How Did We Get a 1-2? | 2024 Las Vegas GP F1 Akkodis Race Debrief

Talking through our 1-2 finish in the Nevada desert with James Allison, our Technical Director.

He answers your Las Vegas GP questions in our @Akkodis Race Debrief - from why our pace was so good, to how impressive Lewis' recovery drive was, and much more 👀

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[ibrahimkalmati]

Classic Mercedes
We know we were fast but don't ask us why we were fast because we don't know either

[ancient]

Good drive by RUS, but he did have the ultimate advantage - CLEAN AIR is KING!!!
Another MEGA drive from HAM. Not a fan of him, but can not deny the performance.
Ted @ SKY TV F1 was spot on with Merc performance - air temp/track surface/car balance did not fall off from FP1/2.

[paullavallee]

You guys looked fantastic in Vegas, hope the next 2 races turn out the same for you and carry on into next season, , great work !!

[MercedesAMGF]

What was your reaction as George and Lewis crossed the line to score the 1-2? 😁

[arvinkumar]

2 more races and 12 years of supporting this team comes to an end. Loved this journey ♥️

[TheGamerTim]

Cameron, James... Thank you ❤

An excellent explanation of graining there, I understood it but the tyre 'opening up' never made sense until now.
Cheers!

[whracing]

It was brilliant to see Lewis come through the pack, he’s still got that drive when given the car, for him to daubt his self sucks. You dnt get 7 Drivers Championships and fall off the wagon. Talent like that doesn’t fade. It’s the equipment that will hinder them.

[jessicaalfieri]

I love this kind of content after raceweekends. Thank you for your efforts, digital department and team ❣

[woltar]

It's great to see Engineer James happy after so much time of effort! Let's hope it continues like this for the remaining races and that Lewis continues with that impetus that true champions have.😀

[andrewedwards]

Lewis did really well too, strong race craft to get from 10th - 2nd 👍

[Rgd.x]

Uma grande equipe sempre tem uma carta na manga e parabéns...👍💯 2:30

[JaydonTobler]

It doesn’t exactly inspire a lot of confidence in 2025’s car if we don’t understand why we did well here with only 2 more races to go.

Maybe they’ve figured out why we haven’t been as good at most of the other tracks though.

[AlanM]

Remember months ago when James Allison talked about how they’d figured out where they’d been going wrong with the set up of the car? Still no clue😂 Used to get excited waiting on these race debriefs but now i don’t bother

[ladyluck]

Even Red Bull mechanics in Las Vegas congratulated Lewis on his brilliant recovery from 10th place to second place. Mercedes dismissive, lukewarm discussion on Lewis brilliant race at Las Vegas is what Mercedes really feels about Lewis. They never mentioned Lewis fastest pace in free practice one and two. Data they collected to put George on pole.

[remsrhythm]

I’m not no engineer or physicist but would wind/air density affect the way the floor behaves in terms of pressure or velocity of air flow. like the colder denser air works better with our floor due to some geometry on the floor or floor fences

[dominman]

Funny part lewis does P10 to P2 and no questions about tyre graining but talking about George keeping positions was important so he doesn't grain his tyres... Just feels like an interesting analysis

[lenriew]

The big question is can you guys repeat that effort how glorious that would be the last swan song for the 2024 season 💪🏽

[dgm]

I’m highly anticipating a strong year next year…..watch, just watch. And it will be a shame my man won’t be there🤷🏾‍♀️ choices

[Jonathan_Corwin]

Did James just admit to starting work on the 2026 car? I thought they couldn't start designing that before 2025?

[elizabethysmysm]

Good briefing, gained knowledge and can’t wait to see you guys on the circuit in Qatar 🇶🇦🏎4️⃣4️⃣💜💛6️⃣3️⃣💙