Key attribute pinpointed which will win the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix

That’s the prediction from Sky Sports’ F1 experts after watching an intriguing qua🎃lifying on the brand-new track.
Charles Leclerc wi🐎ll start on pole - ahead of Max Verstappen and George Russell - while Lewis Ha🍸milton and Sergio Perez were among the victims of the troublesome new circuit.
Tyres and temperature have been a recurring theme, and dealing with 🎃those issues will be critical for whoever succeeds in the gr🍎and prix.
“Probably going to come down to patie﷽nce, it sounds like,” Danica Patrick saওid.
“All the drivers are talking about graining on the tyres - w﷽hen 🔴you lose it, it’s gone.
“So, it’s whoever has the most disciplin𒉰e to just be patient and not over-drive, which is an easy thing to do especia💛lly when you start the race and having pressure behind you.
“Whoever has the best straight-line speed wilဣl have the most comfort.&n🌺bsp;
“They will be abl♚e to get their exit themselves and stay ahead. Patience is probably what’s going to save them.”
Jenson Button said: “To stop front-rig🎀ht graining, you push that tyre less.
“You go through a stage, then it’s🐼 fine to push it harder.
“But while everyone’s doing that, there’s going to be one or 🎐two who thinks ‘I can make up a few places!’
“Fernando Alonso comes to mind, and a few oth🌟ers!
“It’s going to be a real mixed bag.
“George Russell hasn’t run the hard tyre yet, and they think they might run it in💟 the race.
“Theꦰy have to think of their feet. Strategists are going to be working flat-out!”
Button accepted that the tricky track conditions have made life aꦍ nightmare for F1 teams this weekend so far.
“It’s really difficult,” he🌄 said after watching ౠMercedes and Red Bull, among other, suffer during qualifying.
“Some drivers can, some cars can, it’s all up in the air. I love it! We all🥃 love this, apart from the teams and drivers.
“Interestingly, when I watch Leclerc’s lap, it does sound like he’s ov🎀erlapping at the end of the braking.&nbsﷺp;
“He’s at top speed, it sounds like he’s braking on throttle a little bit, which raises the temperature of 𓂃the tyres and the brakes before he hits them really hard.
“It will be interestꩲing to hear. It🎃 might just be the sound…”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sp♓orts for a decade covering everything fr🤪om American sports, to football, to F1.