- Max Verstappen was named the 2024 F1 Drivers’ Champion after the Las Vegas Grand 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
Pink Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen secured his fourth-straight Formulation 1 World Championship title following Saturday’s 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix.
It means he joins an elite group of drivers with 4 or extra championships beneath their belts. The listing additionally contains Alain Prost and Sebastian Vettel every with 4 titles, plus Juan Manuel Fangio with 5, and Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher every with seven.
Verstappen solely completed in fith place in Las Vegas, however the factors scored means he is now unbeatable this season regardless of there nonetheless being two races left, in Qatar and Abu Dhabi. The race for second within the championship continues to be on between McLaren’s Lando Norris and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, although the honors will seemingly go to Norris given his present hole of 21 factors to Leclerc.
Not like 2023, the place Verstappen dominated with a report 19 wins in addition to a report of 15-straight wins, the Pink Bull driver wasn’t all the time the quickest in 2024, having so far received solely eight races. Pink Bull’s tempo has come off because the center of the season, and the group subsequent 12 months additionally loses star aerodynamicist Adrian Newey to Aston Martin. Hamilton driving for Ferrari subsequent season can be one other wild card.
George Russell on the 2024 Formulation 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix – Picture through Mercedes-Benz
The win in Las Vegas went to Mercedes-Benz AMG’s George Russell, who led teammate Hamilton in a one-two end. Third place went to Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz. Russell led the race from pole, and completed seven seconds away from Hamilton and near 12 seconds forward of Sainz.
Russell was principally unsettled throughout the 50-lap race, whereas Hamilton drove impressively to maneuver as much as second after beginning at tenth on the grid. Hamilton was helped considerably by Leclerc, who fought for the lead early on, however fell again and needed to pit early after being too aggressive on his tires.
Leclerc, along with Sainz, would get to maneuver up once more within the closing phases because of some warning from Verstappen. The Pink Bull driver went into the race realizing he solely needed to end forward of Norris to safe the title, so regardless of holding a podium spot after the second spherical of pit stops, he opted to not battle the 2 Ferraris approaching his rear within the closing laps and allow them to simply go. Sainz completed forward of Leclerc, who needed to accept fourth place.
Carlos Sainz on the 2024 Formulation 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix – Picture through Ferrari
At this level, Hamilton was closing in on Russell on the entrance within the ultimate few laps, repeatedly taking a number of tenths of a second on his teammate. Nevertheless, he could not catch up earlier than the checkered flag was waved.
Following the weekend’s motion, Verstappen’s factors tally within the 2024 Drivers’ Championship with 403 factors. Norris is second with 340 factors and Leclerc is third with 319 factors. Within the Constructors’ Championship, McLaren leads with 608 factors. Ferrari is second with 584 factors, whereas Pink Bull, because of the poor efficiency of driver Sergio Perez, is again in third with 555 factors.
The subsequent race on the calendar is the Qatar Grand Prix, which is scheduled for the approaching weekend.
2024 Formulation 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix – Picture through Mercedes-Benz
Beneath are the total outcomes from the 2024 Formulation 1 Las Vegas Grand 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, Pink 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, Pink 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 Stroll, 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
