Mercedes’ George Russell was pitch excellent in his launch from pole place because the Las Vegas Grand Prix bought beneath manner, holding the lead into Flip 1 as Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc jumped from P4 to P2.
Because the second ever Las Vegas Grand Prix started, there was far much less controversy than within the race’s first working in 2023, with all of the drivers making it round Lap 1 cleanly.
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Leclerc aced his begin from P4 on the grid, judging the grip completely in Turns 1-3 to slide previous the Alpine of Pierre Gasly and his Ferrari group mate Carlos Sainz to take P2.
In the meantime, two of the hardest racers on the grid – RB’s Liam Lawson and Haas’s Kevin Magnussen – loved an exhilarating battle as they duelled for place outdoors the highest 10. Title rivals Max Verstappen and Lando Norris held onto their beginning positions of P5 and P6 – with Norris needing to outscore Verstappen by three factors with the intention to hold the title combat alive.
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