Verstappen wins inaugural F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix

by F1 correspondent Michael Butterworth

BEIJING, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Red Bull's Max Verstappen overtook teammate Sergio Perez, twice passed Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and survived both a time penalty and a collision with Mercedes' George Russell to win an entertaining Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Starting second on the grid, Verstappen passed Leclerc at Turn 1, but was slapped with a five-second time penalty afte