Two weeks ago, Toto Wolff made some comments regarding Lewis Hamilton’s departure to Ferrari<\/a> come 2025.<\/p>\n \u201c[But] I like the situation. It helps us because it avoids the moment where we need to tell the sport\u2019s most iconic driver that we want to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a reason why we only signed a one-plus-one-year contract.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re in a sport where cognitive sharpness is extremely important, and I believe everyone has a shelf life. So I need to look at the next generation. It\u2019s the same in football. Managers like Sir Alex Ferguson or Pep Guardiola. They anticipated it in the performance of their top stars and brought in junior players that drove the team for the next years.\u201d \u2013 Toto Wolff speaking to Matt Whyman via\u00a0Motorsprot Magazine<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n His comments were taken quite harshly by fans. However, Wolff later clarified that he had no ill intentions, and rather still had full belief in Hamilton.<\/p>\n Hamilton meanwhile gave his response out on the track, with the Las Vegas Grand Prix acting as a stage for him to make a loud statement.<\/p>\n Lewis Hamilton has had a fantastic weekend at the Las Vegas Grand Prix<\/a>. He was the fastest man on Thursday. He topped both Free Practice 1 and 2 sessions and was gunning for the top of the timesheets on Friday.<\/p>\n The Mercedes driver set the sixth fastest time in FP3 and would go on to show rapid pace again in qualifying in the hours later. For Q1, he was second fastest, just three-hundredths of a second behind teammate George Russell. In Q2, Hamilton was the fastest, with a 1.32.567 a tenth over Ferrari<\/a>‘s Carlos Sainz.<\/p>\n With the pace he had shown all weekend, it was expected that Lewis Hamilton would be a strong contender for pole. However, when Q3 came, he paid the price of having cold tyres. He set a time only fast enough for P10 – which was deleted for track limits. To put it into context, his Q2 time would be enough to get him into the top three.<\/p>\n To make up for the woes from qualifying, Hamilton<\/a> had quite the task ahead of him. However, his team delivered a car worthy of a champion. It was up to the 105-time race winner to deliver.<\/p>\n The cold weather and multitudes of long straights favoured the W15. Both drivers made the most of this, and were the fastest men on the grid during the 50-lap shootout.<\/p>\n Russell, who started on pole maintained the lead of the race after a strong start off the line. The young Brit went on to cross the line first, driving a race of his own.<\/p>\n With Russell’s victory, 2024 is the first season in Formula 1 history in which four constructors have won at least four Grands Prix each.<\/p>\n His teammate on the other hand had the challenge of having to make his way up the grid and through traffic to get points worthy of the package Mercedes brought to Las Vegas.<\/p>\nThe fastest out there<\/h4>\n
A climbing race and a 1-2 finish<\/h4>\n