On its return to Formula 1, Las Vegas holds a unique grand prix. A VIP catwalk at the highest level and a crazy race. Fun, in short, what any viewer is looking for. Max Verstappen sings victoriously, author of a hard-fought victory, complex this time. The eighteenth of the year. And Carlos Sainz, sixth, and Fernando Alonso, ninth, celebrate a great comeback. The two Spaniards spun at the start which complicated their night in Nevada.
The image that perpetrates the exit is an unprecedented Spanish choreography. a spinning top of the two Iberian drivers in turn one that sends them to the back of the pack. Alonso completely turns the car with the tires so cold and Sainz brushes his Ferrari with another car and remains crossed in the middle of the track.
The Spaniards then begin a flight forward, Sainz eighteenth and Alonso nineteenth, a race in a comeback after a complex start that has a lot to do with the night and the low temperatures in Las Vegas.
What comes next is madness that forces you to observe all the details with a thousand eyes. Alonso changes the front wing and begins the ride. The same comeback occupies Carlos Sainz. Verstappen is punished by the stewards with five seconds for throwing Leclerc off the track. “Send them greetings,” the Dutchman says ironically.
As was imaginable in Las Vegas the safety car comes out due to a powerful accident without physical consequences for Lando Norris. The speed of the Ferrari on this track is expressed in Leclerc’s overtaking of Verstappen, who is celebrated in half the world except Holland.
To the equator, the race it’s pure fantasya jamboree of overtaking, fights for position, leader changes and different strategies.
Recover positions
Alonso recovers many positions and also Carlos Sainz. This time they have to dance together, fighting among themselves or seeking advancement against slower cars. Lance Stroll wasn’t one of them. Alonso’s teammate gained ten positions at the start and remained firm in the front seats.
Another touch, this time from Russell with Verstappen, causes the second safety car. A move that in theory benefits the two Spaniards, who have a free stop. The situation calms down on the very long Nevada circuit and each car goes to its position.
The two Red Bulls and Leclerc’s Ferrari dominate, the three cars meet in a fight with a favorable forecast for Verstappen, always solid, always consistent, his Red Bull a concrete mixer that suffers no damage after the impact with Russell.
The white (hard) wheels of Leclerc They collapse in the final stretch and the two Red Bulls eat it up in successive cuts. First Verstappen, who had passed Checo Pérez without controversy, and then the Mexican accounted for the Monegasque.
There is no possibility of dispute between Verstappen and Checo Pérez because, although they drive the same car, they are not the same. The Dutchman escapes, registers four seconds of difference and is heading towards another victory. As in Brazil, Czech bites the dust in the last lap. Leclerc overtakes him and steals second place.
For the Spanish, the bittersweet taste of the comeback remains. Powerful in the case of Sainz, who finishes sixth, and no less meritorious for Alonso, ninth.
2023-11-19 07:38:59
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