasly, exceptional third!
At Red Bull, feelings are – as often – mixed. If Max Verstappen was able to shine with a Red Bull that has been in difficulty since the start of the weekend (5th), Sergio Pérez experienced another complicated session. The Mexican went out in Q1 for the sixth time this season already. An elimination which is difficult and which increasingly calls into question his place at Red Bull next season. As a symbol, it was Liam Lawson, his possible successor, who took him out of the qualified drivers' zone in the final moments.
The New Zealander represents the bright future of Formula 1 like Franco Colapinto, even if the Argentinian's image will be somewhat damaged by his big mistake at the end of Q2. While he was pushing to try to get into Q3, the number 43 made a mistake at very high speed, completely destroying his Williams. After two very costly crashes in Brazil, Colapinto is generating significant new costs for his team as budgets become increasingly tight as the end of the season approaches.
His crash allowed Pierre Gasly to enter Q3, unlike Esteban Ocon, 11th. In the last qualifications sergeant, Lewis Hamilton missed twice and will start 10th. Lando Norris is 6th and will start from the third row alongside… Max Verstappen, his rival for the title.
The starting grid for the Las Vegas F1 GP
- George Russell (Mercedes)
- Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
- Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
- Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
- Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
- Lando Norris (McLaren)
- Yuki Tsunoda (Racing Bulls)
- Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
- Nico Hulkenberg (Haas)
- Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
- Esteban Ocon (Alpine)
- Kévin Magnussen (Haas)
- Guanyu Zhou (Stake Sauber)
- Franco Colapinto (Williams)
- Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
- Sergio Perez (Red Bull)
- Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
- Alex Albon (Williams)
- Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
- Valtteri Bottas (Stake Sauber)*
*Valtteri Bottas set the 19th fastest time, but a penalty of five places on the starting grid was imposed on him for having exceeded the number of authorized engine elements.
Drivers' reaction after qualifying
Future.
The rankings of the three Free Practice sessions of the Las Vegas GP
Free Trials 1
- Lewis Hamilton – Mercedes
- George Russell – Mercedes
- Lando Norris – McLaren
- Charles Leclerc – Scuderia Ferrari
- Max Verstappen – Red Bull
- Carlos Sainz – Scuderia Ferrari
- Fernando Alonso – Aston Martin
- Oscar Piastri – McLaren
- Pierre Gasly – Alpine
- Sergio Perez – Red Bull
- Kevin Magnussen – Haas
- Lance Stroll – Aston Martin
- Alex Albon – Williams
- Esteban Ocon – Alpine
- Nico Hulkenberg – Haas
- Valtteri Bottas – Sauber
- Franco Colapinto – Williams
- Guanyu Zhou-Sauber
- Yuki Tsunoda – Racing Bulls
- Liam Lawson – Racing Bulls
Free Trials 2
- Lewis Hamilton – Mercedes
- Lando Norris – McLaren
- George Russell – Mercedes
- Carlos Sainz – Scuderia Ferrari
- Charles Leclerc – Scuderia Ferrari
- Pierre Gasly – Alpine
- Kevin Magnussen – Haas
- Oscar Piastri – McLaren
- Nico Hulkenberg – Haas
- Yuki Tsunoda – Racing Bulls
- Valtteri Bottas – Sauber
- Esteban Ocon – Alpine
- Lance Stroll – Aston Martin
- Fernando Alonso – Aston Martin
- Liam Lawson – Racing Bulls
- Guanyu Zhou-Sauber
- Max Verstappen – Red Bull
- Franco Colapinto – Williams
- Sergio Perez – Red Bull
- Alex Albon – Williams
Free Trials 3
- George Russell – Mercedes
- Oscar Piastri – McLaren
- Carlos Sainz – Ferrari
- Lando Norris – McLaren
- Max Verstappen – Red Bull
- Lewis Hamilton – Mercedes
- Alex Albon – Williams
- Franco Colapinto – Williams
- Kévin Magnussen – Haas
- Pierre Gasly – Alpine
- Nico Hulkenberg – Haas
- Charles Leclerc – Ferrari
- Sergio Perez – Red Bull
- Esteban Ocon – Alpine
- Fernando Alonso – Aston Martin
- Yuki Tsunoda – Racing Bulls
- Valtteri Bottas – Stake Sauber
- Liam Lawson – Racing Bulls
- Lance Stroll – Aston Martin
- Guanyu Zhou-Stake Sauber
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