Tension at Ferrari's home at the end of the Las Vegas GP, which was won by Russell in Mercedes ahead of teammate Hamilton and which sanctioned Verstappen and Red Bull's world success for the fourth consecutive time, with Charles Leclerc openly expressing his frustration via team radio at being overtaken by Carlos Sainz after the first pit stop, despite the team's instructions to maintain positions. Leclerc, visibly upset, commented to his engineer, "Being nice always rubs me the wrong way. It always happens like that. I know I have to keep quiet, but it's always the same thing". After the race, the Monegasque added, "I'm not happy, things went differently than what was decided before the race. For the team it doesn't change, but I'm sorry for my run-up in the drivers' world championship. Now I will focus on myself to try to catch up with Norris". For his part, Sainz downplayed the incident, explaining, "It was a complicated situation. I wanted to pass Charles, but avoid the traffic and the pressure from Hamilton. We also had problems at the pit stop. With Charles we are always close on the track and we fight each other. Now we think about pushing to beat McLaren". Despite the internal controversy, Sainz ended the GP with a podium finish, saying he was satisfied with the result in a race that did not allow Ferrari to express its full potential.