Las Vegas Grand Prix 2024 Qualifying Results
George Russell seized his third pole position of the season for Saturday’s Las Vegas Grand Prix. Russell, of Mercedes, overcame a brush with the Turn 5 wall on his first lap in Q3 on Friday to turn in a top qualifying time of 1 minute 32.312 seconds. He finished just ahead of Ferrari’s Carlos Sanz (1:32.410) and Alpine’s Pierre Gasly (1:32.664).
Dutchman Max Verstappen (1:32.797), who won the Las Vegas race in 2023, was fifth in qualifying, just ahead of rival Lando Norris (1:33.008).
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Verstappen, who is bidding for his fourth consecutive title, leads Norris of McLaren by 62 points with three races remaining. Verstappen needs to finish ahead of Norris in order to win the title.Williams rookie Franco Colapinto of Argentina finished 14th after crashing at the exit of Turn 16, forcing a 20-plus minute delay in racing.Max Verstappen can clinch his fourth consecutive world championship Saturday night, but the Red Bull star isn’t favored to win the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Verstappen, who won in Formula 1’s return to Las Vegas last year, qualified fifth. Mercedes’ George Russell will sit on the pole, but it’s Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz — second in qualifying — who has emerged as the +200 favorite at BetMGM, Reuters reported.
Sainz’s teammate Charles Leclerc, who qualified fourth, has the second-shortest odds at +225. That’s far better than the +6600 longshot odds of Alpine’s Pierre Gasly, who pulled off the stunning run of qualifying to grab the third position, as per Reuters report.
Ferrari has shown the best overall speed around the Las Vegas circuit this week in its attempt to close the gap on McLaren in the constructors standings. Lando Norris, who is second to Verstappen in the driver’s standings, qualified sixth with McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in eighth.
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Both Ferrari drivers have seen their odds shorten since Leclerc opened at +350 and Sainz at +600. Leclerc has been the second most popular choice with 15.2 percent of the money and 13.7 percent of all bets backing him to win.
FAQs
Q1. Where can we watch Las Vegas Grand Prix 2024?
A1. Las Vegas Grand Prix 2024 will live telecast on ESPN and live streamed on Fubo, and ESPN+.
Q2. Have Las Vegas Grand Prix 2024 qualifying results?
A2. George Russell seized his third pole position of the season for Saturday’s Las Vegas Grand Prix.
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