Checo Pérez adds a point in Las Vegas; dominance of George Russell and Mercedes

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It was a 1-2 from Mercedes with a seamless Russell; Max Verstappen sealed the drivers’ championship


The Mexican pilot Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez finished tenth in the Las Vegas Grand Prix 2024on a night where there were no incidents or Safety Cars on the streets of ‘Sin City’.

A career that was carried out in a forceful way George Russell who dominated the race from start to finish on the street circuit of The vegas on a great weekend for mercedes. Lewis Hamilton made a great comeback to second position, while Carlos Sainz He completed the podium in third place.

The Mexican started in fifteenth position with the hard tires to extend the first stint as much as possible. However, he lost a position at the start with respect to Fernando Alonso on the first curve. He later recovered that position because the Spaniard went to the pits early.

Then Checo was able to pass Kevin Magnussen in the seventh lap, in the tenth Liam Lawson, Guanyu Zhou at 12 and Nico Hulkenberg in the 13th respectively. Also various stops from lap 10 had placed him virtually in second position while waiting for the Safety Car to come out.

However, the tough life was taking its toll and on lap 16 he had to give up his position to Max Verstappen. The performance continued to lose strength where on lap 17 where Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris They passed it without any problem.

This caused that one lap later, Czech Perez He went to the pits for the medium tires in a 2.4-second stop that dropped him to fourteenth place.

Once again there was a battle between Czech Perez and Liam Lawson halfway through the race that the Mexican finally took to climb to twelfth place.

The second stop and last stop Czech Perez It happened on lap 33. They opted for the hard compound for the second time in a stop that lasted 2.4 seconds (the same as the first stop), which dropped them back to fifteenth position.

On lap 37, Czech Perez perhaps he gave us one of the best maneuvers of the entire grand prix with the double pass to Liam Lawson and Kevin Magnussenwho risked the limit on the straight Las Vegas Strip to place twelfth.

With four laps left to finish the race, Checo manages to get into the points zone after overtaking Fernando Alonso. With that he reached the checkered flag in tenth position, after not having previously scored points in the Mexican GP and Sao Paulo respectively.

Czech Perez reached 152 points to continue remaining in eighth place in the constructors’ championship with two races remaining in Qatar and Abu Dhabi. Very much in the shadow of his partner Max Verstappen who despite finishing fifth, secured his four-time championship in the F1.

George Russell achieved his second victory of the season (third in his career in the F1) and Max Verstappen continues to expand his legacy in the highest category of motorsport.