George Russell Triumphs at the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix.

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Mercedes' racer George Russell (the United Kingdom (UK)) won the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix (GP) (officially known as the Formula 1 (F1) Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix 2024) held on 23rd November 2024 at the Las Vegas Strip Circuit in Nevada, the United States of America (USA).


      - Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton (Britain) finished 2nd and Ferrari's Carlos Sainz Jr. (Spain) finished 3rd.

      - This marks George Russell's 2nd title of the 2024 season. He previously won the Austrian Grand Prix 2024 held in June 2024.

     

Main Points:-   (i) George Russell made his F1 debut at the Australian Grand Prix 2019 and achieved his first win at the 2022 São Paulo Grand Prix.

      (ii) As of the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix, Russell has achieved 3 race wins, 4 pole positions, 8 fastest laps, and 15 podiums in F1 and will remain at Mercedes until at least the end of the 2025 season.

(iii) Verstappen has previously won the F1 World Drivers' Championship titles in 2021, 2022, and 2023 with Red Bull. He has also won 62 Grands Prix in 10 seasons.

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