Confirming that the track and its weather Las Vegas fit… glove to Mercedes W15 the George Russell he won with a very good round at the end of the ranking tests pole position of tomorrow’s (24/11, 08:00) race in the Nevada desert in the USA.
Second will start o Carlos Sainz in the Ferrari SF-24, closing in on Russell by one-tenth of a second in the exhaust, although he was unable to overtake him. The Spaniard will take a seat in front of the impressive Pierre Gaslywho drove an excellent lap in the Alpine A524 to win 3rd place.
Next to the Frenchman, from 4th place will start o Charles Leclercwhile o Max Verstappen took a first step towards winning this year’s title by finishing ahead of him Lando Norris. The Dutchman and the Briton will line up on the third row of the grid, in 5th and 6th place.
“I knew going into this last round, this was going to be the one that counted, no matter what happened before”Russell said after the proceedings ended, adding: “I had a little time in the first attempt. We had to change my front fender. There was a moment when I thought things were not going to go well. You have to put it on the table sometimes. I felt confident and knew that if I did a clean lap, I would be on the front row.”
At the same time, the seven-time world champion, Lewis Hamiltonwho was fastest in Thursday’s practice for Mercedes, will start 10th, commented: “I’m really far behind, so we’ll see what we can do from there.”.
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Source: Sport Fm
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