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Max Verstappen overcame a five-second penalty to win the thrilling Las Vegas Grand Prix, with Charles Leclerc taking second and Sergio Perez third. Verstappen celebrated with a chorus of 'Viva Las Vegas' on the team radio. Multiple lead changes and plenty of overtaking made for an entertaining night race, with…

"Viva Las Vegas!" sings Red Bull race winner after entertaining battle

Polesitter Leclerc finished second to Max Verstappen, despite the three-time champion earning a five-second penalty for running his front-row rival off track through Turn 1 to nick the early lead.

The world champion was made to work for victory with Charles Leclerc taking an impressive second and Sergio Pérez in third

Ahead of the event Albon was hopeful that the long straights and low ambient temperatures would favour the FW45 relative to Williams' rivals.  

1. It’s going to be cold

Reigning F1 world champion has also complained that most fans are only there to "have a party, drink, see a DJ play or watch a performance act"

McLaren went into the inaugural race weekend around the streets of Vegas with muted expectations, but while similar pessimism proved unwarranted in Austin, Mexico or Brazil, it did turn out to be justified on the low-downforce street circuit.

The new surface has been made trickier by the fact that there are no support events laying rubber down in Las Vegas, and because the public street section is reopened to normal traffic for most of the day, leaving it dirty for the start of F1 action.

Max Verstappen has repeated his criticism of the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, claiming the circuit was ‘National League’ level

The new surface has been made trickier by the fact that there are no support series laying rubber down in Las Vegas, and because the public street section is reopened to normal traffic for most of the day, leaving it dirty for the start of F1 action.