Key attribute pinpointed which will win the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix

That’s the prediction from Sky Sports’ F1 experts after watching an intriguing qual💟ifying on the brand-new track.
C🎶harles Leclerc will start on pole - ahead of Max Verstappen and George Russell - while Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Perez were among the victims of the troublesome new circuit.
Tyres and temperature have been a recurring theme, and dealing with tho👍se issues will be critical for whoever succeeds in the grand prix.
“⭕Probably going to come down𒁏 to patience, it sounds like,” Danica Patrick said.
“All the drivers are talking about graining on the tyres - when you lose it, it’s 🐭gone.
“So, it’s whoever has the most discipline to just be patient and not over-drive, which is🎐 an easy thing to do especially when you start the race and having pressure behind you.
“Whoever has the best straight-line s🥃peed will have the most comfort.
“They will be able to get their exitꦯ themselves and stay ahead. Patience is probab෴ly what’s going to save them.”
Jenson🐻 Button sa𝔍id: “To stop front-right graining, you push that tyre less.
“You go t💦hrough a stage, ✃then it’s fine to push it harder.
“But while everyone’s doing that, there’s going to be onꦅe or two who 🔯thinks ‘I can make up a few places!’
“Fernando A�♏�lonso comes to mind, and a few others!
“It’s going to be a real mixed bag.
“George Russell hasn’t run the hard tyre yet, and they think they might run it 🐽in the race.
𝔉“They have to think of their feet. St▨rategists are going to be working flat-out!”
Button accepted that the tricky track conditions have made life a nightmare for F1ꦍ teams this weekend so far.
“It’s really difficult,” he said after watching Mercedes anꦑd Red Bull, am⛄ong other, suffer during qualifying.
“Some drivers can, som🏅e cars can, it’s all up in the air. I love it! We all love t༒his, apart from the teams and drivers.
“Interestingly, when I watch Leclerc’s lap, it does sound like he’s oveꦐrlapp🌠ing at the end of the braking.
“He’s at top speed, it sounds like he’s braking on throttle a little bit, which raises the temperature of the tyres and the brakes before༺ he hits them really hard.
“It will 😼be interesting to h🦩ear. It might just be the sound…”

James was a sports jour💦nalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, t🍎o football, to F1.