Formula 1 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix results

Formula 1's first visit to Las Vegas in 40 years was a bombastic affair off the circuit but delivered an action-packed race after a difficult start to the weekend.Although Max Verstappen assumed his regular role on the top step of the podium, he had to fight to get there - and briefly looked fallible as Charles Leclerc challenged him all the way. But those who had put their chips on red were ...

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F1's much-anticipated return to Vegas got off to a bad start on Thursday when water valve covers were ripped up by Carlos Sainz' Ferrari and Alpine's Esteban Ocon, which halted FP1 after nine minutes and led to a long delay for FP2, by which time spectators were sent home.FP1's track issues were met with a barrage of criticism from fans and media, which Wolff labelled as "completely ...

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The Briton, who is a member of the Williams Driver Academy, dominated the Macau GP last weekend – securing pole position, victory in the qualification race and a triumph in the main event.Having recently had a run in a 2021 Aston Martin car as a result of winning last year's Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award, he says he is ready to push Williams for an opportunity ...

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On an extremely slippery circuit, Verstappen went deep into Turn 1 and forced polesitter Leclerc to go off the track with him, coming out of the corner in front of the Ferrari driver.The incident was soon investigated by the FIA stewards but rather than giving the position back to Leclerc Red Bull decided to cop a five-second penalty instead. Verstappen therefore enjoyed free air for the first ...

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The event timetable was later than any in the history of the sport, both to shift local road closures to later in the day and to accommodate TV viewers in Europe.The FP2 and qualifying sessions were due to run from midnight to 1am on Friday and Saturday mornings respectively, although the latter actually finished 4am due to the remedial work on water valve covers. Saturday evening’s race started ...

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Sainz had to take his third energy store of the season after it was damaged when he ran over a water valve cover in FP1.The change automatically triggered a 10-place penalty, and there was widespread sympathy for Ferrari in the paddock given that the incident was outside the control of the team and driver, and was caused by a fault with the circuit.“Something that we could change is the ...

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Formula 1's very own Super Bowl in Vegas, which came with all the pomp befitting of the gambling and entertainment paradise, vindicated its lack of humility with an action-packed grand prix.The 50-lap blast around the Strip's casinos was a spellbinding thrill, dispelling concerns over whether or not the series had forgotten about the sporting aspect of its grand spectacle.F1's big wigs surely ...

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The race had already courted some controversy in the weeks leading up to this weekend on this element when view-blocking filters were applied to areas of pedestrian bridges running over the Strip that prevented people without tickets from seeing the track.When attempts were made to remove this by local residents, it was replaced in the relevant areas and had cage-like structures added that also ...

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Verstappen overcame a 5s penalty to beat Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and his Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez.Verstappen barged his way past Leclerc at the first corner, much to the polewinner’s anger, and was given a 5s penalty but kept his track position at the front in the early stages.Leclerc passed Verstappen just before his first pitstop, while Perez charged through the field after an early ...

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Sainz ran over a metal water valve cover that had come loose and destroyed the chassis, power unit and energy store of his SF-23.A precedent for compensation was set after an incident at the 2017 Malaysian GP, where Romain Grosjean's Haas was badly damaged after the Frenchman struck a loose drain cover.The US-owned team subsequently negotiated a financial settlement with the Sepang ...

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A second safety car stint in the Vegas race occurred to clear debris from the track after Max Verstappen and George Russell clashed on lap 25 of 50 – the Mercedes driver picked up a five-second penalty and he admitted to not seeing the Red Bull driver's lunge at Turn 12.While the safety car gave Sergio Perez a cheap second pitstop, as he pitted from the lead for fresh hards to return in second ...

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Verstappen started alongside polesitter Leclerc on the front row and ducked down the inside of the left-hand Turn 1 to grab the lead.But as grip was extremely limited on the brand-new surface, as evidenced by Fernando Alonso spinning off behind them and other drivers also making contact, Verstappen went deep into the run-off area, taking Leclerc with him.Verstappen kept his lead while the stewards ...

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F1's extravagant and VIP-oriented return to the gambling haven raised eyebrows among F1's traditional fanbase.Early teething issues with the track that ended Thursday's FP1 after nine minutes and led to a delayed FP2 that was closed to spectators, further fuelled impressions that the series was putting commercial considerations over the sporting product.But Saturday night's action-packed bonanza ...

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On lap 3 of the race, Norris lost control of his McLaren through the flat-out left-hander of Turn 11 on a bump in the middle of the road.The Briton spun and went backwards into the outside wall, coming to a stop in the run-off area for Turn 12.After passing through the medical centre, Norris was sent to a nearby hospital for precautionary checks but was soon cleared and released.When asked what ...

