2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 22 of 24 in the 2024 Formula One World Championship
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Race details [1] [2] | |||||
Date | November 23, 2024 | ||||
Official name | Formula 1 Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix 2024 | ||||
Location | Las Vegas Strip Circuit Paradise, Nevada, United States | ||||
Course | Street circuit | ||||
Course length | 6.201 km (3.853 miles) | ||||
Distance | 50 laps, 309.958 km (192.599 miles) | ||||
Weather | Clear | ||||
Attendance | 306,000 [3] | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Mercedes | ||||
Time | 1:32.312 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | |||
Time | 1:34.876 on lap 50 (lap record) | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Mercedes | ||||
Second | Mercedes | ||||
Third | Ferrari | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix 2024) was a Formula One motor race held on November 23, 2024, at the Las Vegas Strip Circuit in Paradise, Nevada, United States. It was the twenty-second round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship.
George Russell of Mercedes took pole position for the race, which he went on to win ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton, with Carlos Sainz Jr. of Ferrari completing the podium. Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing finished fifth, securing his fourth consecutive World Drivers' Championship. Mercedes achieved their 60th one-two finish, their first since the 2022 São Paulo Grand Prix.
The event was held at the Las Vegas Strip Circuit in Paradise, Nevada, for the second time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of November 21–23. [4] The Grand Prix was the twenty-second round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship and the second running of the Las Vegas Grand Prix. [5]
Going into the weekend, Max Verstappen led the Drivers' Championship with 393 points, 62 points ahead of Lando Norris in second, and 86 ahead of Charles Leclerc in third. McLaren, holding 593 points, entered this round as the leader of the Constructors' Championship from Ferrari and Red Bull Racing, who were second and third with 557 and 544 points, respectively. [6]
World Drivers' Championship leader Max Verstappen had an opportunity to secure his fourth consecutive title at this event. At the conclusion of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, there would have been two races left in the 2024 Formula One World Championship. With the following Qatar Grand Prix featuring the sprint format, 60 points would have been available in the final two rounds of the Drivers' Championship. Lando Norris would therefore have had to outscore Verstappen by at least three points to retain a mathematical chance of winning the title. [7] [a]
Verstappen would have been World Champion if:
If none of these criteria had met, Norris would have retained a mathematical chance of winning the title. [8]
The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with two exceptions: [9] Franco Colapinto, who replaced Logan Sargeant at Williams from the Italian Grand Prix onwards, and Liam Lawson, who replaced Daniel Ricciardo at RB from the United States Grand Prix. [10] [11] [12]
Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C3, C4, and C5 tyre compounds (the softest three in their range) designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively, for teams to use at the event. [13]
Three free practice sessions were held for the event. The first free practice session was held on November 21, 2024, at 18:30 local time (UTC–8), [1] and was topped by Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes ahead of his teammate George Russell and Lando Norris of McLaren. [14] The second free practice session was held on the same day, at 22:00 local time, and was topped by Hamilton ahead of Norris and Russell. [15] The third practice session was held on November 22, 2024, at 18:30 local time, and was topped by Russell ahead of Oscar Piastri of McLaren and Carlos Sainz Jr. of Ferrari. [16]
Qualifying was held on November 22, 2024, at 22:00 local time (UTC−8). [1]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Final grid | ||
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Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||||
1 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:33.186 | 1:32.779 | 1:32.312 | 1 |
2 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Ferrari | 1:33.484 | 1:32.711 | 1:32.410 | 2 |
3 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine-Renault | 1:33.691 | 1:32.879 | 1:32.664 | 3 |
