2024 Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix

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Red Bull, Las Vegas 2023. Image: Red Bull Content Pool / Getty Images

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It is crunch time for Formula One, with the sport coming into its third-to-last event in Las Vegas. Both the teams' and drivers' championships are still up for grabs. Who will come out on top in Sin City?

After one of the best races of the season so far last time out in Brazil, the Las Vegas Grand Prix has much to live up to. The circuit has not produced a classic in its 2023 debut, but the race has been far from the worst on the 2023 calendar.

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GPDA At War With The FIA​

The FIA and its president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, have turned their backs on Formula One drivers after not responding to or addressing the drivers' concerns after a public statement was released by the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA). The statement details that the FIA was to "Stop treating their drivers like children", and was released over two weeks ago. The FIA has had nothing to say on the matter, or at least not publicly.

The statement covered Ben Sulayem's reaction to Max Verstappen's explosive team radio outbursts, the fines imposed, and the FIA president's “tone and language.”

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George Russell after the 2024 Brazillian Grand Prix. Image: Formula One

"If we feel we are being listened to and some of the changes we are requesting are implemented because we are only doing it for the benefit of the sport, then maybe our confidence will increase. There are several drivers who feel fed up with the whole situation, and it only seems to be going, to a degree, in the wrong direction.” - George Russell, Media Day Las Vegas 2024
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VCARB's Dazzling Glitter-inspired Las Vegas Livery​

In more glamorous news, the VCARB team has created a "Glitter-inspired" livery that resembles something you would create in F1 24 MyTeam. It will stand out under the floodlit streets of Las Vegas, but will Yuki Tsunoda and Liam Lawson be able to extract any more pace out of a promising VCARB car following on from Brazil?

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VCARB's latest special edition livery. Images: Red Bull Content Pool / Getty Images

Red Bull's junior team is no stranger to a flashy special livery, especially in Las Vegas. Last year, when the team were running under the guise of Alpha Tauri, a "Speed Streaks" livery took to the track and was certainly a standout design.

Pierre Gasly's Perfect Record​

The Frenchman's perfect record might not put him at the front of the field, but his team certainly appreciates Pierre Gasly's ability to keep his A524 out of the walls and away from other cars' accidents. Gasly is the only driver on the grid not to have cost his team a single Euro in crash damages throughout the 2024 Formula One season.

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With Las Vegas this weekend and Abu Dhabi as the finale, plus Qatar nestled in the middle, the Frenchman is not guaranteed to finish the season with a clean damage bill. However, he has a wide budget left for him to fall back on if the worst was to happen.

Alpine And Sauber Join The Livery Party​

It seems that the customs officers have refused to release the back marker teams' regular cars, forcing Alpine, Sauber and VCARB to run one-off or limited-edition liveries for the Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend.

Alpine has had some success this year, including a shock double podium in Brazil. This result catapulted the team up the constructor's table to sixth from ninth. The A524 will run a majority pink livery for the remaining three rounds of the World Championship.

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Sauber has teamed up with their title sponsor, KICK, to design a flame-inspired livery for this weekend's Grand Prix; sadly, if Sauber continues on its current trajectory, those flames will be extinguished rather swiftly.

With new talent coming in with Gabriel Bortoleto for 2025, the future looks bright for the soon-to-be Audi team. The potential is there, but the results must follow to ensure Audi is a serious competitor in future seasons.

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Guess The Podium Returns For Las Vegas​

After one of the most surprising results of the season last time out in Brazil, with the two Alpines taking second and third place, Guess The Podium returns with that year of premium membership still up for grabs!

After the first round of the competition at the Brazilian Grand Prix, the standings look like this: OverTake's @Rene / GRunner and @Pete Conway, who had the idea for the contest, lead the standings on five points apiece, with the rest of the field bringing up the rear on a dazzling 0 points.

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If you are not aware of how the Guess The Podium game works here on OverTake, do not fear! Our fantastic community manager, @Christopher E , has created an easy-to-read graphic with a short explanation that you can find below.

Ten points will be awarded for guessing the right position and the correct name, and five points will be awarded for guessing the right name but the wrong position. At the end of the season, we will award the overall winner one year of Premium membership here on OverTake. With only three rounds left, it is anyone's game!

