F1 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix LIVE: Race start time, schedule, grid and stream as Russell starts on pole

Components One is reportedly in talks with Normal Motors about an eleventh workforce becoming a member of the grid in 2026.

But Sky Sports activities Information understands that, with former boss Michael Andretti out of the image, a GM entry led by businessman Dan Towriss – the bulk shareholder of Andretti World – is being thought-about for an entry into the game as early as 2026.

• George Russell – 9/4
• Carlos Sainz – 5/2
• Charles Leclerc – 13/5
• Max Verstappen – 6/1
• Lando Norris – 8/1
• Oscar Piastri – 22/1
• Lewis Hamilton – 22/1
• Pierre Gasly – 125/1
• Yuki Tsunoda – 275/1

Michael Buffer and his brother Bruce will be a part of forces to introduce Components One’s stars for Saturday’s celebrity-fuelled Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Michael, well-known for his ‘Let’s Get Able to Rumble’ phrase, was employed by F1 bosses forward of the US Grand Prix in Austin in 2017.

Bruce, identified for yelling ‘It’s Time’, introduced the grid’s drivers previous to final yr’s occasion on the Strip.

“Throughout qualifying, Franco sustained a major affect of over 50G, requiring a medical examine up.

“An affect of this magnitude is clearly important and extreme and he’ll must be evaluated once more tomorrow earlier than we are going to know whether or not he’s clear to race. Franco’s well being is all that issues and we’re glad he’s in any other case okay.

“We are going to present additional updates once we can.”

“Sergio has been a good distance off for a very long time now. I don’t know anybody who has had so many alternatives on this sport at a giant workforce.

“I’d like to see Yuki get within the automobile. He’s so chilled and assured.”

As followers trudged away from their costly acquired seats on evening one of many 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix, having seen simply eight minutes of automobiles on monitor earlier than “manhole gate”, one query sprung to thoughts: how may the game come again for this?

But past all of the fanfare which inevitably accompanied Components One’s lavish return to Sin Metropolis final yr, what really saved the inaugural occasion was the Saturday evening race itself. We had overtakes – 82 the truth is, essentially the most of any circuit throughout its debut grand prix – we had security automobiles and we had last-lap drama. For a sport which veers too blatantly within the path of spectacle at occasions, it was a refreshing nod to the drama the motion on monitor can ship.

“We tried to do the perfect we may as a workforce, we tried quite a lot of various things. It clearly wasn’t sufficient to combat for pole, I’m nonetheless fairly completely happy and nonetheless in entrance of McLaren, which is a little bit of a shock.

“In the long term, each us and McLaren weren’t nice. Numerous groups have made adjustments, solely time will inform tomorrow how we’re going to carry out.”