F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix live updates: George Russell starts from ...

If Max Verstappen takes the checkered flag ahead of Lando Norris in Las Vegas, he'll have won his fourth F1 championship in as many years. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Formula 1 has taken over Las Vegas for the second straight year as the 22nd round of its world championship will be staged on and around the iconic strip.

Triple world champion Max Verstappen can clinch his fourth straight world drivers' championship by simply finishing in front of McLaren's Lando Norris, who trails the Red Bull ace by 62 points with three race weekends remaining. The two line up alongside each other in Row 3 of the starting grid with Verstappen qualifying fifth and Norris sixth. Mercedes' George Russell will start from the pole position, followed by Ferrari's Carlos Sainz, Alpine's Pierre Gasly and Sainz's teammate Charles Leclerc. Verstappen won last year's event, the first on the Las Vegas strip circuit and first in the city in more than 41 years.

Las Vegas strip circuit (17-turn, 3.85-mile street track)12:55 a.m. ET (ESPN)

George Russell, Mercedes

Carlos Sainz, Ferrari

Pierre Gasly, Alpine-Renault

Charles Leclerc, Ferrari

Max Verstappen, Red Bull-RBPT

Lando Norris, McLaren-Mercedes

Yuki Tsunoda, RB-RBPT

Oscar Piastri, McLaren-Mercedes

Nico Hülkenberg, Haas-Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Esteban Ocon, Alpine-Renault

Kevin Magnussen, Haas-Ferrari

Zhou Guanyu, Kick Sauber-Ferrari

Liam Lawson, RB-RBPT

Sergio Perez, Red Bull-RBPT

Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin-Mercedes

Alex Albon, Williams-Mercedes

Lance Stroll, Aston Martin-Mercedes

Valtteri Bottas, Kick Sauber-Ferrari

Franco Colapinto, Williams-Mercedes

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