00:00Here come the lights in Vegas and we're underway and racing down to turn number one.
00:06Lando Norris is gonna need the job but it's super aggressive from the pole sitter who's off,
00:10who's wide. The lead for Max Verstappen as Lando Norris rejoins. He went bold but Verstappen got
00:17by and now moving up around the outside and trying to take P2 away. George Russell climbing up to
00:23second position. Crucial couple of meters for the Grand Prix for Lando Norris who wants P2.
00:28It's dirty, dusty and he can't go late on the brakes. It's Max Verstappen, George Russell,
00:34the pole sitter is down to third. Lando Norris has lost places. Oscar Piastri's P7 right now. He's
00:40lost a couple as well. Hatcher up to P5. There's a move for Charles Leclerc. That's for ninth position.
00:46Late on the brakes into turn 14 as we go over the line. Verstappen, Russell Norris is the top three
00:51in the Grand Prix. Norris who just missed his break point. So busy was he to get to the inside
00:58and Verstappen comes through. Sensational move this from Russell as well around the outside.
01:05What's Bortoleto going to see as he heads down? Oh my word. Clobbers into the side of the Aston
01:10Martin and round went Pierre Gasly. That's how he lost seven places. Well, there's no question who
01:15is the cause of that accident. Bortoleto completely misjudged his braking. Now on board with Liam
01:21Lawson. And then the McLaren. Oh, wow. How lucky was Piastri that that was a wheel to wheel contact.
01:28So Antonelli's got a five second penalty for a false start. He's creeping. You can see the wheel
01:33was moving before the lights went out. Russell will be doing everything he can to see within a DRS
01:40of Verstappen. Oh, damage for Lawson and Piastri gets by. Lawson with front damage to the car and Piastri is up to P6.
01:54Late braking move for Charles Leclerc and he gets past the Haas. The Ferrari easing by and up to P7.
02:00Crucial move for his Grand Prix. Next car up the road, one of the championship contenders Oscar Piastri.
02:05Here we go for a Ferrari with a pass. It's turning into pass or B pass for Oscar Piastri.
02:13Was trying to line up the move on Isaac Hadjar. Instead opens the door for Charles Leclerc and that
02:18Ferrari is rapid as we build up to 212 miles per hour. Can Leclerc roar by and get past Piastri?
02:26He can. And Piastri's difficult Saturday night goes from bad to worse.
02:30He's got grip, he's got speed and has he got a chance for another position?
02:36Late on the brakes easing to the inside and taking P5. Two passes in two laps for Charles Leclerc who's up to fifth position.
02:45Wow Hamilton very deep there and that's well the contact was made so that's why Albon's gone into the pits.
02:56Alex Albon has a five second penalty for causing a collision. He is staring at six Grand Prix in a row without points.
03:04The green flag is flying once again in Las Vegas. We're racing. Chance for Oscar Piastri.
03:10Top of your picture. Papaya car moving by reacting well and is this the chance to get past? It is.
03:16And now we'll hug the inside line. Maybe run over some of that debris that wasn't quite cleared.
03:20But Piastri needed to get past and did so. P6 for the Australian driver.
03:27Sainz is trying to cover off Piastri then. This will be very close.
03:32Shorter distance for Sainz, but he's got to get the tyres fired up.
03:34Yeah, that's going to be key, especially in a long corner here.
03:37And you can see the McLaren all over the back of the Williams with the DRS.
03:42Sainz makes the defensive move, but he's boxed in and Piastri is going to get by.
03:47Piastri had one opportunity to make that work. He took it and he clears the Williams.
03:52He really needed that one. Got the move done.
03:56The problem for Norris is that not putting pressure on Russell means that Russell can have an easier time on his tyres
04:00as well and look after them. It's a difficult balance of trying to attack to make the guy ahead
04:06use the tyres. Piastri is through. Leclerc is going to have the same issue here with Carlos Sainz on the
04:11the hotter hard tyres. And they come out of the blankets at a lower temperature than operating on
04:17the racetrack. And Sainz is unable to make the impression. So Charles Leclerc getting track position
04:23over Carlos Sainz. Piastri ahead of the pair of them.
04:28Well, I can't say that Norris will be great.
04:30I'll do all the chances of 10 problems. I don't want to do the stupid crystal podium.
04:34Do you want me in DRS or try to overtake him? Overtake him. We're going to go get Max.
04:41We're heading to 200 miles an hour and turn 14. DRS will open for Lando Norris. And he stays on the
04:48outside line. Russell will hug the apex of the corner or try to. He can't. Norris straight by up to
04:55second position. And now he will try and do what his race engineer told him and chase down Max Verstappen.
05:01Antonelli in fourth position. The contact between these three that are running line astern. That's
05:10laid on the brakes for Antonelli. Hanging on to this one. And you can see sliding around and
05:15potentially opening the door for another chance for Charles Leclerc is Oscar Piastri. Piastri unable to
05:20find a way through. Interesting information that Red Bull have heard that we have not heard,
05:28which is Lando Norris nursing a problem. And suddenly he's 13 seconds away from the race lead.
05:37Russell was three seconds quicker on the last lap. Norris lost no more time than he did the previous
05:43lap. So he may well get there. My information is that Lando Norris has been asked to lift and coast
05:48all the way to the flag. So they will be updating him on that gap. And it is being managed all the way to
05:53the checkered flag. So surely it's brakes again. Lifting Coast is tire saving. It's brakes or it's fuel.
05:59There's been a safety car which will negate any fuel issues for them. So must be brake considerations
06:04that McLaren have. Well, this is going to be an eighth consecutive podium finish for Max Verstappen,
06:10who is still a contender for the title. You cannot count him out. Heading to Qatar, still with a chance.
06:19This is the 17th and final corner of the last lap. The Dutch driver will look up and see the checkered
06:26flag first. Max Verstappen wins the Las Vegas Grand Prix. His name up in lights once again for second
06:34position. It's a weight. Red Bull have taken the win with Max Verstappen, his sixth of the season,
06:41and lifting and coasting with a terrific position in the World Championship with two Grand Prix to go.
06:48Lando Norris hangs on. George Russell completes the podium. Kimi Antonelli with unbelievable speed,
06:56but a five-second penalty. And it means as we go across the line, it's Piastri in fourth.
07:02Antonelli is listed in P5 ahead of Charles Leclerc by one-tenth of a second. There's always something
07:11different here in Las Vegas, but that's really different. Looking good in the Lego Cadillac that
07:17will take the top three, I imagine, to the Bellagio Fountains. We now have two weeks left to decide the
07:24Formula One World Championship in 2025. And thanks to his win tonight, still three names in the mix for
07:32Advantage Lando Norris heading in to the final three races of the year. One sprint, two Grand Prix,
07:39and it's all coming your way in the next two weeks as we close out this 24-round campaign.
07:45But the third Las Vegas Grand Prix has been won by Max Verstappen. He's second at this venue.
07:55I'm outraged.
07:56Here you go.
07:56Here you go.
07:57Thanks.
07:58Here you go.
08:00Here you go.
08:03You
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