The
Red Bull Racing F1 team continues a winning streak in Las Vegas, with Max Verstappen finishing first and
Sergio Perez in third.
Charles Leclerc might have hoped for a better result before the race but ended up separating the two Red Bull drivers as he overtook Perez on the race's final lap.
His teammate
Carlos Sainz, who started
from the 12th place because of his penalty, finished in P6. Saturday was a great day for one side of the
Alpine garage; however, it was
Esteban Ocon's this time.
While
Pierre Gasly suffered from battery issues and fell down the grid to finish outside of points, his Frenchman teammate finished in P4 after starting from the sixteenth position on the grid.
George Russell on
Mercedes managed to overtake Ocon on the race's final lap. But his five-second penalty for a collision with Verstappen sent him back to eighth place behind his teammate
Lewis Hamilton in P7.
Aston Martin will be satisfied with the result of this race as both
Lance Stroll (P5) and
Fernando Alonso (P9) finished inside points ahead of the
McLaren of
Oscar Piastri in P10.
The second McLaren driver,
Lando Norris,
had a crash in turn 12 that put him out of the race already on lap 3. Williams will also want to forget about the race in Sin City as soon as possible.
Starting from the P5 and P6 on the grid, it seemed like Williams was on to collect at least a few Championship points, but in the end, both
Alex Albon and
Logan Sargeant finished outside of point positions.
Luckily for Williams, their main Championship rival
AlphaTauri also scored zero points, with
Daniel Ricciardo in P14 and
Yuki Tsunoda retiring from the race.
Tsunoda was a second driver in a matter of few laps to retire his car following
Nico Hulkenberg on
Haas. Hulkenberg's teammate
Kevin Magnussen finished P13.
Valtteri Bottas got caught in a turn-one incident of the first lap, which set him back for the rest of the race. Both he and
Zhou Guanyu crossed the finish line outside of points P17 and P15.
2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix Race Results:
Position | Driver | Team | Time | PTS |
1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:29:08.289 | 25 |
2 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | +2.070s | 18 |
3 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | +2.241s | 15 |
4 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | +18.665s | 12 |
5 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | +20.067s | 10 |
6 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | +20.834s | 8 |
7 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +21.755s | 6 |
8 | George Russell | Mercedes | +23.091s | 4 |
9 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | +25.964s | 2 |
10 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | +29.496s | 2 |
11 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | +34.270s | 0 |
12 | Alexander Albon | Williams | +43.398s | 0 |
13 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | +44.825s | 0 |
14 | Daniel Ricciardo | AlphaTauri | +48.525s | 0 |
15 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | +50.162s | 0 |
16 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | +50.882s | 0 |
17 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | +85.350s | 0 |
18 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | DNF | 0 |
19 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | DNF | 0 |
NC | Lando Norris | McLaren | DNF | 0 |