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Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix 2024 - Results
And that's a wrap on the WDC! Congrats to Max on his 4th Drivers Championship in a row!
So I need to rewatch the race. The race was at 1am my time, which isn't super late for me...but I fell asleep between laps 16-45. Oops.
Anyway, we are back in another triple-header -- anyone else think the schedule sucks this year? Only two more races left. Next weekend in Qatar, and then the season finale the following weekend in Abu Dhabi. The WCC is still in play, so hopefully we'll get an exciting end of the season.
Next race:
Qatar Grand Prix
Lusail International Circuit
Sunday, December 1
Provisional GRAND PRIX Results -- SPOILER
| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/retired | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 50 | 1:22:05.969 | 25 |
| 2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 50 | +7.313s | 18 |
| 3 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 50 | +11.906s | 15 |
| 4 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 50 | +14.283s | 12 |
| 5 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT | 50 | +16.582s | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren Mercedes | 50 | +43.385s | 9 |
| 7 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren Mercedes | 50 | +51.365s | 6 |
| 8 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas Ferrari | 50 | +59.808s | 4 |
| 9 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB Honda RBPT | 50 | +62.808s | 2 |
| 10 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT | 50 | +63.114s | 1 |
| 11 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes | 50 | +69.195s | 0 |
| 12 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas Ferrari | 50 | +69.803s | 0 |
| 13 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Kick Sauber Ferrari | 50 | +74.085s | 0 |
| 14 | 43 | Franco Colapinto | Williams Mercedes | 50 | +75.172s | 0 |
| 15 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes | 50 | +84.102s | 0 |
| 16 | 30 | Liam Lawson | RB Honda RBPT | 50 | +91.005s | 0 |
| 17 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine Renault | 49 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 18 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Kick Sauber Ferrari | 49 | +1 lap | 0 |
| NC | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams Mercedes | 25 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine Renault | 15 | DNF | 0 |
Fastest Lap: Lando Norris
Source: F1.com
It's kind of a weird season where the championship is pretty close but a lot of the races have a car that boringly sits in front for the entire race. But you can't before the weekend which of Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren, or Mercedes will have the dominant car.
I really couldn't make myself excited about the Las Vegas GP. Late in the calendar, the championship more-or-less a fait-accompli, and zero history and luster.
If you want Las Vegas to be an important race, I think it needs to be earlier in the calendar of races. The whole gamble-schtick doesn't land when you're talking about the tail end of the race calendar.
F1TV also wouldn't work for me at all on three browsers late night, live, so I ended up watching it on replay without spoilers this morning. I didn't need to care about this race.
Semi- looking forward to the final races now that the driver's championship has been decided. Usually a fun period of the year.