Which Formula 1 driver made the most of the Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend?
It’s time to give your verdict on which driver did the best with the equipment at their disposal over the last three days.
Review how each driver got on below and vote for who impressed you the most at Las Vegas Strip Circuit.
Driver performance summary
| Driver | Q stage | Q pos. | Q gap to team mate | GP grid pos. | GP pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Verstappen | Q3 | 5 | -0.856s | 5 | 5 |
| Sergio Perez | Q1 | 16 | +0.856s | 15 | 10 |
| Lewis Hamilton | Q3 | 10 | +15.794s | 10 | 2 |
| George Russell | Q3 | 1 | -15.794s | 1 | 1 |
| Charles Leclerc | Q3 | 4 | +0.373s | 4 | 4 |
| Carlos Sainz Jnr | Q3 | 2 | -0.373s | 2 | 3 |
| Lando Norris | Q3 | 6 | -0.025s | 6 | 6 |
| Oscar Piastri | Q3 | 8 | +0.025s | 8 | 7 |
| Lance Stroll | Q1 | 20 | +0.226s | 18 | 15 |
| Fernando Alonso | Q1 | 17 | -0.226s | 16 | 11 |
| Esteban Ocon | Q2 | 11 | +0.342s | 11 | 17 |
| Pierre Gasly | Q3 | 3 | -0.342s | 3 | 20 |
| Alexander Albon | Q1 | 18 | +0.679s | 17 | 19 |
| Franco Colapinto | Q2 | 14 | -0.679s | 20 | 14 |
| Liam Lawson | Q2 | 15 | +1.168s | 14 | 16 |
| Yuki Tsunoda | Q3 | 7 | -1.168s | 7 | 9 |
| Valtteri Bottas | Q1 | 19 | +0.351s | 19 | 18 |
| Zhou Guanyu | Q2 | 13 | -0.351s | 13 | 13 |
| Kevin Magnussen | Q2 | 12 | +0.183s | 12 | 12 |
| Nico Hulkenberg | Q3 | 9 | -0.183s | 9 | 8 |
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Vote for your driver of the weekend
Which driver do you think did the best job throughout the race weekend?
Who got the most out of their car in qualifying and the race? Who put their team mate in the shade?
Cast your vote below and explain why you chose the driver you picked in the comments.
Who was the best driver of the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix?
- No opinion (0%)
- Kevin Magnussen (0%)
- Nico Hulkenberg (5%)
- Zhou Guanyu (1%)
- Valtteri Bottas (0%)
- Yuki Tsunoda (0%)
- Liam Lawson (0%)
- Franco Colapinto (0%)
- Alexander Albon (0%)
- Pierre Gasly (1%)
- Esteban Ocon (0%)
- Fernando Alonso (4%)
- Lance Stroll (0%)
- Oscar Piastri (0%)
- Lando Norris (0%)
- Carlos Sainz Jnr (5%)
- Charles Leclerc (0%)
- George Russell (45%)
- Lewis Hamilton (37%)
- Sergio Perez (1%)
- Max Verstappen (2%)
Total Voters: 106
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Jere (@jerejj)
24th November 2024, 7:46
RUS for me, both as DOTW & DOTD.
notagrumpyfan
24th November 2024, 11:55
I’m surprised how many people pick Hamilton over Russell (and the rest).
Quali was crystal clear for Russell over his teammate. But even during the race I’d favour Russell. Difficult to judge though as he didn’t have to overtake a car.
And if just for the Sunday, I preferred Perez’ overtakes over Hamilton’s.
Riccard
24th November 2024, 12:39
For me, Russell/Hamilton today was like Verstappen/Perez in Monza last year.
Verstappen started near the front, overtook, then controlled the race.
Perez qualified poorly and started further back – but in the fastest car, eventually reached second.
Verstappen managed his tyres while Perez pushed as hard as he could, and in the end Perez finished just 6 seconds behind.
It’s clear to me that Verstappen had the better weekend.
BasCB (@bascb)
24th November 2024, 14:24
I am somewhat surprised about that too. yeah.
BenHur
24th November 2024, 17:48
There is plenty of people who will pick this driver as DOTW even if said driver does not show up for the GP, you know.
MacLeod (@macleod)
25th November 2024, 7:53
George DotW and Lewis for the day but we vote for the weekend so I went for George.
F1statsfan (@f1statsfan)
24th November 2024, 7:48
Choose Hulkenberg for winning the 1.5 Formula race.
Russell did brilliant but had clearly the fastest car and should have had more of a gap.
