Verstappen could be crowned World Champion for the fourth time, Stroll is set to become the Canadian with the most F1 starts and Bottas equals Rosberg on the consecutive start list. Here are the milestones and the records which could be broken at the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix!
THE 2024 LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX MILESTONES
The 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix will be the 1,123rd World Championship event in Formula 1 history.
After last year’s inaugural event, this will be the second running of the Las Vegas Grand Prix. Overall, it will be the fourth time F1 has staged a race in Las Vegas, including the two Caesars Palace Grands Prix held in the early 1980s.
2024 becomes only the third season, after 1982 and 2023, in which Formula 1 has raced in the United States on three occasions in a single year.
The 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix will be the third round of the season to not take place on a Sunday. In total, it will be the 77th round in World Championship history to not take place on a Sunday.
The 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix marks the 79th time that Formula 1 has raced in the United States.
Fernando Alonso celebrated his 400th Formula 1 weekend two races ago at the 2024 Mexico City Grand Prix – but the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix marks the Spaniard’s 400th Grand Prix start.
Lance Stroll is set to make his 164th start at the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix. That will see him overtake Jacques Villeneuve as the Canadian driver to have made the most Grand Prix starts in Formula 1.
This weekend, Nico Hulkenberg will make his 44th appearance with Haas. That sees him overtake Mick Schumacher as the driver to have made the third most starts with the team.
Max Verstappen is set to make his 207th consecutive Grand Prix start at the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix. That will see him move ahead of Nico Rosberg to third on the list of most consecutive races started in Formula 1. Meanwhile, Valtteri Bottas will make his 206th consecutive start, equalling Rosberg for what will become fourth on the list.
The 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix is the second Formula 1 race to take place on November 23. The only other race which has taken place on this date is the double points 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
WILL VERSTAPPEN WIN THE TITLE?
Max Verstappen could win the Formula 1 World Championship for the fourth consecutive season at the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix. Learn more: Title Permutations – How Can Verstappen Win the Title in Vegas?
Verstappen would become the sixth driver to have won four titles and the fifth to win four titles successively. He would be the second driver, after Sebastian Vettel, to win all of his first four titles in consecutive seasons.
Verstappen would become the third driver to win the title in Las Vegas and this would be the first time that the title has been won in the United States since Lewis Hamilton claimed his sixth title at the 2019 United States Grand Prix.
Las Vegas Strip Circuit would become the 32nd different venue at which a Drivers’ Championship has been won.
A title win for Verstappen at the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix – if the race finishes before midnight – would make this the eighth time that the title has been officially secured on a Saturday.
Verstappen would become the sport’s second youngest four-time World Champion, missing out on breaking Sebastian Vettel’s record by exactly ten months.
THE FORMULA 1 RECORDS WHICH COULD BE BROKEN
Las Vegas Strip Circuit is one of three circuits on this year’s F1 calendar – along with Miami International Autodrome and Zandvoort – at which Lewis Hamilton has never previously won. A victory for Hamilton at the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix would see Hamilton extend the record for most circuits at which a driver has won to 32.
The Las Vegas Grand Prix is one of three on this year’s calendar – along with the Miami and Dutch Grands Prix – at which Lewis Hamilton has never previously taken pole position. A pole at the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix would see Hamilton extend the record for most circuits at which a driver has taken pole to 33.
Along with the Miami Grand Prix, the Las Vegas Grand Prix is one of only two current races at which Lewis Hamilton has never finished on the podium. A top three result at the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix would see him extend the record for most circuits at which a driver has finished in the top three to 36.
Max Verstappen is yet to take pole position at the Las Vegas Grand Prix. A pole this weekend would make Las Vegas Strip Circuit the 23rd venue at which Verstappen has taken pole. It would make him only the third driver – after Lewis Hamilton (32) and Sebastian Vettel (23) – to have taken pole at as many as 23 different circuits.
