Las Vegas

United States • November 19, 2023 • Race

Worth Watching Score

8.9

Las Vegas served up plenty of motion—126 overtakes, two Safety Cars, and chilly temps that made tire warm-up tricky—yet it still ended with the familiar sight of Max Verstappen winning after overcoming an early penalty. The cautions repeatedly reset the pack and produced real wheel-to-wheel action, capped by Charles Leclerc’s last-lap pass on Sergio Perez for P2. There were three DNFs and a few messy moments, but a lot of the passing was DRS-driven rather than strategic chess. Worth a look for the spectacle and late-race fights, though the predictable outcome keeps it at a middling 4.9/10.

Score Breakdown

Dimension Dim	Value Val	Score Scr	Weight Wt	+Score +	vs Avg Avg
Top3 Gap Time gap in seconds between the race winner and the second-place finisher at the checkered flag.	2.1	9.07	0.20	+1.81	+47%
Race Interruptions Combined total of safety car deployments, virtual safety car periods, and red flag stoppages that interrupted the race.	3.0	7.5	0.20	+1.5	+150%
Tyre Strategy Variety Number of distinct tyre compound sequences used by the top 6 finishers, where different pit stop orders count as unique strategies.	3.0	7.5	0.20	+1.5	+15%
Overtakes Top10 Number of on-track position changes between drivers who finished in the top ten classified positions.	31.0	5.85	0.25	+1.46	+62%
Grid Chaos Weighted score measuring dramatic position changes from qualifying grid to race finish, with higher scores for top-five starters who drop back or backmarkers who finish on the podium.	116.0	10.0	0.10	+1.0	+156%
Overtakes Total Total number of on-track position changes recorded throughout the entire race across all positions.	65.0	5.65	0.15	+0.85	+42%
Team Variety Number of different constructor teams represented among the top five finishing positions.	4.0	10.0	0.05	+0.5	+14%
Dnf Factor Combined count of drivers who did not finish (DNF), did not start (DNS), or were disqualified (DSQ) from the race.	3.0	6.0	0.03	+0.18	+39%
Unique Tyre Compounds Number of different tyre compound types (dry, intermediate, wet) used by five or more drivers during the race.	1.0	5.0	0.02	+0.1	-9%
Rain Factor Weather conditions during the race, indicating whether it remained dry or featured rain and mixed wet-dry periods.	N	0.0	0.20	+0.0	-100%

Pos	Driver	Tyre Strategy	Status
1	Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing	M→H→H	Finished
2	Charles LECLERC Ferrari	M→H	Finished
3	Sergio PEREZ Red Bull Racing	M→H→H	Finished
4	Esteban OCON Alpine	M→H	Finished
5	Lance STROLL Aston Martin	S→H→H	Finished
6	Carlos SAINZ Ferrari	M→H→H	Finished
7	Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes	H→M→H	Finished
8	George RUSSELL Mercedes	M→H→H	Finished
9	Fernando ALONSO Aston Martin	M→H→H	Finished
10	Oscar PIASTRI McLaren	H→H→M	Finished
11	Pierre GASLY Alpine	M→H	Finished
12	Alexander ALBON Williams	M→H	Finished
13	Kevin MAGNUSSEN Haas F1 Team	M→H→H	Finished
14	Daniel RICCIARDO AlphaTauri	M→H	Finished
15	ZHOU Guanyu Alfa Romeo	H→M	Finished
16	Logan SARGEANT Williams	M→H	Finished
17	Valtteri BOTTAS Alfa Romeo	M→H→M	Finished
18	Yuki TSUNODA AlphaTauri	S→M→H	DNF
19	Nico HULKENBERG Haas F1 Team	M→H→H	DNF
20	Lando NORRIS McLaren	M	DNF