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2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix

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November 23, 2024

Listed below are the entire qualifying outcomes from the Las Vegas Strip Circuit in Nevada, the place an exhilarating qualifying session was marred by an enormous crash in Q2.

Mercedes‘ George Russell has seen off a robust problem from Ferrari to take pole place for the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Q3 Outcomes:

Russell went quickest via the primary runs, setting a 1:32.811, however took to workforce radio to ask to go later within the pack on the second run as he identified how the circuit can be ramping up.

With Russell quickest forward of Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz and Crimson Bull’s Max Verstappen on the primary runs, there have been errors from Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton – Leclerc ran broad at Flip 7 and skittered into the escape space, whereas Hamilton missed his braking level for Flip 11 and needed to flip himself round within the escape space to regroup.

Russell tapped the wall at Flip 5 on his flying lap, leading to precautionary checks for Mercedes within the storage earlier than sending the British driver again out on monitor with two minutes remaining, giving him solely sufficient time for a single flying lap.

On the ultimate runs, the timing screens have been awash with inexperienced and purple sectors because the monitor evolution duly performed out with Leclerc transferring into provisional pole regardless of a poor first sector, earlier than being pipped by Sainz.

Alpine’s Pierre Gasly acquired himself in on the motion by splitting the 2 Ferraris, earlier than Russell’s final lap despatched him to the highest by a tenth of a second over Sainz.

With Russell forward of Sainz on the entrance row, the second row might be Gasly and Leclerc, whereas the third row might be title protagonists Verstappen and Norris.

Hamilton was unable to enhance on his second run, making a mistake sliding via Flip 2 because the rear of his W15 refused to cooperate – he wound up in tenth.

1. George Russell Mercedes 1:32.312
2. Carlos Sainz Ferrari +0.098
3. Pierre Gasly Alpine +0.352
4. Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.471
5. Max Verstappen Crimson Bull Racing +0.485
6. Lando Norris McLaren +0.696
7. Yuki Tsunoda VCARB +0.717
8. Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.721
9. Nico Hulkenberg Haas +0.750
10. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +15.794

FULL REPORT: Las Vegas GP: From T5 wall to pole place, George Russell units the tempo in quali

Q2 Outcomes:

It was a Mercedes on high once more in Q2, with Hamilton placing in a robust lap on the chequered flag to set a 1:32.567.

With Hamilton quickest forward of Sainz and Russell, the session was marred by an enormous accident for Franco Colapinto.

The Argentinean turned in barely too early for Flip 16 and tapped the within wall, slamming his Williams onerous into the wall on the surface consequently.

Skating down the monitor, the Williams was torn aside in what might be one other big rebuild job for the Grove-based squad, whereas the Argentinean climbed clear in apparent frustration.

With Colapinto out in 14th, the opposite Q2 eliminations have been Alpine’s Esteban Ocon in eleventh, and Haas’ Kevin Magnussen in twelfth.

Zhou Guanyu was thirteenth for Sauber, with Liam Lawson in fifteenth for VCARB.

1. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:32.567
2. Carlos Sainz Ferrari +0.144
3. George Russell Mercedes +0.212
4. Pierre Gasly Alpine +0.312
5. Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.449
6. Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.457
7. Max Verstappen Crimson Bull Racing +0.518
8. Yuki Tsunoda VCARB +0.522
9. Lando Norris McLaren +0.532
10. Nico Hulkenberg Haas +0.547
11. Esteban Ocon Alpine +0.654
12. Kevin Magnussen Haas +0.730
13. Zhou Guanyu Sauber +0.999
14. Franco Colapinto Williams +1.182
15. Liam Lawson VCARB +1.690

Q1 Outcomes:

Verstappen underlined Crimson Bull’s enhancements from follow by setting the quickest time as Q1 entered its closing phases, with the Dutch driver solely undone by the ultimate runs of Russell and Hamilton.

With the Mercedes main 1-2, Verstappen slotted into third forward of Leclerc and Piastri, however there was much less excellent news for the opposite aspect of the Crimson Bull storage.

Perez’s closing lap solely scraped him into Q2, with late enhancements from Colapinto and Tsunoda pushing the Mexican again down into the elimination zone in sixteenth.

Becoming a member of Perez on the sidelines have been the 2 Aston Martins – Alonso down in seventeenth and Stroll in twentieth, with the Canadian solely getting a single run proper on the finish following an ERS concern that meant his automobile was in items for many of the session.

Alex Albon was 18th for Williams, with Valtteri Bottas nineteenth for Sauber.