Mercedes driver George Russell revealed that he used a fresh engine during his dominant performance at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, where he secured pole position

George Russell won the Formula 1 race Saturday night in the Las Vegas Grand Prix and his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton was second.

The Las Vegas Grand Prix marked Russell’s third pole position of the season, and he didn’t quite have the best track record when it comes to converting it to a win in 2024. The other two times he lined up P1, at the Canadian GP and British GP, “it’s always been chaos,” he said.

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff is optimistic about replicating the success of the Las Vegas Grand Prix at Qatar's Lusail Circuit this weekend, where Mercede

George Russell ensured Mercedes claimed a clean sweep of Las Vegas Grand Prix Formula 1 practice sessions with the fastest time, as a late red flag truncated the hour-long running. The Briton claimed a 1m33.