2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix

2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix
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Layout of the Las Vegas Strip Circuit
Race details [1]
Date	November 22, 2025
Official name	Formula 1 Heineken Las Vegas Grand Prix 2025
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
Pole position
Driver	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:47.934
Fastest lap
Driver	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Time	1:33.365 on lap 50 (lap record)
Podium
First	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Second	George Russell	Mercedes
Third	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Heineken Las Vegas Grand Prix 2025) was a Formula One motor race held on November 22, 2025, at the Las Vegas Strip Circuit in Paradise, Nevada, United States. It was the twenty-second round of the 2025 Formula One World Championship. McLaren driver Lando Norris took pole position for the event, but lost out to Red Bull's Max Verstappen, who took the win in Las Vegas. George Russell and Kimi Antonelli (both Mercedes) – the latter of whom started from seventeenth and carried a five-second penalty – rounded out the podium. Norris initially finished second on track, but he and teammate Oscar Piastri were both disqualified post-race for excessive plank wear on the bottom of their cars.

Background

The event was held at the Las Vegas Strip Circuit in Paradise, Nevada, for the third time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of November 20–22. ^[2] The Grand Prix was the twenty-second round of the 2025 Formula One World Championship and the third running of the Las Vegas Grand Prix. ^[3]

Championship standings before the race

Going into the weekend, Lando Norris led the Drivers' Championship with 390 points, 24 points ahead of his teammate Oscar Piastri in second, and 49 points ahead of Max Verstappen. McLaren, who won the Constructors' Championship at the Singapore Grand Prix, were ahead of Mercedes and Red Bull Racing, who were second and third with 398 and 366 points, respectively. ^[4]

Entrants

See also: 2025 Formula One World Championship § Entries

The drivers and teams were the same as published in the season entry list with two exceptions; ^[5] Yuki Tsunoda at Red Bull Racing held the seat originally held by Liam Lawson before Lawson was demoted back to Racing Bulls from the Japanese Grand Prix onward, ^[6] and Franco Colapinto replaced Jack Doohan at Alpine from the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix onward on a race-by-race basis. ^[7] The Grand Prix marked Lando Norris and George Russell's 150th entry. ^[8]

Tyre choices

Further information: Formula One tyres

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C3, C4, and C5 tyre compounds designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively, for teams to use at the event. ^[9]

Practice

Three free practice sessions were held for the event. The first free practice session was held on November 20, 2025, at 16:30 local time (UTC–8), and was topped by Charles Leclerc ahead of Alexander Albon and Yuki Tsunoda. ^{[1] [10]} The second free practice session was held on the same day, at 20:00 local time, ^[1] and was topped by Lando Norris ahead of Kimi Antonelli and Leclerc. ^[11] A red flag was flown after a loose drain cover was reported around turn 17. Shortly after the session resumed, race control personnel stationed on the track confirmed that the drain cover continued to move, forcing another premature stoppage. ^[12] The third free practice session was held on November 21, 2025, at 16:30 local time, and was topped by George Russell followed by Max Verstappen and Albon. ^[1]

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on November 21, 2025, at 20:00 local time (UTC−8), and determined the starting grid order for the race. ^[1]

Qualifying report

Heavy rain was observed earlier in the night, so the qualification was held on a wet track. The early phases of the session were completed on the full-wet tyre, before the track dried out leading to the intermediate-wet tyre being used. ^[13]

The first session saw Alexander Albon, Kimi Antonelli, Gabriel Bortoleto, Yuki Tsunoda, and Lewis Hamilton all eliminated. ^[13] Albon hit the wall at turn 16, ^[13] and Hamilton's last-place qualification marked the first time that he has qualified last on pure pace, and Ferrari's first last-place qualification since the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, where Giancarlo Fisichella qualified twentieth. ^[14] Williams driver Carlos Sainz Jr. rejoined the track unsafely for which he was summoned to the stewards; he was not penalised with a grid drop. ^[15]

The second session saw Nico Hülkenberg, Lance Stroll, who switched to intermediates late into Q2, Haas drivers Esteban Ocon and Oliver Bearman, and Franco Colapinto all eliminated. ^[13] The session was delayed to remove debris from the circuit and replace a bollard at the turn 14 apex. ^[16] The third session saw all teams switch to intermediates, as the track began to dry, where Lando Norris took pole position from Max Verstappen and Sainz. Championship contender Oscar Piastri was fifth, and Charles Leclerc qualified in ninth. ^[13]

