Although it is almost impossible for them, 42 points behind, Max Verstappen doesn’t give up. It represents the athlete’s manual: you never agree with your rival, you fight. The Dutchman won his sixth victory of the season in Las Vegas, from start to finish. … end, without reply. Lando Norris, who is on his way to his first title, made a mistake at the start but later remedied it with the calculator in his hand. He had a good race and finished second, with the points he needs to continue adding with two events left on the calendar. Carlos Sainz finished seventh and Fernando Alonso, thirteenth.
vegas It is the aesthetic product that perfectly symbolizes the times that Formula 1 is experiencing. An urban race in Sin City, a light show, concerts in the city, a night test, much more than engines, gasoline and tires, a user experience above all for fans who come to the state of Nevada.
The characteristics of the circuit almost don’t matter, a layout that has achieved brilliance and many overtakings. The Las Vegas sewers are more in the news, covers that come loose from the ground and endanger F1 drivers. It’s the same. Let them speak, even if it is bad.
In Las Vegas Lando Norris is wrong because he has a real enemy, Max Verstappen, a one-piece driver, arrogant like few others, but indomitable with a steering wheel in his hands.
Norris tries to block the Dutchman at the start, he goes to the left being the owner of the pole, he corners his opponent, it seems that he has him under control, but he goes wide in the first corner, just 185 meters from the start. He eats the braking, overshoots the turn and grants the first position to the Dutchman, and the second George Russell.
That’s where the race ends because Verstappen doesn’t forgive. He takes an advantage and bites into it with such fixity that it is non-negotiable. The Dutchman is the first from the initial corner to the end of the 50 laps of this always interesting circuit.
Lando Norris asks too many questions from the flying McLaren. He is a great driver, but he does not demonstrate the personality of leader and number one that others who share the grid with him have shown. Verstappen, Hamilton, Alonso… «What do you want me to do?Should I push or wait?«, »Are we going to plan B or what do we do«?
Little personal drive from a driver who, if he doesn’t make big mistakes in the remaining two races, will become world champion for the first time. Your companion Oscar Piastri He has faded in the last few races and also in Las Vegas he showed that he is not fine. Fifth and further away from the title.
Verstappen did not give up, he ruled the race from start to finish and Lando Norris took out the calculator. With intelligence, he decided that second place, after overtaking Russell, was a good harvest for his climb towards the World Championship. He has a 42-point advantage over Verstappen.
The Spanish, as could be expected, went from more to less. A good Saturday with rain in qualifying and a setback in the grand prix. Carlos Sainz He started third and finished seventh and Fernando Alonso started seventh and finished thirteenth.
