{"id":18435,"date":"2025-11-22T09:55:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T04:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=662105"},"modified":"2025-11-22T09:55:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T04:25:57","slug":"f1-las-vegas-gp-lewis-hamilton-knocked-out-in-q1-will-start-last-in-p20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/formula-1\/f1-las-vegas-gp-lewis-hamilton-knocked-out-in-q1-will-start-last-in-p20\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 Las Vegas GP: Lewis Hamilton knocked out in Q1, will start last in P20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"125\" data-end=\"450\">In a dramatic and rain-soaked qualifying session, <strong data-start=\"175\" data-end=\"215\">Lewis Hamilton was knocked out in Q1<\/strong> and is set to start <strong data-start=\"236\" data-end=\"262\">last on the grid (P20)<\/strong> for the Las Vegas Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver aborted his final flying lap after struggling for grip in treacherous conditions, leaving him stranded at the bottom of the timing charts.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"452\" data-end=\"732\">Hamilton had earlier been hovering around the drop zone with a <strong data-start=\"515\" data-end=\"527\">1:57.578<\/strong>, unable to improve as heavy standing water and puddles made the circuit unpredictable. While Max Verstappen went fastest with a <strong data-start=\"656\" data-end=\"668\">1:55.064<\/strong>, Hamilton failed to find the pace needed to escape elimination.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"734\" data-end=\"860\"><strong data-start=\"734\" data-end=\"754\">Q1 Eliminations:<\/strong><br data-start=\"754\" data-end=\"757\" \/>16. Alex Albon<br data-start=\"771\" data-end=\"774\" \/>17. Kimi Antonelli<br data-start=\"792\" data-end=\"795\" \/>18. Gabriel Bortoleto<br data-start=\"816\" data-end=\"819\" \/>19. Yuki Tsunoda<br data-start=\"835\" data-end=\"838\" \/>20. <strong data-start=\"842\" data-end=\"860\">Lewis Hamilton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"862\" data-end=\"1011\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">A massive setback for Hamilton, who now faces the daunting task of fighting through the field from <strong data-start=\"961\" data-end=\"968\">P20<\/strong> in Saturday\u2019s race under the Vegas lights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a dramatic and rain-soaked qualifying session, Lewis Hamilton was knocked out in Q1 and is set to start last\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":39170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-formula-1"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}