In the Las Vegas night and under the spotlights, the twenty players in the Formula 1 World Championship are getting ready to set off! Max Verstappen can become World Champion for the fourth time, from fifth place on the grid, just ahead of his rival Lando Norris.
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F1 – Las Vegas GP
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Russell wins in Las Vegas, Verstappen world champion
50/50 – The ranking of this Las Vegas Grand Prix:
50/50 – Lando Norris takes the point for best lap in 1’34″876.
50/50 – … AND MAX VERSTAPPEN BECOMES WORLD CHAMPION FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN HIS CAREER!
50/50 – ???? George Russell wins the Las Vegas Grand Prix ahead of his teammate Lewis Hamilton…
50/50 – George Russell enters his last lap!
48/50 – Lando Norris returns to the pits to try to reclaim the fastest lap and the point that goes with it, which could be crucial for the constructors’ championship against Ferrari.
48/50 – The gap goes back above six seconds between the leading Mercedes.
46/50 – And Charles Leclerc steals fourth position from Max Verstappen!
46/50 – Sergio Pérez gets into the points by overtaking Fernando Alonso.
46/50 – With five laps to go, Russell was told that he had to increase the pace, the No. 63 managed his advantage to lead a Mercedes double to the finish.
44/50 – Nico Hülkenberg overtakes Yuki Tsunoda for eighth position.
44/50 – 5″2 between the two Mercedes, behind, Verstappen manages to stay between the two Ferraris of Sainz and Leclerc.
41/50 – Hamilton is still ahead, 1’35″480, yet another best lap for the Briton.
41/50 – Start of response, Sainz overtaking Verstappen without problem!
41/50 – The two Ferraris returned to the exhausts of Max Verstappen, will the Dutchman fiercely defend his third place, or will he open the door, knowing that he only needs to finish in front of Norris to be World Champion ?
39/50 – Best lap in 1’35″800 for Lewis Hamilton who continues to rise, but he risks running out of laps to achieve victory.
38/50 – Two overtakes in the chicane at the end of the Strip, Fernando Alonso moved up to tenth ahead of Esteban Ocon, while Pérez overtook Lawson and Magnussen in the same maneuver!
37/50 – Lewis Hamilton takes seven tenths of a lap from his teammate George Russell, the gap drops to 8″2!
36/50 – Best lap for Charles Leclerc, in 1’36″285.
36/50 – Still third, Max Verstappen would win his fourth consecutive title if things stayed there.
35/50 – Update on the classification with sixteen laps to go:
34/50 – 10″6 between the two Mercedes now, what if Lewis Hamilton came back on his teammate?
32/50 – Sainz overtook Leclerc for fourth place, as leader George Russell went through the pit lane for the second time, he emerged twelve seconds ahead of Hamilton.
31/50 – And yet another best lap from Lewis Hamilton, in 1’36″412.
31/50 – Lewis Hamilton overtakes Max Verstappen for third place which will become second position following Charles Leclerc’s stop at the same time!
30/50 – Second pit stop for Lando Norris.
30/50 – Don’t panic for George Russell fans, the Briton is now 17 seconds ahead of Charles Leclerc!
29/50 – 1’36″951 for Lewis Hamilton who continues to beat the best times. He has already overtaken Sainz after the Spaniard’s stop, Charles Leclerc’s position is in danger!
28/50 – Carlos Sainz finally comes to the pits, he is told that we waited so long because the team was not ready…
27/50 – Leclerc overtakes Sainz, who let him pass. Verstappen and Hamilton return to the pits, the Briton will attempt the undercut on the Ferraris.
26/50 – 1’37″055 for Lewis Hamilton who improves the best lap… but is still behind the two Ferraris including that of Carlos Sainz, in great difficulty with its tires!
26/50 – Second pit stop for Oscar Piastri.
26/50 – ???? Alexander Albon will be forced to retire.
25/50 – Pérez overtakes Lawson for thirteenth place, while Fernando Alonso pits for a second time.
24/50 – Leclerc and Hamilton reduce the gap on Sainz, who is third, 1″7 between the two Ferraris.
22/50 – Best lap for Lewis Hamilton in 1’37″086, but the Ferrari’s top speed is giving him a hard time!
22/50 – ???? Lando Norris : “The left front gives me the impression that it could burst at any moment. »
22/50 – We enter the cruising phase of the race, Hamilton fails to gain the advantage over Leclerc for fourth position.
20/50 – The gap stabilizes between George Russell and Max Verstappen, still 9″6. Carlos Sainz is 2″2 behind. For fourth place, Lewis Hamilton comes back strongly on his future teammate, Charles Leclerc.
18/50 – The classification after the first pit stops:
17/50 – The Briton climbs to fifth place by overtaking Sergio Pérez, which Lando Norris manages to do immediately. The Mexican returns to the pits and puts on the mediums.
