No surprise, but a surprising double success and the crowning of the world champion was born at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
George Russell got the start perfectly, unlike Carlos Sainz and Pierre Gasly, who found themselves ahead of Charles Leclerc for two corners. Max Verstappen also got off to a good start, but got caught in traffic, so he only managed to get fourth place. We quickly made the first stop, Fernando Alonso didn't do very well with the start on the soft compound, so he had to switch to different tires on the fourth lap. Meanwhile, Sainz took over second position from Leclerc and tried to catch up with Russell. However, the Briton had already built up a sufficient lead by then, which proved to be sufficient until the end of the race. Leclerc was struggling, Verstappen overtook him without any problems, while of course he was fighting not only for the best possible position, but also for the crowning of the world champion. However, Gasly had nothing left to fight for, his Alpine fell apart under him...
By this time, the entire peloton had already made stops, the lines had hardened and it was clear that two changes would be a working tactic. Only Mercedes could talk about relevant tire management, everyone else was constantly struggling with traction and increasing the operating range of the tires. In the end, Mercedes won the Las Vegas Grand Prix by a considerable margin, in the order of George Russell, Lewis Hamilton, ahead of the Scuderia Ferrari duo, Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc.
But what is perhaps much more important is that Max Verstappen, writing sporting history, defended his title and became world champion for the fourth time behind the wheel of Red Bull Racing.
