Mercedes driver George Russell won the Las Vegas Grand Prix, while teammate Lewis Hamilton finished second, giving Mercedes a 1-2 podium finish.
“It’s been a real surprise seeing how strong our pace has been and securing the pole yesterday I was so pleased with. And then I think we won the race in stint one,” Russell told reporters via the F1 website. “To be honest, stint one was exceptional. And I knew from there on in the only way we would probably lose the victory is if I grained the tyres and opened them up. So it was just a case of managing my pace, managing in the right corners and bringing it home.”
Verstappen wins World Championship
Max Verstappen finished fifth ahead of Lando Norris to claim his fourth consecutive driver’s championship after the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
“Something that when you grow up racing and you see all these stats of some legendary drivers and you’re like, ‘that’s very impressive and I hope one day that I can even just be on the podium, win a race, maybe win a championship’. It’s already hard enough to win one,” Verstappen said to reporters through the F1 website. “Of course, then you also need a bit of luck to be in the right team situation to maybe win more. But yeah, luckily we did that.”
Other Finishers at the Las Vegas Grand Prix
Hamilton stole the show, going from P10 to finish P2 and credited his team for allowing him to gain eight spots at the finish.
“George did a great job, did everything he was supposed to do and I’m happy for him and I’m just grateful I could get back up there to support the team with a 1-2,” Hamilton said.
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc finished fourth and fifth, respectively. Norris and McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri finished sixth and seventh. Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg placed eight; Red Bull’s Yuki Tsunoda finished ninth, and Verstappen’s teammate Sergio Perez rounded out the top 10.
Paul Delos Santos is the Las Vegas sports insider for Dice City Sports. Follow him on X at @PaulDelos_.
