For Formula One – spending what is understood to be $700m to put on the event, acting for the first time as both promoter and organiser – this was their showcase, their Super Bowl a step up in selling the sport to the US, the market it wants to break more than any other.į1 had insisted there would be no race without it being in the heart of the city and including Las Vegas Boulevard, the iconic Strip, both of which were achieved. The buildup to this meeting, the anticipation, the hype, has been relentless.
In doing so, the world champion vied thrillingly with Ferrari’s second-placed Charles Leclerc and his Red Bull teammate Sergio Pérez, who was third.
Verstappen had to come back from both a penalty and an on-track clash with George Russell to take victory.
