- Max Verstappen used to be named the 2024 F1 Drivers’ Champion nearest the Las Vegas Elegant Prix
- McLaren nonetheless leads the Constructors’ Championship with two races left this season
- George Russell led a one-two end for Mercedes-Benz AMG in Las Vegas
Purple Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen connect his fourth-straight Method 1 International Championship identify following Saturday’s 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix.
It manner he joins an elite staff of drivers with 4 or extra championships beneath their belts. The checklist additionally contains Alain Prost and Sebastian Vettel each and every with 4 titles, plus Juan Manuel Fangio with 5, and Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher each and every with seven.
Verstappen simplest completed in fith playground in Las Vegas, however the issues scored manner he’s now unbeatable this season in spite of there nonetheless being two races left, in Qatar and Abu Dhabi. The race for 2d within the championship continues to be on between McLaren’s Lando Norris and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, despite the fact that the honors will most likely move to Norris given his wave hole of 21 issues to Leclerc.
Not like 2023, the place Verstappen ruled with a file 19 wins in addition to a file of 15-straight wins, the Purple Bull motive force wasn’t at all times the quickest in 2024, having so far gained simplest 8 races. Purple Bull’s life has come off for the reason that heart of the season, and the staff upcoming occasion additionally loses megastar aerodynamicist Adrian Newey to Aston Martin. Hamilton using for Ferrari upcoming season might be any other wild card.
George Russell on the 2024 Method 1 Las Vegas Elegant Prix – Picture by way of Mercedes-Benz
The win in Las Vegas was at Mercedes-Benz AMG’s George Russell, who led teammate Hamilton in a one-two end. 3rd playground was at Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz. Russell led the race from pole, and completed seven seconds sunlit of Hamilton and akin to twelve seconds forward of Sainz.
Russell used to be most commonly unsettled all over the 50-lap race, day Hamilton drove impressively to journey as much as 2d nearest founding at tenth at the grid. Hamilton used to be helped rather via Leclerc, who fought for the top early on, however fell again and needed to pit early nearest being too competitive on his tires.
Leclerc, along side Sainz, would get to journey up once more within the endmost levels thank you to a few warning from Verstappen. The Purple Bull motive force got into the race figuring out he simplest needed to end forward of Norris to conserve the identify, so in spite of preserving a podium spot nearest the second one spherical of pit stops, he opted to not combat the 2 Ferraris coming near his rear within the endmost laps and allow them to simply move. Sainz completed forward of Leclerc, who needed to accept fourth playground.
Carlos Sainz on the 2024 Method 1 Las Vegas Elegant Prix – Picture by way of Ferrari
At this level, Hamilton used to be endmost in on Russell on the entrance within the ultimate few laps, time and again taking a number of tenths of a 2d on his teammate. On the other hand, he couldn’t catch up prior to the checkered flag used to be waved.
Following the weekend’s motion, Verstappen’s issues tally within the 2024 Drivers’ Championship with 403 issues. Norris is 2d with 340 issues and Leclerc is 3rd with 319 issues. Within the Constructors’ Championship, McLaren leads with 608 issues. Ferrari is 2d with 584 issues, day Purple Bull, because of the unpriviledged efficiency of motive force Sergio Perez, is again in 3rd with 555 issues.
The upcoming race at the calendar is the Qatar Elegant Prix, which is scheduled for the approaching weekend.
2024 Method 1 Las Vegas Elegant Prix – Picture by way of Mercedes-Benz
Beneath are the total effects from the 2024 Method 1 Las Vegas Elegant Prix:
1) George Russell, Mercedes-Benz AMG
2) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-Benz AMG +7.313 seconds
3) Carlos Sainz, Ferrari +11.906 seconds
4) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari +14.283 seconds
5) Max Verstappen, Purple Bull Racing +16.582 seconds
6) Lando Norris, McLaren +43.385 seconds
7) Oscar Piastri, McLaren +51.365 seconds
8) Nico Hulkenberg, Haas +59.808 seconds
9) Yuki Tsunoda, RB +62.808 seconds
10) Sergio Perez, Purple Bull Racing +63.114 seconds
11) Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin +69.195 seconds
12) Kevin Magnussen , Haas +69.803 seconds
13) Zhou Guanyu, Sauber +74.085 seconds
14) Franco Colapinto, Williams +75.172 seconds
15) Lance Walk, Aston Martin +84.102 seconds
16) Liam Lawson, RB +91.005 seconds
17) Esteban Ocon, Alpine +1 lap
18) Valtteri Bottas, Sauber +1 lap
NC) Alexander Albon, Williams – DNF
NC) Pierre Gasly, Alpine – DNF
