A high-speed tour of the Entertainment Capital of the World is in store for Formula 1 as the 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix comes this weekend.
This Nevada race represents the last of a four-race tour of the Americas and the start of a triple-header run that'll end the season in a little over two weeks.
Are you ready for the final street circuit of the year? We have five things to prepare you with for our latest Vegas visit.
Lia's F1 Academy Finale
Lia Block will return to action for the final time in F1 Academy and will be racing on home soil for the occasion as the series takes a maiden trip to Las Vegas.
F1 Academy rules dictate a driver cannot spend more than two years racing in the championship, meaning Lia cannot return for 2026, and she will have two final races in the series.
After taking podiums in the previous two rounds, including an emotional victory in Race 1 in Singapore, Lia heads to Las Vegas in impressive form.
Will she end her 2025 F1 Academy campaign with more silverware or points? Check out her races on Friday and Saturday to find out.
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The Las Vegas Look
Las Vegas has already garnered a reputation in the sport of being a special event for drivers and teams to soak in the atmosphere and join the fun.
It's no different this year, with some new-look liveries on the grid, and Atlassian Williams Racing is very much part of that with a stunning look for this weekend.
The Rovo livery celebrates Atlassian's ground-breaking AI teammate, Rovo, and will see Alex and Carlos in an all-black look that'll dazzle on The Strip.
We last raced in America with a special livery in Austin, where Carlos grabbed a P3 finish in Sprint. We'll be looking for similar fortunes again for the two new-look FW47s in this Vegas race, too.
Qualifying Quality
It's no secret that James Vowles, Atlassian Williams Racing's Team Principal, and the wider team are looking forward to our Las Vegas racing trip.
Optimism is high for our chances around the quick street circuit, and we have some recent history of speed at the Las Vegas Strip Circuit.
Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant stormed to an incredible third-row lockout back in 2023, taking the FW45 to a P5 and P6 start, respectively.
Interestingly, the duo enjoyed a free position gain on the grid after qualifying in P6 and P7 due to a driver further up receiving a 10-place drop for exceeding car components.
That driver was Carlos, who was just 0.044s from pole in P2 before that drop.
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Fan Zone Fun
The ever-popular Atlassian Williams Fan Zone, presented by Zoox, is back for the final time on its 2025 World Tour, with Las Vegas Boulevard hosting our latest takeover.
If you're in town, head to the New York-New York Hotel & Casino's Brooklyn Bridge to join the action, with so much to see and do at this incredible venue.
Carlos, James, Lia, and Jenson Button will all make Q&A appearances over the week, but there's plenty going on at any time, with esports simulators, Komatsu’s Haul Truck Simulator, merch, and a show car with the Rovo livery.
Plus, there is the Zoox backstage club featuring an autonomous car, as well as a pit stop challenge and a slushie bar to cool down from the desert heat.
So Close for Carlos
Williams' previous Carlos, Carlos Reutemann, was one single point from World Drivers' Championship glory by the end of Las Vegas' F1 debut in 1981.
The Caesars Palace Grand Prix was the season finale, bookending the championship in America after Long Beach's United States Grand Prix West.
Carlos was one of three drivers entering the race with a chance of the championship, alongside Nelson Piquet and Jacques Laffite.
Securing pole position in an all-Williams front row lockout, Carlos would have had high hopes entering the race, but a gearbox issue from early on ended that dream.
He slipped back through the order, eventually being lapped and crossing the line in P8 during a time when only the top six drivers received points.
Alan Jones won the race in his final appearance for Williams, but the two points from Nelson Piquet were enough to leapfrog the Brazilian ahead of Carlos in the standings to be one point in front.
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