Rain dominated much of the conversation leading up to the Las Vegas weekend and it eventually fell on Friday, leaving drivers scrambling for grip on a slippery Las Vegas Street Circuit during FP3 and qualifying.

With much of the grip that was laid down on Thursday likely washed away by Friday's rain, teams and drivers face an element of the unknown in the Las Vegas GP.

Dry and partly cloudy conditions are expected for the Grand Prix, which sees Lando Norris start on pole position ahead of Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz.

The Saturday temperature in Las Vegas is the hottest of the entire week, with the temperature should fall to around 18°C by lights out at 20:00 local time.

Light wind northwesterly wind is expected, with gusts of up to 20kph.

It had been a tricky start to the weekend, with drivers and teams negotiating dusty and slippery conditions in FP1, with many drivers going long into run-off areas or having near misses with the walls.

The FP2 session that followed was then stopped 20 minutes in when a red flag was brought out fix a loose manhole cover, which interrupted teams in the middle of their race pace simulations.

Having lost running time on Thursday and battled wet weather on Friday, teams and drivers face have been unable to prepare adequately for the dry conditions expected for the race. Max Verstappen revealed after qualifying he is unsure about Red Bull's race pace going into the Grand Prix.

Similarly, with the starting grid set during wet conditions, many drivers could find themselves out of position come race day.

A dry weather forecast usually promises a degree of predictability to a race. But, heading into the Las Vegas GP, it could bring a challenge to teams and drivers as they adapt to a slippery surface with limited experience of long running in the dry.

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