Qualifying classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:55.473	1:51.379	1:47.934	1
2	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:53.458	1:51.593	1:48.257	2
3	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams-Mercedes	1:54.873	1:51.144	1:48.296	3
4	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:53.144	1:50.935	1:48.803	4
5	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:54.544	1:52.126	1:48.961	5
6	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT	1:54.828	1:51.621	1:49.062	6
7	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:53.739	1:51.865	1:49.466	7
8	6	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT	1:55.613	1:51.120	1:49.554	8
9	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:54.814	1:51.952	1:49.872	9
10	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	1:54.432	1:51.760	1:51.540	10
11	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	1:54.555	1:52.781	N/A	11
12	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:54.416	1:52.850	N/A	12
13	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas-Ferrari	1:54.635	1:52.987	N/A	13
14	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas-Ferrari	1:56.016	1:53.094	N/A	14
15	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine-Renault	1:54.847	1:53.683	N/A	15
16	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	1:56.220	N/A	N/A	16
17	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:56.314	N/A	N/A	17
18	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	1:56.674	N/A	N/A	18
19	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:56.798	N/A	N/A	PL 1
20	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:57.115	N/A	N/A	19
107% time: 2:01.064
Source: [17] [18]

Notes

• ^1 – Yuki Tsunoda qualified 19th, but was required to start the race from the pit lane for exceeding his quota of power unit elements and replacing them under parc fermé conditions. ^{[18] [19]}

Race

The race was held on November 22, 2025, at 20:00 local time (UTC−8), and was run for 50 laps. ^[1]

Race

Polesitter Lando Norris of McLaren lost the lead into turn 1 after going wide. Starting from second, Red Bull driver Max Verstappen overtook Norris for the lead and Mercedes driver George Russell also moved up from fourth to second, leaving Norris in third. Liam Lawson and Oscar Piastri made wheel-to-wheel contact in the opening lap, but neither cars were damaged. At the back of the field, rookie Gabriel Bortoleto collided with Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll and both drivers retired from the race. Mercedes rookie Kimi Antonelli received a 5-second penalty for a false start. Lawson damaged his car in the second lap and the virtual safety car was called. Lawson and Antonelli pitted under the virtual safety car. Alexander Albon of Williams and Lewis Hamilton of Ferrari made contact on lap 14, resulting in a 5-second penalty for the Williams driver for causing a collision. Albon did not have a working radio for the entire race and he ultimately retired with damage. ^[20] Russell reported a steering issue during the race, and Norris overtook him on lap 34 at turn 14. Norris reported a problem on lap 48 and was instructed to lift and coast until the end of the race. ^[21]

Max Verstappen won his sixth race of the 2025 season, and his 69th overall, with Lando Norris finishing second and George Russell in third. ^[22]

Post-race

Antonelli took his third career podium following the disqualification of the McLaren cars.

Both McLaren cars of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri were investigated and disqualified from the race for excessive skid wear. The disqualification led to a promotion for both Mercedes drivers onto the podium, with Russell going from third to second and Antonelli from fifth to third. ^[23]

Bortoleto was given a five-place grid penalty to be served in the following Qatar Grand Prix for the collision with Stroll. ^[24]

Race classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	50	1:21:08.429	2	25
2	63	George Russell	Mercedes	50	+23.546	4	18
3	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	50	+30.488 1	17	15
4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	50	+30.678	9	12
5	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams-Mercedes	50	+34.924	3	10
6	6	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT	50	+45.257	8	8
7	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	50	+51.134	11	6
8	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	50	+59.369	19	4
9	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas-Ferrari	50	+1:00.635	13	2
10	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas-Ferrari	50	+1:10.549	14	1
11	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	50	+1:25.308	7
12	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	50	+1:26.974	PL
13	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	50	+1:31.702	10
14	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT	49	+1 lap	6
15	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine-Renault	49	+1 lap	15
Ret	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	35	Collision damage	16
Ret	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	2	Collision	18
Ret	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	0	Collision	12
DSQ	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	50	Plank wear 2	1
DSQ	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	50	Plank wear 2	5
Source: [18] [25] [26] [27]

Notes

• ^1 – Kimi Antonelli finished fourth, but received a five-second time penalty for moving prior to the start signal. He was classified fifth in the provisional classification, but gained two positions following the disqualification of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. ^[25]
• ^2 – Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri finished second and fourth, respectively, but were disqualified for excessive plank wear. ^{[28] [29]}

Championship standings after the race

For full season standings, see 2025 Formula One World Championship § Results and standings.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Lando Norris 390 2 Oscar Piastri 366 3 Max Verstappen 366 4 George Russell 294 5 Charles Leclerc 226 Source: [30]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 McLaren-Mercedes* 756 2 Mercedes 431 3 Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 391 4 Ferrari 378 5 Williams-Mercedes 121 Source: [30]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
• Competitor marked in bold and with an asterisk is the 2025 World Constructors' Champion.

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