Leclerc set the early tempo in Free Observe 1, which was curtailed after solely eight minutes on account of a water valve cowl working unfastened and smashing the underside of team-mate Carlos Sainz’s automotive.
He additionally paced FP2 with a quickest time of 1m35.265s, after a prolonged delay whereas repairs had been carried out to the monitor.
Las Vegas GP FP1 outcomes: Leclerc quickest from Hulkenberg
What occurred in Las Vegas GP Free Observe 1?
The vastly anticipated first working on the brand new 3.9-mile road monitor didn’t final lengthy. The water valve cowl difficulty that sidelined Sainz’s automotive introduced the session to an early finish after simply eight minutes.
Sainz’s Ferrari crawled to a halt between the Bellagio and Paris lodges on the Strip, his onboard digicam displaying that his automotive had been rendered motionless by an affect from one thing on the monitor.
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Marshals load the broken automotive of Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-23, onto a truck
The Ferrari’s chassis, ground and battery had been broken within the affect, because the concrete body of the water valve cowl was ripped up by the power of F1 vehicles working over it at excessive pace. The Alpine of Esteban Ocon was additionally broken, because it was his automotive that flicked up the quilt.
Valtteri Bottas had set the primary timed lap of the monitor, with a 1m50.227s, however the benchmark swiftly fell with Leclerc working right down to 1m40.909s earlier than the crimson flag.
The Haas duo of Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen had been subsequent up, forward of Purple Bull’s Max Verstappen and Ocon.
Las Vegas GP FP2 outcomes: Leclerc quickest from Sainz
| Cla |  Nº |  Driver |  Automotive / Engine |  Time |  Delay |  Laps |
| 1Â | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1’35.265 | Â | 39 |
| 2Â | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Ferrari | 1’35.782 | 0.517 | 39 |
| 3Â | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin/Mercedes | 1’35.793 | 0.528 | 38 |
| 4Â | 11 | Sergio Perez | Purple Bull/Honda RBPT | 1’36.085 | 0.820 | 36 |
| 5Â | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo/Ferrari | 1’36.129 | 0.864 | 36 |
| 6Â | 1 | Max Verstappen | Purple Bull/Honda RBPT | 1’36.183 | 0.918 | 37 |
| 7Â | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas/Ferrari | 1’36.489 | 1.224 | 33 |
| 8Â | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin/Mercedes | 1’36.496 | 1.231 | 41 |
| 9Â | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’36.663 | 1.398 | 42 |
| 10Â | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams/Mercedes | 1’36.688 | 1.423 | 42 |
| 11Â | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren/Mercedes | 1’36.864 | 1.599 | 33 |
| 12Â | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1’36.890 | 1.625 | 37 |
| 13Â | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas/Ferrari | 1’36.917 | 1.652 | 37 |
| 14Â | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren/Mercedes | 1’36.987 | 1.722 | 35 |
| 15Â | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine/Renault | 1’37.134 | 1.869 | 33 |
| 16Â | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine/Renault | 1’37.241 | 1.976 | 37 |
| 17Â | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri/Honda RBPT | 1’37.412 | 2.147 | 41 |
| 18Â | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo/Ferrari | 1’37.656 | 2.391 | 36 |
| 19Â | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | AlphaTauri/Honda RBPT | 1’37.680 | 2.415 | 40 |
| 20Â | 2 | Logan Sargeant | Williams/Mercedes | 1’38.140 | 2.875 | 42 |
What occurred in Las Vegas GP Free Observe 2?
After a prolonged delay to examine and treatment about 30 covers across the monitor, by filling them with monitor floor supplies, FP2 was began at 2:30am native time and was prolonged to 90 minutes.
Magnussen and Purple Bull’s Sergio Perez had been early guests to the Flip 12 run-off after locking up.
Sainz confirmed no ailing results by instantly going to the highest of the instances with 1m39.891s, a tenth quicker than Leclerc – each working gentle tyres from the beginning.
Verstappen then set the tempo at 1m38.625s on mediums, earlier than Sainz grabbed P1 again with 1m38.537s and Leclerc retook it with 1m38.325s. Verstappen lowered the bar to 1m38.209s, to set the quickest time on mediums.
Perez briefly took the highest spot at 1m37.807s, earlier than Sainz snatched it with 1m36.984s and Leclerc took P2, 0.245s slower. Verstappen locked up on his gentle run, happening the Flip 12 escape street. On his subsequent lap, he obtained to inside 0.148s of Sainz for P2.
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Sergio Perez, Purple Bull Racing RB19
Sainz then improved to 1m36.742s, earlier than Leclerc topped that by 0.082s with 1m36.660s. Verstappen might solely handle 1m36.960s for third, earlier than Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) jumped as much as second, simply 0.003s off Leclerc’s tempo. Alex Albon rose to 3rd for Williams, 0.028s slower, earlier than overshooting Flip 12.
Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) rocketed to the highest of the instances with a time of 1m36.657s, set with 40 minutes remaining. Sainz beat that on a brand new set of softs, with 1m36.354s, however Verstappen bested him with 1m36.307s.
Leclerc reset the bar to 1m35.696s after which 1m35.265s. Sainz took P2, albeit half a second down, whereas Alonso bounced again to 3rd earlier than visiting an escape street. Perez was fourth from Bottas, Verstappen and Hulkenberg.