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lando norris 2025 is on the verge of winning f1 Despite being runner-up in the World Championship max verstappen But vegas Grand Prix.
A mistake by pole-sitter Norris at the opening corner dropped him to third behind Verstappen and Mercedes’ George Russell.
But Norris passed Russell to take second with 16 laps remaining. oscar piastri Two places behind in fourth place. Norris is now 30 points ahead of Piastri and 42 points ahead of VerstappenOnly 58 runs are left on the table in the last two rounds.
This means the 26-year-old Englishman can secure the world title with one round left Next weekend at the Qatar Grand Prix.
Norris mastered a wet qualifying session to put himself on pole position, but he couldn’t follow through when the lights went down for Saturday’s star-studded show in Sin City.
Norris switched to the left side of the track to deny Verstappen the chance to launch his Red Bull under the British driver mclaren On the opening left-handed batsman.
But while he successfully held off Verstappen, he brought too much speed into the corner and briefly ran off the track to give Verstappen a free pass for the lead.
The panicked Norris rejoined the circuit and then came within inches of colliding with Verstappen, and in his desperation to avoid a tangle, allowed Russell to come alongside his compatriot and blast clear.
Piastri was also lucky to escape damage when he collided with Liam Lawson following a banzai move from the New Zealander.
In the process Lawson’s front wing was broken and he had to dig out for repairs. There was chaos at the back too, with Gabriel Bortoletto wiping out Lance Stroll.
Top-10 – Las Vegas Grand Prix
1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
2. Lando Norris (McLaren)
3. George Russell (Mercedes)
4. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
5. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
6. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
7. Carlos Sainz (Williams)
8. Isak Hadjar (Racing Bulls)
9. Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber)
10. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
Lewis HamiltonWho started in 20th place and finished last after a nightmare qualifying session, fought his way through the chaos to move up eight places.
Verstappen resisted Russell’s early progress, and was two seconds clear of the Mercedes man, who was the first to pit on lap 17.
This briefly moved Norris to second place among the championship contenders behind Russell when he stopped for new tires after four laps.
Verstappen was able to come in for tires and maintain his lead, and then the attention turned to Norris and whether he could clear Russell.
Russell was struggling to keep up with Verstappen and offered little resistance to Norris, who moved faster. vegas Boulevard on lap 34.
“We’re going to take Max,” was the order to Norris from his race engineer, Will Joseph, but the Dutchman’s lead was never in danger as he crossed the line 20 seconds early.
Kimi Antonelli finished fourth, but a five-second penalty dropped him behind Piastri. The Australian led Norris by 34 points after the Dutch Grand Prix on the final day of August, but his hopes of stopping his team-mate from taking the title hang in the air.
Charles Leclerc started from ninth and finished sixth, four places ahead of Hamilton, who claimed a point in another weekend to forget for the seven-time world champion.