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Play on YouTubeDescription The 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix 2023) was a Formula One motor race that was held on November 18, 2023, at the Las Vegas Strip Circuit in Paradise, Nevada, United States. It was the twenty-first and penultimate race of the 2023 Formula One World Championship and the first running of the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Charles Leclerc took pole position, with fellow Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz qualifying second, although Sainz started twelfth due to a grid penalty. Max Verstappen therefore started second in, and ultimately won, the race, followed by Leclerc and Sergio Pérez, in a hard fought battle that saw multiple changes in race leader. Pérez secured second in the Drivers' Championship, giving Red Bull Racing their first ever 1–2 in the Drivers' Championship.
Background
The event was held across November 16–18. It was the twenty-first round of the 2023 Formula One World Championship and the first running of a Formula One World Championship race run under the official name of Las Vegas Grand Prix. It was the 1,100th Formula One World Championship Grand Prix since the inaugural season in 1950.
The event marked the first Formula One race in Las Vegas since the 1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix and the first street race in the city since the 2007 Vegas Grand Prix Champ Car. It took place around the Las Vegas Strip on a brand-new street track. It was the third and final Grand Prix in the United States to take place on the 2023 calendar after the Miami and the United States Grands Prix, and marked the first time since 1982 that there was three races held in the United States in a Formula One season. The Grand Prix began at 22:00 local time (UTC−8) on Saturday, November 18, 2023, becoming the first Formula One World Championship Grand Prix race to start on a Saturday since the 1985 South African Grand Prix.
Reports Result List01 | | | | Max Verstappen | 1:29:08.289 |
02 | | | | Charles Leclerc | +2.070s |
03 | | | | Sergio Perez | +2.241s |
04 | | | | Esteban Ocon | +18.665s |
05 | | | | Lance Stroll | +20.067s |
06 | | | | Carlos Sainz Jr | +20.834s |
07 | | | | Lewis Hamilton | +21.755s |
08 | | | | George Russell | +23.091s |
09 | | | | Fernando Alonso | +25.964s |
10 | | | | Oscar Piastri | +29.496s |
11 | | | | Pierre Gasly | +34.270s |
12 | | | | Alexander Albon | +43.398s |
13 | | | | Kevin Magnussen | +44.825s |
14 | | | | Daniel Ricciardo | +48.525s |
15 | | | | Guanyu Zhou | +50.162s |
16 | | | | Logan Sargeant | +50.882s |
17 | | | | Valtteri Bottas | +85.350s |
18 | | | | Yuki Tsunoda | DNF |
19 | | | | Nico Hulkenberg | DNF |
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Result DescriptionCharles Leclerc and Max Verstappen started on the front row of the grid. At the first corner, Verstappen forced Leclerc off the track, receiving a five-second penalty for the move. Fernando Alonso spun at that same corner and collected Valtteri Bottas, but both continued without major damage. A virtual safety car period was observed while the damage was cleaned from the track. Lando Norris lost control of the rear of his car and had a heavy crash on the third lap of the race, marking his first retirement of the season. The safety car was brought out to recover his stricken McLaren MCL60. Norris went to the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada for precautionary checks and was discharged the same day. Leclerc passed Verstappen on track before Verstappen had pitted and served the penalty. Though Leclerc extended his first tyre stint, pitting a few laps before a safety car came out due to an incident between George Russell and Verstappen that left debris on the track. The safety car allowed the Red Bulls and much of the rest of the grid to pit without losing significant time, reducing Leclerc's advantage.
The pair of Verstappen and Leclerc fought for the lead throughout the race along with Sergio Pérez. By the end of the race, Verstappen had a small but comfortable lead with Leclerc and Pérez fighting over second. Leclerc passed Pérez on the final lap to secure second, with Pérez rounding out the podium. The third-place podium handed Pérez second place in the Championship, giving Red Bull their first ever 1–2 in the Drivers' Championship. The two Mercedes drivers also secured their positions in the Drivers' Championship: Lewis Hamilton secured third place by finishing seventh. His teammate George Russell's eighth place finish secured him eighth position in the standings, which marked the lowest Drivers' Championship finish for a Mercedes driver since 2012.
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