Max Verstappen turned a four-time world champion with an assured drive to fifth place throughout Saturday night time’s Las Vegas Grand Prix, whereas pole-sitter George Russell and the charging Lewis Hamilton earned a one-two end for Mercedes.
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Verstappen entered the 50-lap encounter understanding that he wanted to maintain title rival Lando Norris behind him to safe one other crown, which the Dutchman achieved by holding place into the primary nook and progressively pulling away from the McLaren driver.
Having held a podium spot after the second spherical of pit stops, Verstappen opted towards a combat when the Ferraris arrived on the rear of his Purple Bull within the closing laps – each Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc discovering a well beyond earlier than the chequered flag.
On the entrance, Russell expertly managed a tough race in cool, slippery circumstances, holding a fast-starting Leclerc at bay within the early laps – the latter working into tyre troubles attributable to that aggression – and controlling proceedings thereafter.
Hamilton bounced again from a difficult conclusion to qualifying, which left him tenth on the grid, to work his approach via the sphere and again up teammate Russell, whose win marked the primary Mercedes triumph since July’s Belgian Grand Prix.
Norris made a profitable bid for the quickest lap within the dying moments as he took sixth and mathematically dropped out of championship competition, with teammate Oscar Piastri crossing the road seventh after a time penalty for a false begin.
Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg cleared RB’s Yuki Tsunoda late in what could possibly be essential for the tight constructors’ battle over P6, particularly after second-row starter Pierre Gasly suffered an agonising retirement attributable to technical hassle aboard his Alpine.
Sergio Perez added a degree to Purple Bull’s tally in tenth, denying Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso, with one-stopping Haas racer Kevin Magnussen twelfth from Kick Sauber’s Zhou Guanyu and the Williams of Franco Colapinto, who began within the pit lane following his scary qualifying crash.
Lance Stroll (Aston Martin), Liam Lawson (RB), Esteban Ocon (Alpine) and Valtteri Bottas (Kick Sauber) have been the ultimate finishers after Alex Albon turned the second retirement from the race for Williams attributable to technical gremlins of his personal.
All the eye, although, was on Verstappen when he returned to Parc Ferme, the 27-year-old lapping up the celebrations with the Purple Bull crew due to him becoming a member of a bunch of F1 greats on 4 world titles – all achieved one after the opposite.
Mario Isola, Motorsport Director, Pirelli:
Initially, congratulations to Max Verstappen on his fourth world title, an unbelievable achievement for a teen who has solely just lately turned 27. Effectively completed, too, to Purple Bull, as that is the eighth time one in every of their drivers has been topped champion. After the beginning of this season, it appeared to observe the identical sample as final 12 months’s. Max had a troublesome time however fought exhausting race after race, though he didn’t have probably the most aggressive package deal, proving to be a rare champion.
Congratulations should additionally go to Formulation 1 for having placed on a incredible occasion right here in Las Vegas, stuffed with sights and sounds and, above all, an amazing present on monitor, which undoubtedly proved fashionable with the gang of over 300,000 spectators who got here to the monitor over the weekend and the thousands and thousands watching on tv and on-line.
As for tyre efficiency, it may have been a extra exact lower Grand Prix, beginning with the technique selections. Earlier than the race, the one-stop was the quickest choice, however in the long run, virtually all of the drivers pitted twice; if we omit Norris, who made a further cease to go for the purpose for setting the quickest race lap and Ocon, who most well-liked to not take any dangers on the finish. From an preliminary evaluation of the info, this was due primarily to the truth that a number of drivers selected to push exhausting proper from the beginning with out giving an excessive amount of thought to tyre administration. As a consequence, a few of them, due to this fact, suffered greater than anticipated with graining and have been pressured to make their first pit cease sooner than deliberate, which triggered a series response which, little by little, pushed everybody in direction of a two-stop, particularly as they knew they may rely on two units of Arduous tyres, which was undoubtedly probably the most aggressive compound for the race.
