Is Mercedes the favourite again?
Mercedes dominated the 2024 running of the Las Vegas GP, with George Russell leading pretty much the whole race from pole position while team-mate Lewis Hamilton recovered from 10th to give the team a one-two.
However, team boss Toto Wolff believes one cannot convincingly expect the W16 to replicate this form given how different it is to its predecessor. “I doubt it,” he went as far as saying.
Will McLaren get a first Vegas podium?
This might sound surprising, but McLaren has never finished a race on the podium at the modern Las Vegas track (John Watson did take second place at Caesars Palace in 1982).
The team had a rare down on its upward trajectory in 2023 with both cars out in Q1 and Oscar Piastri scoring a solitary point; last year, on it

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