Toto Wolff: The Las Vegas weekend is not like the rest in F1.
Racing down the Strip at night time has already turn out to be an iconic a part of the calendar, with the high-speed format proving an fascinating problem and offering nice racing. It has drawn in each present and new followers to our sport and I’m certain will proceed to take action for a few years to return. The primary two editions had been spectacular and I’m certain this yr shall be even larger and higher.
On observe, we have re-established our benefit within the battle for P2. We’re not taking something with no consideration although. We noticed throughout Austin and Mexico simply how rapidly that hole can disappear and, while our efficiency final yr in Las Vegas might have raised expectations externally for this weekend, we aren’t getting carried away. The sector is extremely aggressive and It will be a battle proper till the bitter finish in Abu Dhabi. We’ve got three weeks of arduous racing forward to resolve who comes out on prime and we’re able to get going.
One championship will certainly be determined this weekend. Doriane heads to Las Vegas main the F1 Academy standings; it has been an excellent battle between her and Maya (Weug) of Ferrari all season lengthy. Both one shall be a deserving champion however we’ll after all be cheering our junior driver on as she seems to complete the job and finish her time within the sequence with the final word success.
Truth File
• System One returned to Las Vegas for the primary time in over 40 years in 2023.
• The game’s earlier visits to ‘Sin Metropolis’ occurred in 1981 and 1982 below the moniker of the Caesars Palace Grand Prix.
• Every version was that yr’s season finale with the Williams of Alan Jones taking victory in 1981 and the Tyrrell of Michele Alboreto victorious in 1982.
• The present format has 17 corners, 11 to the left and 6 to the proper.
• The 6.201km observe runs anticlockwise, and blasts by means of essentially the most well-known streets of Las Vegas together with the Strip at excessive velocity.
• The observe is the second-longest on the 2025 calendar, solely shorter than Spa-Francorchamps.
• That features a part over 1.9 km lengthy from the exit of Flip 12 to the braking zone at Flip 14, which is taken utterly flat.
• The 112-metre run from pole place to the primary braking zone is the second shortest of the yr. Solely Baku in Azerbaijan (at 89m) has a shorter run.
• Speeds across the Strip circuit in Las Vegas are among the quickest of the yr, reaching practically 350km/h.
• The set-up trade-off is making certain that prime speeds usually are not compromised while the automobile retains good mechanical grip and downforce for the low-speed corners, corresponding to Turns 1-4, Turns 7-9, Flip 12, and Turns 14-16.
• With observe and air temperatures solely reaching the mid-teens, Las Vegas is once more anticipated to be the coldest race of the yr for groups and drivers.
• In 2025, Las Vegas would be the solely race to be held on a Saturday within the nation the Grand Prix is going down.
• George took his third F1 win on the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix. He additionally began on pole and led house a Mercedes 1-2 forward of Lewis Hamilton. The Silver Arrows led all 50 laps that night time.
• Las Vegas 2025 shall be Gorge’s one hundred and fiftieth F1 Grand Prix, the primary coming in Australia in 2019. It is going to be his 91st for Mercedes.
