Catch all the best bits from an eventful return to The Strip as George Russell led us off the line from pole position, with the championship battle between Verstappen and Norris not far behind.
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00:00If Max beats Lando tonight, he's champion of the world. Here are the lights.
00:06We're underway in Las Vegas and racing to turn number one with George Russell holding the lead.
00:12The battle is between Gasly and Sainz and they open the door for Charles Leclerc to go from 4th, potentially to 2nd.
00:19There's no grip offline. Ferrari versus Ferrari and around the outside to Tate P2 goes the man 4th on the grid.
00:25Charles Leclerc roars up to 2nd. George Russell holds the lead. Down goes Sainz, down goes Gasly.
00:31Verstappen is still ahead of Lando Norris having left the line, but it's Russell P1.
00:36It was very close behind as well with Norris. There's Yuki Tsunoda in there with Oskar Piastri as well.
00:42But crucial for Ferrari, they've got ahead of Gasly and that might allow a bit of a buffer back to the main contenders behind.
00:48Verstappen stuck behind Gasly for now.
00:50It reminds me a little bit of Montreal, the middle part of the lap as Charles Leclerc goes for the move.
00:56Oh, there was always going to be an opportunity for multiple overtakes there.
01:00Russell defends P1, but Gasly could not defend P4. It's game on at the front of the field.
01:06We roar through the 17th and final corner of the racetrack.
01:09Look at this scene between Mercedes and Ferrari separated by hardly anything.
01:15There's no grip around the outside, surely.
01:18And George Russell stays ahead, but he's under massive pressure from the Scarlet Ferrari.
01:24Lewis Hamilton fighting his way past the McLaren, or at least trying to.
01:29Terrific pitches at enormous speed.
01:32The Australian driver on the left-hand side as out front, Carlos Sainz, has fought his way up to second position.
01:38Charles Leclerc has gone from contending for the lead of this Grand Prix to losing second position.
01:44And a man from the front row who lost second at the start has reclaimed it.
01:49Wow, it's a case of keeping the tyres in the window.
01:52If you fall out, you chew through them quickly.
01:54And having looked like he was going to take the lead of the Grand Prix a couple of laps ago,
01:58Charles Leclerc is now going to tumble off the podium.
02:01Through goes the championship leader, Max Verstappen up to third.
02:04One Ferrari moves up to second, one drops down to fourth.
02:08It's Mercedes ahead of Ferrari, ahead of Red Bull.
02:11Now the podium contenders, still four in the battle for the win.
02:15Norris gets past Gasly, he has moved up to fifth position.
02:18It's Russell, then Sainz, then Verstappen.
02:21Well, we had a slightly mixed up grid because of qualifying in very low conditions.
02:26It's still only 17 degrees track temperature out there.
02:29And Hamilton's making use of these conditions.
02:31Charles Leclerc has been called in to the pits.
02:32Lewis Hamilton is gaining another place.
02:35Tenth on the grid to seventh in the Grand Prix at the moment.
02:39This is such a pleasure to ride on board with Verstappen.
02:42And when you're sitting in that cockpit, he's going to blast past Sainz here.
02:45This is going to be a slam dunk move when he opens the DRS.
02:48And Sainz just has to wait in all the apexes to actually rotate the car.
02:52Interesting comparison between the straight line speed of the Ferrari without DRS.
02:56Took a while for Verstappen to get by.
02:58Sainz will be pitting, he's got no tyres left.
03:00Lewis Hamilton has claimed fourth position.
03:04Low on power, low on power.
03:06Everything's looking okay for us.
03:08We hit the limiter.
03:10It's an expiring power unit in the back of his Alpine.
03:14And after being one of the stars of the qualifying hour,
03:18the man who started third on the grid comes into the pits to retire.
03:23Carlos Sainz sweeping past Sergio Perez up to third place.
03:27Perez yet to stop.
03:28This is more important though.
03:30This is a straight fight.
03:32That's Lewis Hamilton late on the brakes.
03:34That's Lewis Hamilton past Lando Norris.
03:36And that is for sixth position.
03:38We are reaching our point for the leaders to make their second stop.
03:43And Sainz being told to swap positions.
03:45That's one thing to issue the instruction.
03:47Might be another thing to let both cars by.
03:49How does he do this?
03:51Through goes Leclerc.
