F1 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix LIVE: FP2 start times, schedule and stream as Lewis Hamilton goes fastest

After saying he wanted to leave Mercedes after a disappointing 10th place finish at Interlagos two weeks ago, Hamilton beat teammate George Russell by 0.396 seconds at the Strip.

Lando Norris, who needs to take at least three points from Max Verstappen’s 62-point championship lead to extend the title fight to the penultimate race in Qatar, is third, nearly a second behind.

There are now just 86 points available in the next three races in Vegas, Qatar (including the final sprint race of the season) and Abu Dhabi.

At the end of the weekend in Vegas, there will be only 60 points left to claim.

It means that that Verstappen just finished above Norris in Vegashe will be the champion in 2024. The Dutchman will also seal the title if both drivers failed to score points.

Verstappen will also win the 2024 title if Norris did not beat the Red Bull driver by more than two points.

As a result, Verstappen will become world champion in Sin City if:

• If Norris was second and he was third with the fastest lap
• If Norris was third and finished fourth with the fastest lap
• If Norris was fourth without the fastest lap and finished fifth
• If Norris was fifth without the fastest lap and finished sixth
• If Norris was sixth without the fastest lap and finished seventh
• If Norris was seventh without the fastest lap and finished eighth
• If Norris was eighth without the fastest lap and he was ninth
• If Norris is ninth without a fastest lap or lower, it doesn’t matter where he finishes

When the fans walked away from the seats that they acquired expensively on the night of the Grand Prix of Las Vegas 2023, after seeing only eight minutes of cars on the track before the “manhole gate”, a question arose in the mind: how can the sport return?

But beyond all the fanfare that inevitably accompanied Formula One’s lavish return to Sin City last year, what really saved the inaugural event was the Saturday night race itself. We had overtakes – 82 in fact, the most of any circuit during a debut grand prix – we had a safety car and we had drama in the last lap. For a sport that is often very spectacle-oriented, this is the kind of drama that the action on the track can bring.

Despite winning two races this year – at Silverstone and Spa – Hamilton is on track to record the most championship positions ever. He was seventh in the drivers’ standings ahead of this weekend’s race in Las Vegas.

“Life doesn’t always go as planned, and setbacks can be hard to deal with,” Schumacher wrote on Instagram.

‘But every challenge is an opportunity to learn, grow, and come back stronger. This is just a chapter, not the whole story.

‘The journey continues, and I am determined to rise above it. Thank you for your support, it means the world.’

Schumacher is yet to be confirmed as Mercedes reserve again next year as he assesses his next step.

• Free exercise 3: 2:30 a.m
• Qualifications: at 6 in the morning

• race: 6 in the morning (10pm Nov 23, local time)

Lewis Hamilton has admitted he wants to leave Mercedes soon after a heated Brazilian Grand Prix.

Seven-time F1 world champion Hamilton, who left Mercedes for Ferrari at the end of the season, finished 10th in Sao Paulo and had a disastrous weekend despite favorable wet conditions.

On team radio straight after the race, the 39-year-old mysteriously hinted that Interlagos could be the last race for the team and, speaking ahead of this weekend’s Las Vegas Grand Prix, Hamilton insisted his reaction was only “natural”.

Brundle, who is the main commentator alongside Damon Hill and is known for his famous box walks, thanked the 64-year-old Hill for his many years of working together and “decades of friendship” – before adding “many more will come.”

“Damon, it’s been a pleasure and a privilege to race with you and commentate on you in F1, work with you on SkyF1, and our decades of friendship,” Brundle told X.

“It’s a blast, with more to come. MB.”

Sky German pundit Schumacher, who was revealed in a same-sex relationship in July, has insisted that Perez will not drive “one meter” for Red Bull next year, as speculation continues to swirl about the future of the Mexican in the sport.

But Perez’s father, Antonio, 65, responded to the comments by giving his verdict on Schumacher’s decision to come out as gay earlier this year.

Lando Norris says he has been demoralized for a week after seeing the door almost shut on his bid for world championship glory.

Norris enters this weekend’s Las Vegas Grand Prix 62 points clear of Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, with just 86 points remaining in the final three rounds.

Verstappen will take his fourth consecutive title if he beats Norris at the Strip after the Dutchman’s stunning comeback drive from 17th to first at the rain-soaked Brazilian Grand Prix two weeks ago.

Norris started from pole position but crossed the line a disappointing sixth.