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 Mercedes secured the top two positions. George Russell claimed victory in the street race,

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.

Max Verstappen, only the sixth driver in F1 history to win at least four titles, sounded unusually emotional on the radio.