{"id":82722,"date":"2025-11-19T19:19:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T23:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/las-vegas-f1-grand-prix-schedule-favorites-and-weekend-highlights\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T19:19:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T23:19:19","slug":"las-vegas-f1-grand-prix-schedule-favorites-and-weekend-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/f1\/las-vegas-f1-grand-prix-schedule-favorites-and-weekend-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas F1 Grand Prix: Schedule, Favorites, and Weekend Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\nAttention Formula 1 fanatics! Las Vegas is preparing to once again host the Grand Prix, promising strong emotions and an unparalleled spectacle.\n\nThis will be the third Grand Prix in the Mojave Desert under this format. In the previous edition, Max Verstappen celebrated his fourth F1 world title.\n\n\n

The Championship Fight<\/h2>\n\n\nThe competition for this year’s championship is more fierce. Current leader Lando Norris seeks his first title, while Verstappen and Oscar Piastri will try to prevent it.\n\n\n

Weather and Schedules<\/h2>\n\n\nThe time change means that the race weekend will start a day earlier than usual. Practice will take place on Thursday night and the race on Saturday night (local time).\n\nCooler temperatures are forecast, with daytime highs of 14\u00b0C on Thursday and Friday, rising to 18\u00b0C on Saturday. Nighttime temperatures will drop to around 12\u00b0C. In addition, there is a chance of light rain on Thursday and Friday night, while Saturday is expected to be dry.\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\nThe Championship in the Red Zone<\/strong>\n\nLando Norris leads the standings with a 24-point advantage over his teammate, Oscar Piastri.\n\nMax Verstappen is 49 points behind Norris and 25 behind Piastri.\n\n\n

This Week’s Highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

  • F1 Title:<\/strong> Where will the championship be decided? Qatar or Abu Dhabi?<\/p><\/li>

  • Hakkinen joins McLaren:<\/strong> Ella Hakkinen, daughter of two-time Formula 1 world champion Mika Hakkinen, joins McLaren’s driver development program.<\/p><\/li>

  • F1 Academy:<\/strong> A new agreement has been signed that commits the teams to the F1 Academy, with the incorporation of Cadillac from 2027.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nCircuits and Statistics<\/strong>\n\n\n

    \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\nThe Las Vegas circuit, which incorporates city landmarks such as the Strip and the Sphere, and passes by well-known hotels and casinos.\n\nThe Las Vegas Grand Prix debuted in 1981, taking place for two years. The circuit, known as the Caesars Palace Grand Prix, was located in the parking lot of the casino hotel.\n\nThe race returned to the F1 calendar in 2023, with an approximate cost of 500 million dollars. This street circuit is one of the few night races, including the famous Strip and other emblematic points such as the Bellagio and the Sphere.\n\n\n

    Las Vegas Grand Prix<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • Circuit: Las Vegas Strip Circuit; Las Vegas, Nevada<\/p><\/li>

    • First F1 race: 2023<\/p><\/li>

    • Lap record: 1:34.876, Norris (2024)<\/p><\/li>

    • Laps: 50 laps of 6.2 km<\/p><\/li>

    • Previous winners: Verstappen (2023), George Russell (2024)<\/p><\/li>

    • Previous pole positions: Charles Leclerc (2023), Russell (2024)<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      What’s special about the circuit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      “It’s Vegas, baby. This is about the show”.<\/p>Logan Sargeant<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

      What happened last year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\nMax Verstappen clinched his fourth world title, while George Russell and Lewis Hamilton led a 1-2 for Mercedes. Verstappen only needed to finish ahead of Lando Norris to secure the drivers’ championship, finishing fifth, one position ahead of Norris, who obtained the extra point for the fastest lap.\n\nHamilton finished 7.5 seconds behind Russell after starting from tenth on the grid, and Carlos Sainz finished third.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Attention Formula 1 fanatics! Las Vegas is preparing to once again host the Grand Prix, promising strong emotions and an unparalleled spectacle. This will be the third Grand Prix in the Mojave Desert under this format. In the previous edition, Max Verstappen celebrated his fourth F1 world title. The Championship Fight The competition for this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[657,451,2356,645],"class_list":{"0":"post-82722","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-f1","9":"tag-las-vegas","10":"tag-norris","11":"tag-verstappen"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}