VOTE IN THE FORUM THREAD HERE!

If you have any questions, please ask in the comments below!
Christopher E - Community Manager

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Make sure you get your votes in BEFORE the race starts on Sunday with your prediction laid out in the format above. Good luck this weekend - and remember, anything can happen in this finish to the 2024 Formula One season.

Las Vegas Grand Prix Schedule​

Regardless of where in the world you are, the Las Vegas Grand Prix will inevitably be a race you will not want to miss. Whilst yes, it is another street circuit, the title fight between McLaren's Lando Norris and Red Bull's Max Verstappen is fierce and will almost inevitably boil over on race day.

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Free Practice 1Friday, November 22nd2:30 AM/ 9:30 pm (Thursday)
Free Practice 2Friday, November 22nd6 AM / 1 AM
Free Practice 3Saturday 23rd November2:30 AM/ 9:30 pm (Friday)
QualifyingSaturday 23rd November6 AM / 1 AM
Las Vegas Grand PrixSunday 24th November6 AM / 1 AM

Who are you supporting this weekend? Let us know in the poll above, and then tell us why you are supporting them in the comment section below!
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Kingkoenig said:
I have to say, finishing the season with Vegas, Qatar and Abu Dhabi, three of the crappiest tracks on the calendar, is anti-climatic. I miss the days when the season ended in Interlagos or Adelaide. (Yeah, I'm old!)
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I miss the days when Suzuka was the last race of the season.
 
Pete Conway
Great race... Dumbass Rolls Royce drive to the podium looked like a funeral procession.

I'll comment on the results later :)
 
BazzaLB
They may as well get rid of that Grid walk crap now. I used to enjoy that part years ago when the grid wasnt chocker block full of blow hard celebrities and Brundle could chat with drivers and engineers etc. You could even see the cars back then. Now its just CRAP. All this U.S bloat is the most cringe worthy garbage imaginable. Even the race coverage looks way too much at the crowd and celebrity blow ins these days.

David croft misses everything. Kept rambling on about Guam when Australia is more appropriate place to discuss time zones and the Vegas race. You know, a place that actually hosts one of the races. He couldnt even notice there was more than 1 Rolls Royce waiting for the drivers. He is quite frankly a complete idiot. And that Rachel Brookes is always talking up some non-existent drama when interviewing the drivers, Its so pathetic. I hate Sky F1 coverage tbh, but not much choice here in Australia. (I'm English BTW and they really are flat out British biased which is a joke considering they provide the international feed). They probably create more drama than "Drive to Survive".. Not that I watch that crap either.

As for the race itself, well it was nice to watch a race Live at 5pm in the afternoon here in Melbourne. Race wasn't bad and good to see Sainz on the Podium sticking it to Ferrari even more.

Oh.. and whilst I'm at it.. can someone get these kids off my damn lawn :)
 
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BazzaLB said:
All this U.S bloat is the most cringe worthy garbage imaginable.
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It's a bit like them complaining about globalization after decades of being the biggest cause of globalization... Just cringe...

Completely agree on the rest of your take and it's one of the many reasons that F1 hasn't drawn me back in this season...

As long as it's got DRS and all this bloat I'm just not interested... FE and Indycar give me my open wheel needs...
 
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I thought this race was pretty crap. A boring street circuit with a DRS straight and ads on a stupid digital balloon.

Next season could be good, a lot of drivers could be WC (Russel, Norris, Piastri, Leclerc) and while Max is probably (still) the best driver, if someone else has a little bit of car advantage or Max loses motivation, he can be beaten.
 
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BazzaLB said:
They may as well get rid of that Grid walk crap now. I used to enjoy that part years ago when the grid wasnt chocker block full of blow hard celebrities and Brundle could chat with drivers and engineers etc. You could even see the cars back then. Now its just CRAP. All this U.S bloat is the most cringe worthy garbage imaginable. Even the race coverage looks way too much at the crowd and celebrity blow ins these days.