4 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:33.446 | 1:33.016 | 1:32.783 | 4 |
5 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 1:33.299 | 1:33.085 | 1:32.797 | 5 |
6 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:33.592 | 1:33.099 | 1:33.008 | 6 |
7 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB-Honda RBPT | 1:33.789 | 1:33.089 | 1:33.029 | 7 |
8 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:33.450 | 1:33.024 | 1:33.033 | 8 |
9 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas-Ferrari | 1:33.920 | 1:33.114 | 1:33.062 | 9 |
10 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:33.225 | 1:32.567 | 1:48.106 | 10 |
11 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine-Renault | 1:33.968 | 1:33.221 | N/A | 11 |
12 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1:33.991 | 1:33.297 | N/A | 12 |
13 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Kick Sauber-Ferrari | 1:34.079 | 1:33.566 | N/A | 13 |
14 | 43 | Franco Colapinto | Williams-Mercedes | 1:33.746 | 1:33.749 | N/A | PL 1 |
15 | 30 | Liam Lawson | RB-Honda RBPT | 1:34.087 | 1:34.257 | N/A | 14 |
16 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 1:34.155 | N/A | N/A | 15 |
17 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 1:34.258 | N/A | N/A | 16 |
18 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams-Mercedes | 1:34.425 | N/A | N/A | 17 |
19 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Kick Sauber-Ferrari | 1:34.430 | N/A | N/A | 19 2 |
20 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 1:34.484 | N/A | N/A | 18 |
107% time: 1:39.709 | |||||||
Source: [17] [18] |
Notes
The race was held on November 23, 2024, at 22:00 local time (UTC−8), and was run for 50 laps. [1]
At the start George Russell made a clean getaway to hold the lead into turn 1. Further back, Charles Leclerc passed Carlos Sainz Jr. and Pierre Gasly for second place while Kevin Magnussen and Liam Lawson fought hard for 13th place. On lap 8, Max Verstappen passed Leclerc, whose tires were graining. The next lap, Leclerc made a pit stop for hard tyres, and rejoined in 16th. On lap 10, Sainz made a pit stop and rejoined in 12th. By lap 14, both Ferraris of Leclerc and Sainz had recovered,[ clarification needed ] and Sainz and Leclerc were fourth and fifth, respectively. [20] Pierre Gasly had initially lost ground and dropped off from his third place start, but still had the ability to recover,[ opinion ] before the engine failed with smoke emitting from his car, forcing him to retire on lap 15. [21] [22] Alexander Albon, who at one point had gone up to 10th, later suffered a cooling issue, forcing him to retire. [23] On lap 17, Sergio Pérez was overtaken by both Ferraris, dropping to fifth. On lap 26, Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton made pit stops, and Leclerc passed them to go into second. [20]
On lap 27, the race was led by George Russell, followed by Verstappen, Sainz, Leclerc, and Lewis Hamilton. Sainz let Leclerc by, before Ferrari instructed Sainz to pit for hard tyres. Sainz was told to stay out right before the pit stop, so he skipped over the pit entry apron and went back onto the track. He lost time in pit entry that he claimed could have been used to keep ahead of Hamilton, who eventually passed both Sainz and Leclerc. He was not penalised for crossing the pit entry line and he rejoined in sixth. [20] [24] On lap 30, Lando Norris made a pit stop, and Sainz moved up to fifth. The next lap Leclerc made a pit stop for another set of hard tyres, and rejoined in fifth, now behind Sainz. On lap 41, Sainz passed Verstappen for third. On lap 46, Leclerc passed Verstappen for fourth. The race ended with Russell winning, followed by Hamilton, Sainz, and Leclerc. Verstappen, in fifth, clinched his fourth consecutive title, finishing ahead of Norris. [20] Coincidentally, this is the third time that the driver's title was decided in Las Vegas, having been previously settled there in 1981 and 1982 in favour of Nelson Piquet and Keke Rosberg, respectively.
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Carlos Sainz Vázquez de Castro is a Spanish racing driver, who most recently competed in Formula One for Ferrari. Sainz has won four Formula One Grands Prix across 10 seasons.
Lando Norris is a British racing driver, who competes in Formula One for McLaren. Norris was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 2024 with McLaren, and has won four Grands Prix across six seasons.
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