Max Verstappen is firmly again within the 2025 F1 title race after scoring a commanding victory on the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
After the surprising double disqualification of two McLarens, the hole to the chief is now simply 24 factors with two races remaining.
Here is how we rated every driver’s efficiency in Las Vegas…
Max Verstappen – 9.5
Max Verstappen delivered one other masterclass in Las Vegas, taking his sixth win of the 2025 F1 season. Verstappen took the lead at the beginning and by no means seemed again.
George Russell – 8
George Russell was removed from his greatest in Las Vegas. He struggled to handle his tires and was in a susceptible state in the direction of the tip of the race. Nonetheless, it was a robust season for the British driver, with one other podium end.
Kimi Antonelli – 8
Kimi Antonelli had an incredible race and completed in fifth place. He bounced again from a Q1 loss and a false begin to earn a spot. His kind in current rounds exhibits why he deserves one other season at Mercedes and why Toto Wolff continues to place confidence in him.
Kimi Antonelli
Charles Leclerc – 8.5
Charles Leclerc as soon as once more made essentially the most of his Ferrari in Las Vegas. He was not helped by the Ferrari pit wall and was undercut by Piastri. Because of an absence of straight-line pace, he was unable to problem the McLaren driver once more within the second stint. He deserves greater than 4th place.
Carlos Sainz – 9.5
Carlos Sainz was undoubtedly the star of the weekend. Qualifying third was nice and he adopted it up with a really robust race drive.
Isaac Hajar – 8.5
One other driver who shined in F1’s midfield was Isak Hajar. A yellow flag for Leclerc’s deviation from the observe prevented his qualifying. Hajar made up for it within the race, ending in sixth place.
Nico Hulkenberg – 8.5
Nico Hulkenberg’s late-season resurgence continued on the Las Vegas Grand Prix, the place he completed seventh. A protracted stint on exhausting saved Hulkenberg within the prime 10 when he finally switched to medium.
lewis hamilton – 5
One other unforgettable weekend for Lewis Hamilton. He was gradual and made a number of errors all through the race, locking up and making pointless errors. He was promoted to eighth place after McLaren’s double DSQ.
lewis hamilton
Esteban Ocon – 7.5
Esteban Ocon had a greater weekend. He outperformed teammate Olly Bearman in qualifying and completed forward of him within the race, benefiting from a protracted first stint. He narrowly missed out on a top-10 end to Hamilton.
Oliver Bearman – 6.5
It was a tough race for Bearman after a foul qualifying run that included contact with the wall. Bearman misplaced the race to his teammate throughout an early pit cease.
Fernando Alonso – 7.5
Fernando Alonso continues to get essentially the most out of Aston Martin. Given their tempo in dry situations, they most likely overperformed in Q3. He did not have the race tempo to remain within the prime 10 and had some minor harm to his entrance wing.
Yuki Tsunoda – 4
RB supervisor Laurent Mequise claimed that Hiroki Tsunoda’s poor qualifying efficiency in Las Vegas was brought on by improper tire stress. Tsunoda, who began from the pit lane, was unable to enhance his place within the Grand Prix.
Pierre Gasly – 6.5
Pierre Gasly’s race was marred by a dive assault into the primary nook by Sauber’s Gabriel Bortleto on the primary lap. This spoiled Gasly’s wonderful qualifying show which noticed him crack into the highest 10 as soon as once more.
Pierre Gasly
Liam Lawson – 5
Liam Lawson made a misjudged transfer in flip one and made contact with Piastri, ruining a robust qualifying efficiency. This damage Lawson and successfully ended his probabilities of ending within the factors. A missed alternative.
Franco Colapinto – 4.5
It was an nameless weekend for Franco Colapinto as a complete. He was not on the stage of his teammates and completed final amongst categorized runners.
Alex Albon – 4.5
One other driver we’re wanting ahead to in Qatar is Alex Albon. He hit the wall in qualifying and was eradicated from Q1. A poor race ended early and he was penalized for contact with Hamilton.
Gabriel Bortleto – 3
It was a foul weekend for Gabriel Bortleto. His reckless flip one cost resulted in Qatar receiving a grid penalty. It was a catastrophe for the Brazilian rookie.
Lance Stroll – 6
Lance Stroll’s Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend was disrupted by a weird gamble on an intermediate in qualifying, leading to his Q2 exit. Stroll was pressured to retire on the primary lap after Bortleto’s Flip 1 dive bomb.
Each McLaren drivers have been disqualified from the Las Vegas Grand Prix resulting from extreme put on on their boards. Their scores are judged based mostly on their very own private efficiency, not the ultimate outcome.
Lando Norris – 9
After a foul opening lap, Lando Norris had an incredible race and completed second – at the least that is what we thought. Norris was pressured to fall again on the ultimate lap as he tried to preserve gasoline. It seems that he and teammate Oscar Piastri have been investigated after the race for extreme put on on their planks. Because of this, each drivers have been excluded from the ultimate race outcomes.
Oscar Piastri – 6.5
Evaluating solely his personal efficiency, Piastri as soon as once more fell one step behind his teammate Norris. The Australian made a mistake whereas working in entrance of Leclerc and misplaced observe place. McLaren’s aggressive pit technique allowed them to cross Leclerc and Sainz. Nonetheless, his cost was stopped by Antonelli, who had an incredible race on the exhausting tires.
