F1 knew it couldn’t lean on quite the same intrigue for its second visit to Las Vegas. It also couldn’t realistically expect to repeat the money-spinning success of year one, which generated $1.5 billion dollars for the local economy and $77 million in tax revenue, outstripping all expectations.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen lit up the Las Vegas night after securing his fourth Formula One title in a row on Saturday in a race won by George Russell in a Mercedes one-two with Lewis Hamilton. Verstappen finished where he started in fifth but that was all the Dutch driver needed to put the championship,

Celebrities and Elvises descended on the paddock. Fireworks exploded after the race. And Formula One crowned its latest world champion, Max Verstappen. The Dutchman didn’t have the fastest car, nor has he for 70 percent of the season, he said. But he still managed to cement his name among the greats of the sport after finishing fifth.

The Las Vegas Grand Prix was held for the first time last year, though there have been prior F1 races in Sin City. The current format uses the Las Vegas streets to form the Las Vegas Strip Circuit, which was designed by Tilke, the design company of racetrack designer Hermann Tilke and his son, Carsten.

While experts predict this year’s race will pull in slightly less than the $500 million or so in revenue for Formula 1 and the $1.5 billion in Las Vegas economic impact achieved in last year’s race, the contest and its weeklong festivities will still be a boon for all those involved.

For a second year, Formula 1 came to Las Vegas, but there was much less drama then the racing series had in 2023, which is great news for F1. Mercedes star George Russell emerged victorious as the winner of the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix,

Here is a breakdown of the 20 Formula One drivers entered into this weekend’s Las Vegas Grand Prix. The race is at 10 p.m. Saturday.

Four days of racing mayhem and adventures gave me a crash course into the world of Formula 1, and I would do it all again in a heartbeat