16/50 – 1’37″091, best lap for Lewis Hamilton!
16/50 – Lewis Hamilton overtakes Lando Norris for sixth place, the Mercedes is transformed this weekend!
15/50 – ???? Pierre Gasly complains about not having any power on the radio, his team replies that everything looks good on the data… But we see smoke coming out of the Alpine, it’s abandonment for the Frenchman!
14/50 – The seven-time world champion was annoyed by his strategy on the radio, and was told that he would have lost five more places if he had stayed on the track.
13/50 – Stop by Lewis Hamilton, who comes out ninth, behind Lando Norris. There are still Pérez, Hülkenberg and Magnussen who must stop in front of them.
12/50 – Liam Lawson and Esteban Ocon emerged side by side from their pit location, the New Zealander hitting the end of speed limit sign!
12/50 – Disastrous stop for Lance Stroll, the tires were not ready for the Aston Martin!
12/50 – George Russell enters the pit lane, leaving his teammate Lewis Hamilton to take control of the Grand Prix. Verstappen managed to escape from the traffic, while the two Ferraris behind him worked on it.
11/50 – Max Verstappen stops in the pits in turn to put on the hard tires. A two-second stop for Red Bull! The Dutchman returns to the peloton, he is behind Magnussen and Bottas.
11/50 – Nine seconds ahead now for George Russell over Max Verstappen, who is doing his best to secure the title today.
10/50 – Stop also for Oscar Piastri, who swaps his mediums for hard ones, and serves his five-second penalty. Gasly and Tsunoda also pitted.
10/50 – Hamilton overtook Gasly, as Carlos Sainz passed through the pit lane. Hard tires for the Spaniard and a 2″3 stop.
10/50 – ⚠️ Five seconds penalty for Oscar Piastri, for false start.
9/50 – Pit stop for Leclerc and Norris, they each put on hard tires, before being imitated by Albon and Stroll.
9/50 – Lewis Hamilton continues his comeback, he passes Tsunoda for seventh place and he nestles in Gasly’s exhausts.
8/50 – And now it’s Verstappen who overtakes Leclerc, is the Monegasque suffering from graining on his medium tires? Norris passed Gasly for fifth, Hamilton passed Piastri to take eighth.
8/50 – Carlos Sainz overtook Charles Leclerc for second position.
7/50 – Lewis Hamilton is trying to gain the advantage over Oscar Piastri for eighth place, the seven-time world champion wants to move up, after a disappointing qualifying session and tenth place on the grid.
7/50 – Russell, author of the best lapnow takes off with a 1″9 lead over Leclerc and 2″7 over Sainz.
5/50 – A possible false start by Oscar Piastri is under investigation by the stewards, while Fernando Alonso went through the pits to change his soft tires.
5/50 – Side by side in the last corner at more than 320 km/h, Russell and Leclerc put on quite a spectacle, always to the Briton’s advantage!
4/50 – Leclerc attacks Russell from the outside but fails to pass, while at the same time Verstappen steals fourth place from Gasly.
4/50 – George Russell appears to have collected a plastic bag from the left side of the floor of his Mercedes, to see whether or not it will disrupt his forward movement.
3/50 – Still in Russell’s DRS zone, Leclerc puts pressure on the Mercedes, which stays the course for the moment.
2/50 – Half a second ahead now for Russell over Leclerc. The Monegasque, who started fourth, won from the same position on the grid at Monza and Austin… will history repeat itself?
1/50 – It was very heated between Lawson and Magnussen in the fast curves before the first pass on the Strip, the long straight of the last sector… and they do it again in the chicane!
1/50 – ???? Very good start from George Russell who retains the lead, ahead of Charles Leclerc who jumped like a devil from his box! Sainz third ahead of Gasly and Verstappen.
7h00 – 306,000 spectators came to Las Vegas this weekend, 9,000 fewer than last year.
7h00 – Let’s go for the training tour! Everyone starts on mediums, except Pérez (hard), Alonso (soft), Bottas and Colapinto (both hard).
6h58 – Unhurt after his big outing in qualifying, Franco Colapinto is present today, but he will start from the pit lane.
6h56 – On the other side of the world, it’s almost 10 p.m., there are only four minutes left before the start of the Las Vegas Grand Prix! George Russell will start from pole position ahead of Carlos Sainz.
6h53 – While waiting for the start of this twenty-second meeting of the season, you can also follow live commentary from the very end of the WRC Japan Rally, where the Manufacturers’ title is at stake. Thierry Neuville won for the drivers, who will triumph, Hyundai or Toyota?
Neuville wins title, Hyundai and Toyota neck and neck: follow the Power Stage of the Rally of Japan with live commentary
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