F1 Las Vegas GP 2025, LIVE: Norris Loses Top Spot To Verstappen At Street Circuit; Russell Trailing As Well

Max Verstappen seems to be no under pressure from George Russell at the minute.

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1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

2. George Russell (Mercedes)

3. Lando Norris (McLaren)

4. Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber)

5. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)

Engineer: "We have a five-second penalty for jump start."

Antonelli: "What? How?"

Engineer: "We don't understand, but we're investigating."

George Russell comes into the pits and that allows Lando Norris to track down leader Max Verstappen, who is around 2.9 seconds in front.

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Charles Leclerc is not messing around is he as he announces on team radio, "I'm pushing like an animal."

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Verstappen's lead means he will be 39 points behind Lando Norris with two races still to come. The battle for the drivers' championship battle is definitely heading down the wire.

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George Russell just slightly behind where he was on Max Verstappen on the previous lap. He remains in DRS range but can he keep up to the pace?

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Unfortunately Gabriel Botoleto's night is over as the driver heads back to the garage after that lap one incident which has also ended Lance Stroll's grand prix.

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We have the virtual safety car here! It's all because of Liam Lawson who seems to have taken some damage to his front wing in the opening two laps.

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Max Verstappen takes lead of Las Vegas GP at start. Some start as Lando Norris loses his top spot to the four-time champion. Lando Norris third after running wide at first corner.

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Formation lap underway at Las Vegas until we hit the Main Race.

“Boy it was stressful as hell,” Norris said. “It was pretty nasty, probably some of the worst conditions, if not the worst. It was so slippery, so difficult.”