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As is customary for every race, the 20 drivers are presented to the grandstands around the track by completing a parade lap. Often, classic cars are sourced and are driven around by their owners.Approximately 90 minutes before the race start, the car carrying Oscar Piastri dropped oil on the grid on the side closest to the pit wall leaving marshals to spread cement dust to soak up the slippery ...

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Russell passed Alpine racer Esteban Ocon on the final lap to grab fourth place at the line, but he was ultimately demoted to eighth owing to a five-second penalty for a tangle with Red Bull race winner Verstappen.At half distance, Verstappen dived down the inside into Turn 12 but the pair came to blows.Without the penalty - which he did not object to, saying he was caught unawares by Verstappen - ...

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Polesitter Leclerc finished second to Max Verstappen, despite the three-time champion earning a five-second penalty for running his front-row rival off track through Turn 1 to nick the early lead.A second safety car interruption that afforded Sergio Perez a cheaper pitstop then put Red Bull on course for a 1-2 result only for Leclerc to dive back past on the final lap with the aid of DRS.For the ...

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Verstappen overcame a penalty for clashing with Leclerc on the first lap and had to drive around damage picked up in another incident with Mercedes driver George Russell.Leclerc showed Ferrari's race pace potential was true, but was ultimately undone by the second of two safety cars losing a tyre advantage he had accrued over Verstappen and with the neutralisation helping Perez recover from ...

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At new venues, the teams with the most advanced simulators often get the job done best – and Red Bull often come out on top. Max Verstappen has dominated this season, and the odds of another win for the Red Bull driver are 1/4 while conversely the odds of him failing to be a classified finisher are 6/1.Verstappen is 1/2 to take pole and victory – Landon Norris is 22/1 and Lewis Hamilton 50/1 ...

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Ahead of the event Albon was hopeful that the long straights and low ambient temperatures would favour the FW45 relative to Williams' rivals.  From the start of track action he figured at the sharp end, taking sixth in FP3 despite contact with the wall that led to a red flag and a premature end for the session.After that Albon admitted he took time to build up his confidence and get back up to ...

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In his original event notes, Wittich made it clear that starts were not permitted at the pit exit during the weekend.As has been the case for other races that face such a compromise, they were only allowed on the grid at the end of practice sessions.However, both FP1 and FP3 were curtailed by red flags, which meant that the only time the teams got to try starts was after the 4am finish of FP2, in ...

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It is asking for payments of "in excess" of $30,000 per spectator, split equally between "general" and "special" damages.After Thursday's incident involving Carlos Sainz led to the first free practice being stopped, there was a lengthy delay while water valve covers were checked.FP2 was supposed to start at midnight, and it finally got underway at 2.30am. However, the venue was cleared of ...

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Mercedes W04 chassis #4 was campaigned by Hamilton - who joined the Three-Pointed Star for the 2013 season as team-mate to Nico Rosberg to end his six-year spell at McLaren - in 14 of the 19 rounds.Most notably, Hamilton - who would win six of his seven titles with Mercedes - converted pole position to win the Hungarian GP ahead of Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen and Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel.Of ...

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Leclerc will start ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and George Russell (Mercedes) after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.The second Ferrari of Carlos Sainz was second quickest but drops down to 12th with a 10-place grid penalty.Las Vegas Grand Prix grid: Leclerc on pole from ...

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1. It’s going to be coldLas Vegas was baking in 40+ degree heat back in the middle of summer, but it is very different on late nights in November. Temperatures plummet when the sun goes down and the low grip levels will suit those who can warm their tyres up quickest. McLaren is one of those, and the odds of Lando Norris topping qualifying are at 10/1, while Oscar Piastri is 33/1 – which could ...

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Ferrari's Charles Leclerc will lead the pack at the start of the much-anticipated Las Vegas GP, with Red Bull driver Max Verstappen joining him on the front row.Carlos Sainz originally qualified second for the race behind team-mate Leclerc, but will line up 12th after picking up a 10-place grid penalty for taking on an additional energy store (battery). Sainz's car had to be rebuilt after he hit a ...

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McLaren went into the inaugural race weekend around the streets of Vegas with muted expectations, but while similar pessimism proved unwarranted in Austin, Mexico or Brazil, it did turn out to be justified on the low-downforce street circuit.Lando Norris was knocked out by former team-mate Daniel Ricciardo by a mere 0.020s in Q1 to qualify 16th, while Oscar Piastri followed in 19th in what has ...

