Earlier this year, Mercedes went 1-2 with drivers George Russell and Lewis Hamilton; it was stripped when Russell's car was found underweight. Four months later, the team finds redemption on the cold streets of Las Vegas.

George Russell put his Mercedes on pole position for the Las Vegas Grand Prix as team-mate Lewis Hamilton faltered to qualify only 10th. As Russell saw off Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz by just 0.098 seconds to land top spot in Sin City,