David croft misses everything. Kept rambling on about Guam when Australia is more appropriate place to discuss time zones and the Vegas race. You know, a place that actually hosts one of the races. He couldnt even notice there was more than 1 Rolls Royce waiting for the drivers. He is quite frankly a complete idiot. And that Rachel Brookes is always talking up some non-existent drama when interviewing the drivers, Its so pathetic. I hate Sky F1 coverage tbh, but not much choice here in Australia. (I'm English BTW and they really are flat out British biased which is a joke considering they provide the international feed). They probably create more drama than "Drive to Survive".. Not that I watch that crap either.

As for the race itself, well it was nice to watch a race Live at 5pm in the afternoon here in Melbourne. Race wasn't bad and good to see Sainz on the Podium sticking it to Ferrari even more.

Oh.. and whilst I'm at it.. can someone get these kids off my damn lawn :)
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I agree, far too much b l o a t, far too much british bias, and far too many celebs and wannabees.
 
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henkjansmits said:
I thought this race was pretty crap. A boring street circuit with a DRS straight and ads on a stupid digital balloon.

Next season could be good, a lot of drivers could be WC (Russel, Norris, Piastri, Leclerc) and while Max is probably (still) the best driver, if someone else has a little bit of car advantage or Max loses motivation, he can be beaten.
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Horrible race due to the track...We had the 4 teams somewhat within range of each other, and there was nothing interesting at all (at all mate, I can't remember a single remarkable battle or strategic decision...). No real fights, no strategical dilemas to be taken, everything fell in place with no resistance whatsoever...

Not a single turn has personality, no elevation changes, flat atmosphere (Brazilians last race showed how it's done, even under torrential rain, I'll never forget them singing "Drugovich! Drugovich!" in front of Stroll lol and how they really cheered hard for any reason)...

If we at least got rid of DRS, some of the battles and strategies would have been meaningful. Max on a rainy Interlagos last week showed what F1 was supposed to be, or at least give the potential to be (not every race has to be so extraordinary), but this one would NEVER be extraordinary no matter what happened, even the 2010, 2012 and 2021 finals would be boring asf here...

And what I don't understand is, do Americans really enjoy that ****? Sometimes I have the impression it's somehow out of touch brits making a caricature of something the locals aren't enjoying either.
 
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THK84
RR's heading to the podium as if normal traffic was around. I know the actual speedy bit aka the race was already over, but jeez.

I feel for Gasley.

LH would've probably won the race if not for messing up Q3. Great job nonetheless.

MV winning his 4th WC in a row, different circumstances again.

LN not bottling at least, but really being nowhere again.

All in all enjoyable race. Mostly the early part. Now we have this night race (where they still need to improve on a lot, but at least it delivers good races, so far), can we axe the one coming up?
 
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Damage Inc
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And what I don't understand is, do Americans really enjoy that ****? Sometimes I have the impression it's somehow out of touch brits making a caricature of something the locals aren't enjoying either.
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eh? You think "brits" organise everything? F1 is owned by yanks now it's all yank razzamatazz and sod all to do with Britain. Have you not seen the Superbowl half time shite?!!
 
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Damage Inc said:
eh? You think "brits" organise everything? F1 is owned by yanks now it's all yank razzamatazz and sod all to do with Britain. Have you not seen the Superbowl half time shite?!!
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Sky (presenters) like and do it to be liked and to continue to get cash, however I think that the Americans are told thet they like that stuff from when they're kids, so they do... if they don't like it most would never say so because of the fear that the community would turn against them as sacrilegous
 
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I still can't believe how McLaren and Lando have been capable to lose with all the circumstances stacking in their favor:
-At least equal fastest car since Miami, outright fastest car since Imola, and a dominating car since Zandvoort until Baku when the flexi wings got nerfed
-Car that is fast everywhere and on any condition, and has a really wide setup window
-Best tire degradation by a country mile (this should have been the key deciding factor in the championship)
-A strong team mate with blood on his veins
-Every car upgrade increased their gap over their competitor
-2 other strong teams taking turns finishing ahead of their main competitor
-20% more wind tunnel hours than RBR all season long

