Formula One: Las Vegas Grand Prix – live | Formula One 2025
Key events
Football is over. It’s time to watch some cars go fast under the bright lights of Vegas.
I’m doing double duty tonight. Please see the five minutes of added time from the NWSL final:
Weather report
After a soggy qualifying yesterday, Accuweather informs us that “a shower cannot be ruled out during the race”. Great.
Preamble
After such long work with many breaks, the F1 season ends quickly:
Tonight: Las Vegas
Next week: Qatar
The week after: Abu Dhabi
And that’s it.
We have a real three-way competition in the season standings, but if Lando Norris can win from pole tonight, it could all but eliminate four-time defending champion Max Verstappen.
Tonight’s lineup and their position on the season are…
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Lando Norris, McLaren (1st, 390)
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Max Verstappen, Red Bull (3rd, 341)
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Carlos Sainz, Williams
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George Russell, Mercedes (4th, 276)
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Oscar Piastri, McLaren (2nd, 366)
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Liam Lawson, Racing Bulls
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Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin
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Isack Hadjar, Racing Bulls
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Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
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Pierre Gasly, Alpin
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Nico Hülkenberg, Kick Sauber
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Lance Stroll, Aston Martin
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Esteban Ocon, Haas
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Oliver Bearman, Haas
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Franco Colapinto, Alpine
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Alex Albon, Williams
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Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
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Gabriel Bortoleto, Kick Sauber
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Yuki Tsunoda, Red Bull
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Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari
Beau will be here shortly. In the meantime, here’s how Cadillac is preparing for life in F1:
Twelve months ago, at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, Cadillac was finally given the green light as Formula 1’s new recruit for 2026. Building the team from scratch required a frenetic work rate that team principal Graeme Lowdon compared to the Apollo moon landing. As F1 comes to Vegas this weekend, Cadillac knows time is running out.
In the final race of the season to be held in the United States, just over 100 days before they hit the track for the first time in Melbourne in the 2026 opener, Cadillac has made giant strides but, in what must feel like a Sisyphean task, they are aware that there will never be enough hours in the day.
Technical director Nick Chester joined the fledgling operation in March 2023, shortly after its inception, when the team didn’t even have an approved entry. Since then, he has been at the heart of this adventure and enjoys a wry smile as he contemplates the journey.
“You can spend five minutes looking back at what you’ve done and say, ‘Wow, isn’t it fantastic what we’ve done in less than three years,'” he says. “And then the next minute you think, ‘Yeah, we still have a lot to do.'”
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