Franco Colapinto's wrecked Williams
Franco Colapinto's wrecked Williams

2024 F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix - Qualifying - As it happened

A recap of what happened in F1 qualifying for the Las Vegas Grand Prix

23 Nov 2024
06:08
McLaren 1-2

A 1m34.058s for Piastri - less than a tenth ahead of Norris. Hamilton and Russell slot into third and fourth respectively.

06:05
Early times on the board

Zhou leads teammate Bottas by a tenth. There are no other representative times on the board yet.

06:00
Q1 is underway

Qualifying for the Las Vegas Grand Prix is now underway.

Who will make it into Q2?

05:44
Are Mercedes still the team to beat?

Mercedes have topped all three practice sessions in Las Vegas, with Russell on top in FP3.

It's close in behind though with Ferrari and McLaren expected to mount a challenge. Red Bull were stronger in FP3 in the hands of Verstappen, setting the fifth-fastest time.

05:34
What happened in FP3?

Read our report here

George Russell
George Russell
03:32
Chequered flag

Russell on top ahead of Piastri, Sainz, Norris, Verstappen, Hamilton, Albon, Colapinto, Magnussen and Gasly.

03:29
The session is back underway

With one minute on the clock, the session is underway again. 

03:23
Red flag

Stroll has parked his Aston Martin.

03:23
Russell reclaims top spot

A 1m33.570s for the Mercedes driver as he goes 0.4s ahead of Sainz.

03:21
Good lap from Verstappen

He goes fastest with a 1m34.137s to go less than a tenth ahead of Russell.

03:18
Russell goes clear

He takes top spot off Hamilton again - a tenth between the pair now.

03:16
03:14
15 minutes to go

Hamilton is fastest at the moment ahead of Russell, Sainz, Magnussen, Gasly, Hulkenberg, Leclerc, Albon, Ocon and Colapinto.

03:09
Russell makes it a Merc 1-2

0.090s between Russell and Hamilton at the top of the timesheets.

03:07
Hamilton goes clear

After Magnussen returned to top spot, Hamilton hits the top. He goes 0.3s ahead of the Haas driver.

03:04
Leclerc goes quickest now

A 1m35.109s for the Ferrari driver to go 0.2s ahead of Hulkenberg.

03:03
Strong pace from Haas

It's a Haas 1-2 at the moment with Hulkenberg on top ahead of Magnussen.

03:00
The order with 30 minutes to go

Piastri, Tsunoda, Hamilton, Norris, Zhou, Bottas, Lawson, Stroll, Perez and Verstappen.

02:57
Strong time from Piastri

The times continue to tumble as Piastri sets a 1m35.759s, 1.1s ahead of Norris.

02:55
Tsunoda lowers the benchmark

A 1m37.517s for the RB driver on the softs.

02:53
35 minutes on the clock

Three times on the board: Verstappen, Perez and Norris.

02:50
Verstappen gets a time on the board

He slots into second, 0.2s down on Perez.

02:45
15 minutes gone in FP3

Still no other time on the board other than Perez's one from earlier. A boring start to proceedings. 

02:39
A slow start to the session

Only one time on the board currently and that's from Perez.

A 1m41.941s for the Red Bull driver.

02:36
Perez not happy with the grip

"It's super off. The track is nowhere," he reports over team radio.

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