Packed and off you go. We start for the last two races of the season: one after the other. Before Las Vegas, then Abu Dhabi to close a season, the 2023 season, in which one driver was simply the master on the track: Max Verstappen. This weekend, over the weekend from 17-19 November, we fly to Nevada for the Las Vegas GP: after more than 40 years, F1 returns to theGaming Capital”, with times that are not exactly convenient for European enthusiasts.
Always Max
It goes without saying that we always start from Verstappen. The Dutchman wants to finish the last two races of the season to reach the quota 54 victories, bypassing Sebastian Hag stuck at 53. The big focus, however, at Red Bull is on Sergio Perez. Horner confirmed that his job is not at risk, despite the excellent results Ricciardo's performance, but what better way for Checo to sleep peacefully than to conquer second place in the drivers' standings.
Ferrari-Mercedes, decisive act?
Instead, he will want to try to reach second place in the constructors' championship Ferrari. It won't be easy, but the Las Vegas GP stage has been on the Maranello engineers' calendar for quite some time. Who knows, it might not manifest itself a new opportunity to do well, remembering that the last time - currently the only one - that Red Bull was out of the game, Carlos' red car won Sainz. The Spaniard himself admitted that Ferrari will try to gain points on Mercedes, even if the star's team seems to be favored to end the season behind Red Bull.
Las Vegas to discover
There are many expectations: Will Las Vegas really be as spectacular as everyone promises? We'll just have to wait until this weekend to find out. It will be possible to follow and not miss anything live and exclusively on Sky Sports, streaming on NOW and delayed on TV8.
GP Las Vegas, times
Friday 17 November
05.30 Free Practice 1
09.00 Free Practice 2
Saturday November 18
05.30 Free Practice 3
09.00 am Qualifying (11.45 am – delayed on TV8)
Sunday November 19
07 am Race (00 pm – delayed TV14.00)