Lewis had a good race but helped by fastest car and can’t be driver of the weekend after such a poor qualifying – effectively throwing away a win.
Ajaxn
24th November 2024, 7:59
Given the outcome, I’d say after Q2 Hamilton had his car setup for race pace.
It’s easy to say Russell should have had more of a gap than 7 seconds, but maybe he was driving as fast as his qualifying setup would allow.
Starting from 10th, Hamilton was in that position of providing the race’s entertainment. He was the ‘nominated’ driver in the the faster car, coming from behind to overtake a bunch of cars, which otherwise would be a procession.
Grapmg
24th November 2024, 8:12
Russel was managing the pace and tyres. Professional win DOTW.
Tommy C (@tommy-c)
24th November 2024, 8:09
George Russell was absolutely faultless. Didn’t over drive, kept a cool head and got the job done. Showed he had plenty in hand at the end there to shut down any challenge from Lewis.
BenHur
24th November 2024, 17:53
George was quite like Seb in his championship years, a great car advantage and nothing much to do after being ahead in the first turn. Well, in fact Charles challenged him a bit for a few more turns in lap one, and that was it.
DaveW (@dmw)
24th November 2024, 8:17
Sainz has a case. He had to fight his team as well the competition in the race. Got on the podium behind the clearly two fastest cars.
Riccard
24th November 2024, 8:23
Wildcard pick: Pierre Gasly drive another brilliant weekend, but we let down by machinery.
Otherwise, Hamilton had a good Sunday, Sainz had a good weekend, and Hulkenberg and Russell were the class of the field.
SPArtacus
24th November 2024, 8:39
He was going backward fast even before he exploded. Even scoring points was not going to be a sure thing, but yeah great quali. Easily the best of his career.
Riccard
24th November 2024, 8:46
Gasly did drop places rapidly in the 1-2 laps before smoke was shown on TV, but with hindsight I suspect the car was already failing before we were shown that shot
BLS (@brightlampshade)
24th November 2024, 8:34
If this was DOTD then there would be several different names in the hat. As its DOTW then it’s narrowed down to Russell, Sainz and Hulkenburg in my opinion.
Honoury mention to Gasly, but he didn’t really have chance to back up his quali.
notagrumpyfan
24th November 2024, 12:20
You could even include Verstappen; but then you assume Perez showed the real pace of the car.
Benhur
24th November 2024, 12:12
In spite of all the combined efforts of Fezza to screw him over and get Charles ahead carlos made a podium after the much faster Merc’s so he is my DOTW. Great quali also. Just a tenth behind George in spite of the Merc obvious advantage.
AndrewT (@andrewt)
24th November 2024, 12:35
It’s hard to pick only one, but I went with Alonso, dragging that Aston Martin almost into the points seemed another almost invisible, but stellar performance from the Spaniard.
David BR (@david-br)
24th November 2024, 15:59
A bit difficult and possible a bit mean not to give the vote to Russell given he won pole and raced flawlessly. So DOTW GR. Driver of the race, probably Hamilton, because he gave himself more work to do but completed it. Really though the story was Max cooling picking up his fourth title. Given the turbulence at Red Bull at the start of the season and the way the car’s performance fell off after Miami, it was an impressive season with few other drivers even close. Kind of a shame it’s over already but there’s 2025 soon enough…
Michael (@freelittlebirds)
24th November 2024, 17:00
Did someone say “Shelf Life”? That’s the way you silence your critics!
Hamilton threw the win away on Friday.
Robert Williams (@weiliwen)
24th November 2024, 18:52
I chose Hamilton, despite the poor qualifying performance. In the race, he scythed through both drivers each from Ferrari, Red Bull, and McLaren. Well, maybe Perez was behind him at the start.
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
25th November 2024, 2:05
@weiliwen
….. but …
……….. I mean isn’t…..
oh, never mind.
Senproman
25th November 2024, 6:41
@weiliwen
The stupidity of this comment.
This is a “weekend” rating.
You acknowledging the poor qualifying, especially, in comparison to his team mate, yet still considering his weekend better, is astoundingly biased.
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
25th November 2024, 1:52
Went for Sainz for a consistent weekend.
Considered Max for doing what he needed to do. Hard to vote for Lewis – even though I wanted to and he had a good race – as the car was clearly capable and he rather stuffed up qualifying.
For some reason I didn’t consider George. Can’t particularly argue with his position as leader of the poll so far.
A vote for Sergio ???? Sorry, but one good overtake does not a DOTW make.