Norris on pole in Las Vegas with Piastri 5th
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Oscar Piastri put a brave face on his fading Formula One hopes on Saturday, recognising it would take something significant to deny McLaren teammate Lando Norris the title.
Norris goes off track and Verstappen takes first place and it goes from bad to worse. He then loses further ground and cedes position to George Russell and drops to third! The grandstands are absolutely packed out, the excitement is really building. Ferrari certainly looked in decent shape in practice when conditions were dry and favourable.
As bad as Oscar Piastri’s day was at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, it was still better than one member of his inner circle.
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