03:53That was well driven from Carlos Sainz.
03:55What a tough position he was put in.
03:56Charles Leclerc goes through.
03:58Sainz hangs on to fourth.
04:00But only surely for a few meters as he peels into the pits.
04:02He does ahead of Lewis Hamilton.
04:04Synchronized swimming.
04:06He's gone deep. He's gone on.
04:08And he's cut the line as he does so.
04:10That was a strange one.
04:12On board with Lewis Hamilton.
04:14And Sainz just carries straight on.
04:16Now he pits.
04:18And that's going to cost Sainz a lot.
04:20What happened? We're not ready.
04:22Wake up, guys. Come on.
04:23The team have obviously said,
04:25stay out, stay out.
04:27And so he's reacted to the team.
04:29That is a major mistake for Ferrari.
04:31And now Hamilton is well up the road.
04:33Three seconds up the road as Sainz finally gets back onto the track.
04:37Charles Leclerc has been called to the pits from second place.
04:40So this is now the battle for P2.
04:42Lewis Hamilton's got the speed.
04:44Look at the speed he has got.
04:46216 miles per hour.
04:48And he moves up to third.
04:50That will become second.
04:51It will shake out to be a Mercedes 1-2.
04:53No contest between the two greats.
04:56Verstappen and Hamilton.
04:59Now one Ferrari with cold tyres.
05:02One Ferrari with fired up tyres.
05:04One Ferrari with a fired up driver.
05:06And Sainz will get the inside line and fourth position
05:09as he goes past Charles Leclerc.
05:11These two have been passing and repassing all day.
05:16Oh, Perez trying to go past two of them in one corner.
05:20And doing so.
05:22It's been a terrible season.
05:24Those are his words.
05:26But he absolutely roared by there.
05:28Two for the price of one to get past Lawson and Magnussen
05:32with one of the moves of the Grand Prix so far.
05:35Brave on the brakes.
05:37And he probably didn't expect both places to be up for opportunity.
05:41And then manages somehow to find his way through without contact.
05:46DRS open for the rapid Ferraris.
05:47Can Verstappen do anything about it?
05:49We know he's going to fight it.
05:51But can he fight it?
05:53Here we go on the brakes for Carlos Sainz to get by.
05:56And Verstappen could not defend when it came to the braking.
05:59One Ferrari goes through.
06:02Hülkenberg trying to go past up to eighth position
06:05to take a point away from his Japanese rival.
06:08Crucial for Haas to be best of the rest
06:11if they want to claim sixth position.
06:13Next car to lap for George Russell is Liam Lawson.
06:15Then Lance Stroll.
06:17Then you get to a battle to the inside.
06:19And claiming the position is Charles Leclerc.
06:22The defence for the man who will win the title in a few laps time
06:26is over for the Ferraris.
06:28Both Sainz and Leclerc go through.
06:32Out of the penultimate corner.
06:34He's left the entire field behind.
06:36He'll convert.
06:38He's pole positioned to victory.
06:40The British driver will look up
06:42and see the chequered flag first.
06:43He punches the air
06:45as George Russell wins
06:47the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
06:49The third time in Formula 1
06:51he's taken the chequered flag.
06:53It's second place for Lewis Hamilton.
06:55Carlos Sainz will complete the podium.
06:57But further back,
06:59the Dutch driver will retain his crown.
07:02Max Verstappen is a four-time Formula 1 world champion.
07:08Max Verstappen is the champion of 2024.
07:12And after a mid-season spent in limitation,
07:15he was burdened until the brilliance of Brazil.
07:18He now has the title in his grasp once again.
07:22In 2024, Max Verstappen would not be moved.
07:27That is four in a row, Max.
07:30Four in a row. Congratulations.
07:32Oh my God, man.
07:34What a season. Four times.
07:36Thank you, guys. Thank you to everyone.
07:38It was a little bit more difficult than last year
07:39but we pulled through and we gave it all.
07:42Thank you so much, guys.
07:44The day that Verstappen soars to four
07:47is Las Vegas under the lights
07:50after the brilliance in Brazil.
07:52Just needed a fifth place
07:54and to beat his nearest rival.
07:56The driver who currently has a car third
07:59in the Constructors' Championship
08:01has taken the driver's crown again.
08:09And that's the story of Max Verstappen.