Summary

  • Max Verstappen wins fourth straight world title

  • George Russell wins Las Vegas Grand Prix from Lewis Hamilton

  • Verstappen finishes fifth with Lando Norris sixth

  • Hamilton started 10th on grid

  • OUT: Gasly, Albon

Live Reporting

Lorraine McKenna

  1. Lap 17/50

    Max Verstappen is up to second place behind leader George Russell but his Red Bull team-mate, who hasn't pitted, is falling down the order. The Mexican has lost places to Carlos Sainz, Lewis Hamilton and now Lando Norris.

    Sainz is third, Charles Leclerc is fourth, Hamilton is fifth and Norris is back to sixth.

    Perez is in for a change of tyres.

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  2. Alice Powell
    British racing driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    This is not ideal for Alpine's constructors' championship fight with Williams and Haas.

  3. Gasly makes it to pits

    Lap 16/50

    Pierre Gasly is in the right place at the right time and is able to safely make his way back to the pits without causing any issues on track. The Alpine crew are on the scene straight away to see what the problem is.

  4. Alice Powell
    British racing driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    You've gained [Lewis Hamilton], you've lost a lot in terms of those in front of you who have not pitted but it's certainly been a gain for him. He's probably more frustrated that he's been released into traffic.

  5. Lap 15/50

    Pete Bonnington is on the radio to Lewis Hamilton to calm the seven-time world champion's nerves, explaining this was the best possible option.

    Pierre Gasly is frantic on the Alpine radio. The Frenchman is saying he has lost power and is urging his crew to help.

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  6. Alice Powell
    British racing driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    What a stint by Lewis Hamilton, he's gained a couple of places in this pit-stop and he can challenge quite easily for a podium here.

  7. Team radio - Hamilton to Mercedes

    "What the hell man? How many places have I just lost?"

  8. Lap 14/50

    Lewis Hamilton's time has come to pit and he heads back out on the hard tyre and into ninth place. The Briton is not happy, however, asking his engineer: "How many places have I lost?!"

    George Russell leads, Sergio Perez, who started on the hards, is up to second and Max Verstappen is third.

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  9. Rosanna Tennant
    5 Live F1 reporter in Las Vegas

    Coming into this race we weren't sure the undercut would be that powerful as it takes quite a while for these hard tyres to come in, it's a better race tyre but perhaps it will take a while for the tyre to come up to performance.

    I'm seeing a lot of debris flying around here in the paddock and you can see it on the track as well.

  10. Leader Russell pits

    Lap 13/50

    Mercedes call in George Russell to ditch his mediums for the hard tyres, making Lewis Hamilton the new leader of this Las vegas Grand Prix. The seven-time world champion is staying out on his starting mediums.

    Meanwhile, Yuki Tsunoda bashes in to the speed limit sign during his trip trying to juggle the traffic. It's all kicking off now.

  11. Lap 12/50

    George Russell leads, Lewis Hamilton is now up to second and Nico Hulkenberg has climbed to third with all these pit stops.

    Max Verstappen is next from the front to pit and take the hard tyre and the title-chaser rejoins the action ahead of rival Lando Norris in sixth place.

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  12. Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent

    Carlos Sainz had lost two seconds to George Russell in one lap in the previous lap, it must be the tyres on the Ferrari, he now comes into the pits.

  13. Alice Powell
    British racing driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    A penalty for Oscar Piastri, that's five seconds added to his pit-stop time.

  14. Lap 11/50

    Carlos Sainz is next to pit and the order is beginning to change. Oscar Piastri has had to serve a five-second penalty for a false start during his pit stop.

    Sainz heads out in 12th, Piastri is down in 18th place now.

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  15. Rosanna Tennant
    5 Live F1 reporter in Las Vegas

    People are pouring into the pits now, we thought those medium tyres were going to last to around lap 14 but they've only managed ten laps.

  16. Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent

    Something is very wrong with that Ferrari whether it's tyres or not I don't know but Charles Leclerc is losing a second per sector at the moment to the cars around him.

  17. Leclerc and Norris pits

    Lap 10/50

    Charles Leclerc comes in and swaps the mediums for the hards. McLaren have also called Lando Norris in for a changeover.

    Leclerc is 16th, Norris is 17th.

  18. Lap 9/50

    That bruising battle with Charles Leclerc means Ferrari have had to call the Monegasque driver in to pit already.

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    Steve Hayhurst: Well, It's now or never for Lando Norris, can't believe I'm up at this time on a Sunday.

  20. Leclerc drops places

    Lap 8/50

    What's happened to Charles Leclerc? Not only has he lost a place to team-mate Carlos Sainz, he's now also been overtaken by the Red Bull of Max Verstappen. He finds himself back in fourth spot, with the possibility his medium tyres have worked too hard of a shift already.

    Lando Norris is through on Pierre Gasly for fifth and Lewis Hamilton has passed Oscar Piastri for eighth.