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: George Russell after claiming pole...
“It feels incredible to be back on pole. I knew it would be on that last Q3 lap, there was a moment where I thought we wouldn’t make the flag. So happy! We have to do some deep diving as to why we’re so quick this weekend, it’s been a big surprise.
“Ultimately, you have to put it on the table sometimes! To get pole position is incredible but we need to return it with some big points.”
TOP-10 IN LAS VEGAS GP QUALIFYING
1. George Russell
2. Carlos Sainz
3. Pierre Gasly
4. Charles Leclerc
5. Max Verstappen
6. Lando Norris
7. Yuki Tsunoda
8. Oscar Piastri
9. Nico Hulkenberg
10. Lewis Hamilton
F1 Las Vegas GP LIVE: George Russell claims pole!
George Russell snatches pole at the end - by 0.098 secs to Carlos Sainz in second!
And Pierre Gasly a shock name in third!
Max Verstappen in P5, a spot above Lando Norris in P6. If they finish the race like that, Verstappen will be world champion!
4-10: Leclerc, Verstappen, Norris, Tsunoda, Piastri, Hulkenberg, Hamilton
Hamilton lost the back end on his final lap! A shocker of a Q3 for Hamilton!
F1 Las Vegas GP LIVE: George Russell clips the wall!
Russell clips the wall at turn 5. His Mercedes looks to be OK though...
2:00 to go. Who will be on pole in Vegas?!
F1 Las Vegas GP LIVE: George Russell on provisional pole!
George Russell the quickest out of the first set of laps with a 1:32:811, two-tenths quicker than Carlos Sainz in third!
3-10: Verstappen, Norris, Piastri, Gasly, Hulkenberg, Leclerc, Tsunoda, Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton locked up ahead of the long straight, and bailed out! He’ll only have one more shot then!
Russell: “I want to be at the back, that was too early I think, track is going to be ramping.”
4:00 to go.
F1 Las Vegas GP LIVE: Q3 underway!
Barrier repaired, track clean - and we can get underway with Q3!
10 drivers involved: Verstappen, Piastri, Norris, Leclerc, Sainz, Hamilton, Russell, Hulkenberg, Gasly, Tsunoda
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!
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