F1 Las Vegas GP LIVE: Race start time and schedule as George Russell starts on pole
F1 live updates from Vegas on a day where Max Verstappen could claim the 2024 drivers title
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Your support makes all the difference.George Russell put his Mercedes on pole position for the Las Vegas Grand Prix as team-mate Lewis Hamilton faltered to qualify only 10th.
As Russell saw off Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz by just 0.098 seconds to land top spot in Sin City, Hamilton was left to rue two mistakes which leaves him way down the order.
Pierre Gasly took a surprise third for Alpine, one place ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.
Lando Norris must outscore Max Verstappen by at least three points to extend the title battle to the penultimate race in Qatar, but the British driver will start one place behind the Dutchman in sixth.
Follow live updates from the Las Vegas Grand Prix:
F1 Las Vegas GP LIVE: FIA update...
“Q3 will start at 7:09am (GMT).”
A few minutes then!
F1 Las Vegas GP LIVE: FIA STATEMENT...
“There’s a lot of debris on track and some potential barrier repairs needed, the circuit operations team are currently working on this.”
No word yet on a Q3 start time...
F1 Las Vegas GP LIVE: Sergio Perez after his Q1 elimination
“I definitely wanted some more, it turned out to be quite a disappointing day.
“The racepace looked a lot more competitive so looking forward to it.”
F1 Las Vegas GP LIVE: Q3 delayed!
There’s a lot of debris on track after that Colapinto crash, which is slowly being lowered onto the truck!
But it’s in pieces. Oh, what a nightmare for Williams!
Q3 is delayed. It’s not just the track which needs to be cleaned up, but the barrier probably needs fixing after Colapinto’s big impact!
F1 Las Vegas GP LIVE: Colapinto crash
The medical car was automatically deployed with Colapinto’s crash over 25G.
He looks OK and is out of the car all fine, but he must be despondent given he’s chasing a seat at Red Bull for next year! Could that make a difference?
Anyhow, the Williams team have some work to do overnight I’m afraid!
F1 Las Vegas GP LIVE: Colapinto crashes!
Franco Colapinto’s Williams is smashed up! He’s in the wall!
Another accident for Williams, what a nightmare!
He clipped the wall at turn 15 and went in very heavy into the wall!
Bottom-five and out in Q2 (11-15): Ocon, Magnussen, Zhou, Colapinto, Lawson
Norris squeezes through in P9. Top-3: Hamilton, Sainz, Russell
F1 Las Vegas GP LIVE: George Russell now quickest
All the frontrunners, you’d say, occupy the top-seven at the moment - though Lando Norris is far from safe in P7!
Top-3: Russell, Hamilton, Leclerc
Current bottom-five (11-15): Gasly, Colapinto, Ocon, Lawson, Zhou
3:00 to go. Will there be any shock eliminations in these closing minutes?
F1 Las Vegas GP LIVE: Lewis Hamilton quickest early on
Hamilton tops the timesheet, with Piastri second and Verstappen third.
Current bottom-five (11-15): Ocon, Lawson, Zhou, Leclerc, Sainz
Ferrari drivers yet to set a time. 7:00 to go! Drivers still struggling for grip!
F1 Las Vegas GP LIVE: Q2 underway!
Time for the second stage of qualifying then!
15 mins, the ten quickest drivers will progress to Q3!
Will we have any shocks?!
F1 Las Vegas GP LIVE: Sergio Perez is out!
Perez has not made it!
Perez: “Unbelievable, it just doesn’t get any better.”
He misses out by seven-hundredths to RB’s Yuki Tsunoda!
Both Aston Martin cars out too!
Bottom-five (16-20) and out in Q1: Perez, Alonso, Albon, Bottas, Stroll
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