F1 Results Today: McLaren take huge Lando Norris risk as door thrown wide open at Las Vegas GP

McLaren's Piastri and Norris with concerned expressions in front of an edited US-flag backdrop — Photo: © IMAGO

Las Vegas Grand Prix

F1 Results Today: McLaren take huge Norris risk as door thrown wide open at Las Vegas GP

All the times from FP3 at the Las Vegas Grand Prix

Chris Deeley

Saturday 22 November 2025 02:39 Updated: 11:35

For a third practice session in a row, teams had to be on their toes at the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Friday night.

The session began with a wet track after showers throughout the day, with drivers going out on intermediate tyres for the first half of the hour's running.

The cold track took some time to dry, and it was a surprise to see championship leader Lando Norris be the first man out on slick tyres – the McLaren star dealing with a car on the very edge of grip as he tiptoed around the Vegas streets, nearly losing control multiple times with his championship at stake this weekend.

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Other drivers eventually followed Norris onto the soft tyre as conditions improved, with times tumbling as a spate of qualifying simulation runs began.

There was one moment of high drama shortly after the dry tyres started to come out of their blankets, with Lewis Hamilton flying down the long straight to find a cluster of slow-moving cars at corner entry, the Ferrari star taking to the run-off area at the last second to avoid a spectacular crash by just inches.

It remains almost impossible to predict who'll end up where in qualifying, track evolution so extreme that starting a lap just a minute later than a rival could make a difference of multiple tenths of a second.

Norris and McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri didn't have those late runs to round out the weekend's practice, with their cars brought back to the garage in the final ten minutes, the Australian struggling with telemetry issues – leaving them 19th and 20th on the boards.

F1 FP3 Results: Las Vegas Grand Prix 2025

Position	Driver	Team	Gap
1	George Russell	Mercedes	1:34.054
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+0.227s
3	Alex Albon	Williams	+0.821s
4	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	+1.115s
5	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+1.215s
6	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	+1.331s
7	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	+1.385s
8	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+1.479s
9	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+1.486s
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+1.508s
11	Oliver Bearman	Haas	+1.532s
12	Carlos Sainz	Williams	+1.608s
13	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	+1.684s
14	Esteban Ocon	Haas	+1.763s
15	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+1.854s
16	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	+2.251s
17	Nico Hulkenberg	Kick Sauber	+2.596s
18	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull	+2.613s
19	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+2.969s
20	Lando Norris	McLaren	+3.058s