Max recently was confirmed as the 2024 drivers' champion, although there is more to this season before the closure.

The crowning left in the shadow some notable events of the race such as sparks lightning at Ferrari, a long-awaited Perez performance that somewhat matches with what a top team would expect of their drivers and the confirmation we all needed to assure the move of Alpine to a client team of Mercedes following Pierre's unexpected DNF. Nonetheless, it is important to note how recently revealed telemetry data of the race unveils the short gear ratio of the Alpine combined with the dirty air from Tsunoda made the car go over the limit and blow as shown on TV with the sidepods melted down due to excessive heat.

It is widely known Renault are not in their best fit, performance and reliability proves it. While they managed to achieve an out-of-the-blue a double podium at Brazil, it all seemed to be a mirage as the car returned to its usual grid spots.

What is more, reliability has not been common in this new hybrid era since the 2022 regulations change. It is true some teams struggled with performance and finishing races while keeping the car cool at the very first races, but it was soon deemed. Retirements due to engine issues are not as often today as they used to be in the past decade. Following Mercedes engines' latest success with McLaren and Mercedes-AMG itself, it may seem a reasonable option in the short term, little is known to what changes will 2026 bring although.

Moving on to a potential team to win the Constructors' Championship, sparks were seen on track and at the end of the race, when Leclerc condemned his teammates' behaviour and decisions on track.

As from what telemetry shows us, is that Sainz was lifting the foot in most of the laps around the street circuit at Nevada, around 80% of the time being.

Whether Sainz's behaviour stemmed from tyre management or an attempt to match Max's pace, it remains hard to justify. It is not to our surprise either given his actual position: going to a backmarker team after failing to sign for a similar level team, and leaving the Scuderia in a couple weeks, he might not be bothered by team orders and will do what is on his hand to get the best results whatsoever.

A rather mean and self-seeking attitude from a driver whose team is aiming to become champions for the first time since 2007 and being just twenty-four points off the leader.

Discussing whatever position Leclerc could have achieved in the race now is mere storytelling, but in order to avoid further rows as recently seen, this will surely be talked closed doors seriously.

More of the best of this season is yet to come with the present fight of Ferrari and McLaren for an obtainable gold in constructors given Red Bull's poor pair performance on one side.

About McLaren, it is for sure no coincidence that the sudden drop in performance is directly related to the backslash of the FIA on the too-flexible wings of the papaya car. It is claimed to have given up to 6 tenths of a second of gain in performance and Ferrari is now pushing to become the fastest car on the grid, the car that was most aerodynamically efficient at Vegas.

Colapinto is still on trial as he does not have a secured seat in Formula One yet, even though he has performed excellent compared to the previous Williams drivers and has meant a real challenge to Alex Albon and his comfortable leader position at the team given the poor overall team performance.

However, recent crashes may lead to a big loss of capital to spend in the upcoming seasons and opens up the debate of whether he's ready and needs some trial and error testing, in the same way as Toto Wolff defends past first and only free practice run of Kimi Andrea Antonelli at home soil.

Aston Martin appointed that results will not reflect the new facilities and contracts signed until the end of the next season, stating "it's not about how we start, but how we end the year". We will have to trust on El Plan for another year after failing to score in many races and chief Lawrence Stroll putting more pressure on the team to obtain the desired results.

After the season ends, we will be hugely missing F1 as we may head onto a four-way battle for the title the next year having this year up to five different multiple-GP winners. Signs of competitiveness are coming back to the sport and Red Bull dominance may be over. Yet it will remain unknown until then.