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Verstappen Overcomes Penalty, Crash to Win Las Vegas Grand Prix


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There was no surprise finish to the initiative Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix on Sat night. Favorite Max Verstappen of Team Red River Bull raced to his 18th victory inwards 21 races this season.

However, the start up and midsection of the 50-lap case packed plenitude of excitement, as Verstappen overcame a hit and a five-second penalty that at 1 tip conspired to place him inward 5th position.

Verstappen received his penalty for forcing Ferrari’s Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles Leclerc’s railcar cancelled the cart track in the really foremost corner. But Little Phoebe seconds was no more perspire for the Dutch people champ. Nor was the front-wing harm he suffered inward a smash with Mercedes’ George Russell.

The 26-year-old Dutch driver handily fought his way of life back, overtaking Alpine’s Pierre Gasly, McLaren’s Oscar Piastri, and so Red River Bull’s Segio Perez and Leclerc, the II of whom traded leads too soon on.

Max Verstappen savors his triumph at the initiatory F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix on Sat night. (Image: us.motorsport.com)

No Stopping Verstappen

Leclerc finally succumbed to the Verstappen thaumaturgy in Lap 37, and so found himself inward a tight run for secondment with Perez that was only if decided when his Ferrari zoomed past tense Perez’s Honda on the last straight.

Esteban Ocon’s Alpine took 4th place, piece Lance Stroll grabbed 5th for Aston Martin, and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz and John Llewelly Lewis Lady Emma Hamilton — who also had impinging — ruined 6th and seventh. Bertrand Russell ruined 8th due to a five-second penalty for causing his hit with Verstappen.

Behind them, Fernando Alonso finished ninth after spinning his Aston Martin. And Piastri rounded come out the top off 10 finishers.

McLaren’s Lando Frank Norris suffered a race-ending break apart on swoosh four, when he spun into the barriers at high speed, fortuitously ending up inward the run-off area.

Verstappen already holds the record book for to the highest degree single-season victories inward a season. He band it with his 16th win this season, in Mexico City last month, breaking his possess put down go under shoemaker's last year.

With one to a greater extent Grand Prix to go, next week inwards Abu Dhabi, Verstappen could finishing the season with 19 wins inward 22 meetings, a track record unlikely to be challenged inwards the future by anybody — with the possible exception of Verstappen.

Race Results

OSDRIVERCARTIME/RETIREDPTS1Max VerstappenRed Bull1:29:08.289252Charles LeclercFerrari+2.070s183Sergio PerezRed Bull+2.241s154Esteban OconAlpine Renault+18.665s125Lance StrollAston Martin+20.067s106Carlos SainzFerrari+20.834s87Lewis HamiltonMercedes+21.755s68George RussellMercedes+23.091s49Fernando AlonsoAston Martin+25.964s210Oscar PiastriMcLaren Mercedes+29.496s211Pierre GaslyAlpine Renault+34.270s012Alexander AlbonWilliams Mercedes+43.398s013Kevin MagnussenHaas Ferrari+44.825s014Daniel RicciardoAlphatauri Honda+48.525s015Zhou GuanyuAlfa Romeo Ferrari+50.162s016Logan SargeantWilliams Mercedes+50.882s017Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo Ferrari+85.350s018Yuki TsunodaAlphatauri HondaDid not finish019Nico HulkenbergHaas FerrariDid not finish0NCLando NorrisMcLaren MercedesDid not finish0

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