On common, the extent of efficiency degradation was comparatively low on each the Medium and the Arduous, and so was put on. Some drivers suffered from deformation greater than others, particularly on the C4, however a one-stop was nonetheless doable if the tyres have been managed rigorously. The consequence was an action-packed Grand Prix with loads of overtaking and wheel-to-wheel battles, which was nice for all of the followers of this excellent sport.”
The day on the monitor:
Temperatures have been barely increased for the race, each ambient and monitor, in comparison with the earlier days at 18/17 °C. On the grid, the overwhelming majority of drivers opted to begin on the Medium. There have been 4 who selected in any other case: Alonso on Softs, Perez, Bottas and Colapinto, the latter ranging from pit lane, on Hards. Virtually all drivers made two stops, preferring to get probably the most out of the tyres, particularly the 2 units of Hards they’d saved for the race, reasonably than attempting to handle them, particularly within the first stint.
As is so typically the case, the laurels for the longest stints went to a few specialists on this self-discipline, Kevin Magnussen and Esteban Ocon each finishing 33 laps on the Arduous, whereas Valtteri Bottas did 18 with the Medium.
2024 Formulation 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix Race Outcomes
| Pos | No | Driver | Nation | Crew | Time | Factors | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 63 | George Russell | Nice Britain | Mercedes-AMG Petronas | 1:22:05.969 | 25 | 217 |
| 2. | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Nice Britain | Mercedes-AMG Petronas | +7.313s | 18 | 208 |
| 3. | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Spain | Scuderia Ferrari | +11.906s | 15 | 259 |
| 4. | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Monaco | Scuderia Ferrari | +14.283s | 12 | 319 |
| 5. | 1 | Max Verstappen | Netherlands | Purple Bull Racing | +16.582s | 10 | 403 |
| 6. | 4 | Lando Norris | Nice Britain | Mclaren Racing | +43.385s | 9 | 340 |
| 7. | 81 | Oscar Piastri | Australia | McLaren Racing | +51.365s | 6 | 268 |
| 8. | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Germany | Haas F1 Crew | +59.808s | 4 | 35 |
| 9. | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | Japan | Visa Money App F1 Crew | +62.808s | 2 | 30 |
| 10. | 11 | Sergio Perez | Mexico | Purple Bull Racing | +63.114s | 1 | 152 |
| 11. | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Spain | Aston Martin F1 Crew | +69.195s | 0 | 62 |
| 12. | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Denmark | Haas F1 Crew | +69.803s | 0 | 14 |
| 13. | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | China | Kick Sauber F1 Crew | +74.085s | 0 | 0 |
| 14. | 43 | Franco Colapinto | Argentina | Williams Racing | +75.172s | 0 | 5 |
| 15. | 18 | Lance Stroll | Canada | Aston Martin F1 Crew | +84.102s | 0 | 24 |
| 16. | 30 | Liam Lawson | New Zealand | Visa Money App F1 Crew | +91.005s | 0 | 4 |
| 17. | 31 | Esteban Ocon | France | Alpine F1 Crew | +1 lap | 0 | 23 |
| 18. | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Finland | Kick Sauber F1 Crew | +1 lap | 0 | 0 |
| 19. | 23 | Alexander Albon | Thailand | Williams Racing | DNF | 0 | 12 |
| 20. | 10 | Pierre Gasly | France | Alpine F1 Crew | DNF | 0 | 26 |
2024 Constructor Standings
| Pos | Crew | Factors |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | McLaren Racing | 608 |
| 2. | Scuderia Ferrari | 584 |
| 3. | Purple Bull Racing | 555 |
| 4. | Mercedes-AMG Petronas | 425 |
| 5. | Aston Martin F1 Crew | 86 |
| 6. | Haas F1 Crew | 50 |
| 6. | Alpine F1 Crew | 49 |
| 7. | Visa Money App F1 Crew | 46 |
| 8. | Williams Racing | 17 |
| 10. | Kick Sauber F1 Crew | 0 |
Listed below are the team-by-team highlights:
