| 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 22 of 24 in the2024 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of the Las Vegas Strip Circuit | |||||
| Race details[1][2] | |||||
| Date | November 23, 2024 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Heineken SilverLas 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 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Mercedes | ||||
| Second | Mercedes | ||||
| Third | Ferrari | ||||
Lap leaders | |||||
The2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix (officially known as theFormula 1 Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix 2024) was aFormula One motor race held on November 23, 2024, at theLas Vegas Strip Circuit inParadise,Nevada,United States. It was the twenty-second round of the2024 Formula One World Championship.
George Russell ofMercedes took pole position for the race, which he went on to win ahead of teammateLewis Hamilton, withCarlos Sainz Jr. ofFerrari completing the podium.Max Verstappen ofRed Bull Racing finished fifth, securing his fourth consecutiveWorld Drivers' Championship. Mercedes achieved their 60th one-two finish, their first since the2022 São Paulo Grand Prix.
The event was held at theLas Vegas Strip Circuit inParadise,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 the2024 Formula One World Championship and the second running of theLas Vegas Grand Prix.[5]
Going into the weekend,Max Verstappen led theDrivers' Championship with 393 points, 62 points ahead ofLando Norris in second, and 86 ahead ofCharles Leclerc in third.McLaren, holding 593 points, entered this round as the leader of theConstructors' Championship fromFerrari andRed Bull Racing, who were second and third with 557 and 544 points, respectively.[6]
World Drivers' Championship leaderMax 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 the2024 Formula One World Championship. With the followingQatar Grand Prix featuringthe 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 replacedLogan Sargeant atWilliams from theItalian Grand Prix onwards, andLiam Lawson, who replacedDaniel Ricciardo atRB from theUnited States Grand Prix.[10][11][12]
Tyre supplierPirelli 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]
Threefree 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 byLewis Hamilton ofMercedes ahead of his teammateGeorge Russell and Lando Norris ofMcLaren.[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 ofOscar Piastri of McLaren andCarlos Sainz Jr. ofFerrari.[16]
Qualifying was held on November 22, 2024, at 22:00 local time (UTC−8).[1]
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 passedCarlos Sainz Jr. andPierre Gasly for second place whileKevin Magnussen andLiam Lawson competed closely for 13th place. On lap 8,Max Verstappen passed Leclerc, whose tires weregraining. 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, bothFerraris of Leclerc and Sainz had improved their positions to fourth and fifth, respectively.[21]Pierre Gasly had initially lost ground and dropped off from his third-place start before his engine failed with smoke emitting from his car, forcing him to retire on lap 15.[22][23]Alexander Albon, moved up to 10th place during the race before a cooling issue forced him to retire.[24] On lap 17,Sergio Pérez was overtaken by both Ferraris, dropping to fifth. On lap 26, Verstappen andLewis Hamilton made pit stops, and Leclerc passed them to go into second.[21]
On lap 27, the race was led byGeorge 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, resulting in him skipping over the pit entry apron and rejoining the track. Sainz later stated that the delay cost him time that might have helped him stay ahead of Hamilton, who eventually passed both Sainz and Leclerc. He was not penalised for crossing the pit entry line after stewards reviewed the incident, and he rejoined the race in sixth place.[21][25] 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.[21] This was the third time that the drivers' title was decided in Las Vegas, with previous title-deciding races occurring in1981 and1982, which saw drivers' titles clinched byNelson Piquet andKeke Rosberg, respectively.[20]
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