Circumstances against RBR:
-RBR involved in a internal power struggle
-Horner investigation for sexual harassment, with him under fire for many weeks
-Newey leaves at the start of the season
-Key people leave the team, like Jonathan Weathley and the co-lead team strategist
-Jos Verstappen in war with Horner
-Marko almost fired in the early season
-Perez eating 4 millions of the team budget in crashes
-Perez missing in action, not helping even when Lando was temporary behind him because of pit stops
-Strategy team failing many times, still after an entire season acting as if they had tire degradation advantage, when in fact they have one of the worst tire degradation on the grid. Despite that the strategy team keeps insisting on undercuts with a car that eats the tires, leaving the car massively vulnerable later in the races.
-Awful tire degradation
-Awful car balance, sometimes even changing during a race, like it happened in Silverstone
-A car that has a window of performance so thin that it takes 3 practice sessions to get in order
-Low top speed
-A DNF at Australia
-The pit stop blunder at Austria
-The strategic blunder that happened twice at Hungary
-Jhonny Herbert being in the stewards crew way too many times, despite him having a clear bias against Max that he even openly talks about it
-The distracting row with Ben Suyalem about the foul language
-The British media behemoth running their narratives as usual

And despite all those factors, somehow McLaren and Lando got to be unable to win the championship. From Miami they only would had needed 3 points per race against Max.

But they failed misserably: idiotic strategy blunders, Lando awful starts, Lando awful strategy choices, Lando trying to rile up and bulling Max in the early season ended up biting him on his ass late in the season, Lando lost many points on Austria trying to send a message to Max that backfired big time, McLaren abusing so much the flexi wing that they where caught and nerfed, PAPAYA RULES, Piastri racing against Lando..., I struggle to believe that a team with such a car and such big amount of races can be unable to win against a crippled sitting duck team that is desintegrating mid season.

This 2024 title is the 1997 that Should had been, the 1998 that should had been, the 2010 that should had been, the 2012 that should had been. Schumacher and Alonso got so freacking close to the masterpiece, but circumstances favoured the other side. Max cuminated his masterpiece with the clear 3rd fastest car over the entire season.

Not even those 5 first dominating races can be held against him, he increased his lead after Miami despite having a slower car, if the championship had started after Miami he still would be leading the championship. To me, Max after 2021, the 2022 first half in where he took the lead of the championship despite the DNF and having a slower car, and this 2024 in the 3rd fastest car, he has reached Legendary status.

That said, I refuse to believe that he would do something like this again in his career, this is the kind of thing that as a fan you see maybe twice in a life time, the last one in winning with the 3rd car was Piquet back in the 80's. Next season is most probably going to be Lewis 8th title if McLaren don't build a space rocket to made up for Lando's and McLaren's shortcomings. I have no hope for RBR, Russel true level was shown today and Antonelli is bound to make his share of rookie mistakes.

It has to be so, so frustrating to build such an engineering jewel as this car to end up seeing so many late hours working on it being wasted, like Damon Hill wasted his 1994 and 1995 Newey made cars.
 
csx.forrest
Juan Emilio said:
It's already dead

Congratulations for such an outstanding achievement
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It may not be how you like it anymore, but the figures don't lie, the sport is the healthiest it has ever been. I am not a fan of all of the changes, but to say it is already dead is a little odd. It is just progress. Next year with fresh rookies is looking good and a still-growing broader fanbase is only a positive IMHO
 
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Pete Conway said:
Sky (presenters) like and do it to be liked and to continue to get cash, however I think that the Americans are told thet they like that stuff from when they're kids, so they do... if they don't like it most would never say so because of the fear that the community would turn against them as sacrilegous
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lol…. What in god’s name??? I’m not sure if you’re being serious or not, but if you are serious about that then you couldn’t be more wrong on both accounts. Amazingly wrong.
 
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THK84
csx.forrest said:
The glitz is 🤮 but the '23 and '24 race generated plenty of action
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Indeed. The glitz is as horrifying as to put in in a RR ceiling, MV looking at the seat ahead and all the space for a barf bag or an appropriate space to let it loose. Pricing, celebrities etc. doesn't matter for us not attending races. I just hope we get another one of those WWE introductions and some driver getting to smash a foldable chair into that announcer's head, it would be perfect xD
 

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