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Sargeant endured a difficult debut season with Williams, showing flashes of promise that were punctuated by rookie mistakes in his ambitious quest to try and get on par with a high-flying Alex Albon.While some errors led to headline-grabbing crashes, others flew under the radar but cost the Floridian a better qualifying position, putting him on the backfoot that left him without points until last ...

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Verstappen and Ocon were part of a gaggle of drivers that backed up at the end of the main straight as they prepared to start their final laps of the session.Keen to get a clear lap and worried about complying with the FIA's minimum delta requirements, Ocon passed Yuki Tsunoda, Zhou Guanyu and his own team-mate Pierre Gasly before blasting by Verstappen just before the start of the lap.A clearly ...

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The new surface has been made trickier by the fact that there are no support events laying rubber down in Las Vegas, and because the public street section is reopened to normal traffic for most of the day, leaving it dirty for the start of F1 action.Daniel Ricciardo suggested that greater efforts could have been made to create a grippy surface that more closely resembled that of the Saudi Arabian ...

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Having got out of Q1 in 13th, Perez was the only driver not to be on track at the end of Q2, thus missing out on a final flying lap.When he was called in, he was told that he was in P5 and that there were still four minutes of the session remaining.After a pause, he said to his engineer: "We finished quite early, no?". His concern proved to be valid as he subsequently found himself bumped down to ...

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Three-time F1 champion Verstappen has been particularly outspoken and critical of the Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend, which he reckons is "99% show" and "1% a sporting event".He also said comparing a circuit that incorporates the famous Strip to a historic street track like Monaco is to compare the flagship "Champions League" football competition with the "National League".The Red Bull driver, who ...

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The Mercedes driver topped the red-flagged FP3 session and was third in both Q1 and Q2.He then secured fourth place in Q3, which will become third in the final grid thanks to Carlos Sainz's penalty.He outpaced his team-mate Lewis Hamilton, who failed to progress to the final session after taking 11th in Q2. The seven-time world champion will also gain a spot from Sainz.Russell believes that ...

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Sainz ran second quickest in the pole position shootout, falling only 0.044sec short of team-mate Charles Leclerc as Max Verstappen abandoned his final flying lap to end up third.But Sainz must fight back from 12th on the grid as a legacy of taking a third control electronics package of the season to exceed the allocated two. For this, the stewards reluctantly handed out a 10-place grid ...

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In a somewhat anti-climactic end to the shootout, Leclerc was guaranteed a 23rd F1 pole when Carlos Sainz failed to jump his team-mate and Red Bull's Max Verstappen abandoned his final flying lap.That ensured Leclerc's 1min32.726s effort was sufficient to cement top spot, having pipped Sainz by 0.044s - although the Spaniard will drop to 12th owing to a 10-place grid penalty for taking new power ...

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Leclerc led all three segments of qualifying, which featured Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Perez not making the finale and both McLarens being knocked out in Q1.In the first two segments, the cars completed multiple runs on the same set of softs to build temperature and gain grip on the slippery, cool new Vegas track surface, but in Q3 the frontrunners completed typical single-lap efforts.After ...

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Ferrari's Charles Leclerc topped a disrupted opening day of running at Vegas that was marred by questions over track safety after the cars of both Carlos Sainz and Esteban Ocon were damaged beyond repair in a manhole cover strike.What time does qualifying for the Mexico Grand Prix start?The qualifying for the Las Vegas GP will begin at 12:00am local time (-8 GMT) on Saturday.
Date: Saturday ...

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Following a disrupted first day of running on Thursday night and Friday morning, most of which was held behind closed doors, fans were welcomed back into the grandstands to witness final practice on the streets of Las Vegas.With the track re-opened for road traffic during the day, action got underway at 8:30pm local time on a circuit with different grip levels compared to how the drivers left it ...

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F1's long-awaited spectacle on the streets of the gambling haven of America got off to a disrupted start on Thursday when Carlos Sainz's Ferrari suffered huge damage after striking the a loose water valve cover after just eight minutes into FP1.The session was abandoned as track workers were forced to remove all 30 covers around the 6.2km circuit and fill them with sand and asphalt, which led to a ...

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Track action finished at 4am local time on Friday morning, three hours later than scheduled, after a delay caused by the need to inspect and make secure all the water valve covers around the track.This followed the curtailment of FP1 after Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz struck a cover at high speed, which had been torn loose by Esteban Ocon’s Alpine, wrecking the underside of his car.Domenicali and ...

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