Las Vegas Strip Circuit is the fourth of four venues on the 2024 calendar at which Fernando Alonso has never previously taken a podium finish. A top three result for Alonso in the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix would make Las Vegas Strip Circuit the 31st different circuit at which he has finished on the podium in Formula 1. That would see him surpass Kimi Raikkonen and equal Max Verstappen for second on the list of most circuits at which a driver has taken a podium finish.
Victory for Max Verstappen at the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix would be his seventh victory in total in the United States. It would make the United States the first country in which he has taken seven victories and he would become only the third driver, after Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton to have won as many as seven races in a single country. It would also see him overtake Hamilton as the driver who has won the most races in the United States.
A top three finish for Max Verstappen would make this the 400th Grand Prix in which the driver of car number 1 has finished on the podium.
If any British driver leads the race from start to finish, this will become the 100th Grand Prix led from start to end by a British driver.
A 1-2 finish for McLaren would mark the 50th 1-2 result in the team’s history. They would be only the third team – after Ferrari and Mercedes – to record 50 1-2 finishes.
If Max Verstappen leads every lap of the race, he will overtake Jim Clark for fourth in the list of most races led from start to end. It would be the 14th time he has done so in his career.
A 1-2 finish for Mercedes would make them the second team, after Ferrari, to record 60 1-2 finishes in Formula 1. Ferrari reached the milestone at the 2002 United States Grand Prix.
If Nico Hulkenberg scores more than 13 points this weekend, Germany will become the second nation – after Britain – to have scored 8,000 points in Formula 1.
A Q1 exit this weekend for Lance Stroll would see him overtake Marcus Ericsson as the driver who has recorded the second most Q1 exits in Formula 1. It would be his 71st Q1 elimination.
A points finish for Lando Norris in the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix will mark his 100th points-scoring Formula 1 weekend. He would become the 21st driver to have scored in as many as 100 Grands Prix.
If either Red Bull driver sets the fastest lap, Red Bull will become the fifth team to have recorded the fastest lap at as many as 100 Grands Prix.
BACK TO THE TOP FOR FERRARI?
A victory for a Ferrari-powered car would make this the 250th Grand Prix to be won by Ferrari power. Of the 249 wins for Ferrari power, only one has not been for a Ferrari car. The single exception is Sebastian Vettel’s victory for Toro Rosso at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix.
If Charles Leclerc wins one more race in the 2024 season, 2024 will become the season in which he has won the most Grands Prix. Leclerc matched his record for most wins in a year at the 2024 United States Grand Prix, taking his third victory of the season. He also won three races in 2022.
If either Ferrari driver wins another race in 2024, it would be the first time since 2018 that Ferrari have won as many as six races in a single season.
Ferrari could overtake McLaren at the top of the Constructors’ Championship. If they do so, it would be the first time since the 2022 Miami Grand Prix that the Scuderia have been top of the standings.
THE LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX RECORDS TO BREAK
As this is the second race at Las Vegas Strip Circuit, all of the circuit’s records could be extended or equalled at the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix!
LONGEVITY RECORDS FOR ALONSO?
A win for Fernando Alonso at any Grand Prix in 2024 would make him the oldest driver to win a Grand Prix since Jack Brabham at the 1970 South African Grand Prix.
A podium finish for Fernando Alonso would see him overtake Alain Prost as the driver to have taken the fourth-most podiums in Formula 1 history.
A podium finish for Fernando Alonso would make him the third driver – after Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton – to record podium finishes in 15 different Formula 1 seasons.
If Fernando Alonso leads a lap of any race in 2024, he would become the first driver to have led Formula 1 races over a period longer than 20 years. Alonso first led a Grand Prix in Malaysia in 2003. He most recently led at the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, just a week short of the 20th anniversary of him leading a lap for the first time in Formula 1.
Pole position at any race for Fernando Alonso in 2024 would make him the oldest polesitter since Jack Brabham at the 1970 Spanish Grand Prix.