There are just three rounds left in the 2025 F1 world championship and McLaren’s Lando Norris is now the clear title favourite after winning both the sprint race and the grand prix in Sao Paulo two weeks ago.The British driver leads his Australian team-mate Oscar Piastri by a handy 24 points after his double success in Brazil, where he was also fastest in both qualifying sessions.That made it back-to-back wins for the Brit after his victory in Mexico City and the 26-year-old is now the 1/8 favourite to land his first world title this year.The drivers now head to the showpiece event in Las Vegas, where the race will take place in primetime for a US TV audience which means an early alarm call for F1 fans in the UK for the 4am start on Sunday morning.World champion Max Verstappen kept his hopes of a fifth championship alive with a great drive through the field to finish third at Interlagos but will be eliminated if he loses nine further points to Norris this weekend.George Russell won the second running of the Las Vegas race for Mercedes last season and he looks a candidate to deny the 25-point first-place haul to all three title contenders.talkSPORT BET welcome offer – Get £20 in free betsLas Vegas Grand Prix tipsGeorge Russell to win @ 7/2Kimi Antonelli to finish third @ 5/1Oliver Bearman points finish @ 11/10Russell can be the king of Las Vegas againPlenty of smart money has already gone down for George Russell to be the king of Las Vegas for the second season in succession and the Mercedes driver is worth backing to cash in at the iconic gambling city once again.The Silver Arrows can struggle when the temperature rises, but the night race under the lights in Nevada brought out the team’s best performance of the year in 2024 as Russell led home then team-mate Lewis Hamilton, who had started 10th, in a one-two finish.Russell’s two wins this season have both come on street circuits, in Montreal and Marina Bay in Singapore, while he has also claimed podium finishes on the city courses in Melbourne (third) and Baku (second).With both Mercedes finishing in the top four in both races in Brazil, another strong run looks likely this weekend and Russell could have the cards (and the car) to trump all three title contenders.Antonelli hunting another podium finishNorris’ sixth place is the best result McLaren have managed in two attempts in Las Vegas and, while the in-form championship leader should do better than that this time, the top three could face stiff opposition from both Mercedes drivers as well as Ferrari, who took third and fourth here last season.Kimi Antonelli’s rookie season has had some ups and downs but the 19-year-old is finishing his first campaign strongly and was an excellent second to Norris in both races in Sao Paulo.That was only his second podium finish but the third may not be long in coming and it’s noteworthy that he was first able to join in the post-race champagne spraying when he was third to Russell in the Canadian Grand Prix.That street-circuit success could be repeated in Las Vegas where Mercedes scored a double-podium finish last year. Antonelli is 2/1 for another podium but it may be worth trying for a bigger payout and taking him to finish third, as he did in Canada, at 5/1.Verstappen split the Mercedes duo on that occasion and that’s a plausible outcome again, with either of the McLarens also capable of getting between them.Bearman can extend run of points finishesYoung British star Ollie Bearman has caught the eye of plenty of F1 fans in recent weeks with a run of four consecutive points finishes and the Haas driver could stretch that to five straight top-10 placings in Las Vegas.Bearman followed ninth-place finishes in Singapore and the United States with a fantastic fourth in Mexico and proved that was no fluke when finishing sixth in Brazil.His team should know how to set up the car for the unusual conditions after Nico Hulkenberg took eighth place in Vegas for them last year and Bearman, who has climbed to 11th in the standings, can put on another good show in the entertainment capital of the world.Las Vegas Grand Prix tipsGeorge Russell to win @ 7/2Kimi Antonelli to finish third @ Oliver Bearman points finish @ talkSPORT BET welcome offer – Get £20 in free bets*18+ New customers only. 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