Crimson Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen put in one other stable effort on Sunday to take the win on the 2023 Method 1 Mexican Grand Prix.
It was the 2023 world champion’s sixteenth win of the season, which is a brand new F1 report (Verstappen additionally held the earlier report of 15, which he set final season). The brand new report is the second set by Verstappen this season; he additionally set the report for consecutive wins, racking up a formidable 10 wins earlier within the yr.
Second place within the race held at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez went to Mercedes-Benz AMG’s Lewis Hamilton, adopted by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc taking third.
Crimson Bull’s Sergio Perez crashed out on the primary lap, whereas McLaren’s Lando Norris drove brilliantly to complete fifth after beginning at seventeenth on the grid. One other standout efficiency got here from AlphaTauri’s Daniel Ricciardo who managed to complete seventh. It was solely his second race following a wrist harm that brought on him to overlook a number of races.
Sunday’s race began with Leclerc on pole and teammate Carlos Sainz becoming a member of him on the entrance of the grid. Verstappen was behind and made good use of the slipstream impact to drag forward of the Ferrari drivers and take the lead by the primary nook. Perez, beginning fifth, additionally made try to move the Ferrari drivers and within the chaos made contact with Leclerc and ran off the monitor. Injury to his automobile ended the race for Perez.
Lewis Hamilton on the 2023 Method 1 Mexican Grand Prix
Verstappen then began to construct a niche however on lap 19 his tires have been fading and he got here into the pits, returning in seventh place behind Mercedes’ George Russell. With contemporary tires, Verstappen was in a position to simply move these forward of him and by lap 31 was within the lead once more following Leclerc’s resolution to pit.
The race then regarded set till a few laps later Haas’ Kevin Magnussen suffered a suspension failure which noticed him veer off the monitor at Flip 8 and slam onerous into the boundaries. The security automobile was referred to as, at which level Verstappen got here into the pits.
The race was quickly red-flagged resulting from particles on the monitor and the broken boundaries. It lastly resumed 20 minutes later with a standing begin, with Verstappen pulling away instantly whereas Leclerc was slowed making an attempt to defend from Hamilton. Leclerc would finally lose second place to Hamilton on lap 40 and would fail to recuperate the misplaced spot by the top of the race.
Following the weekend’s motion, Verstappen’s unbeatable tally within the 2023 Drivers’ Championship grew to 491 factors. Perez stays in second with 240 factors and Hamilton is third with 220 factors. Within the Constructors’ Championship, Crimson Bull, which has already gained this yr’s title, sits on 731 factors. Mercedes is second with 371 factors and Ferrari is third with 349 factors.
The subsequent race on the calendar is the Brazilian Grand Prix on this weekend.
2023 Method 1 Mexican Grand Prix
Under are the complete outcomes from the 2023 Method 1 Mexican Grand Prix:
1) Max Verstappen, Crimson Bull Racing2) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-Benz AMG +13.875 seconds3) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari +23.124 seconds4) Carlos Sainz, Ferrari +27.154 seconds5) Lando Norris, McLaren +33.266 seconds6) George Russell, Mercedes-Benz AMG +41.020 seconds7) Daniel Ricciardo, AlphaTauri +41.570 seconds8) Oscar Piastri, McLaren +43.104 seconds9) Alexander Albon, Williams +48.573 seconds10) Esteban Ocon, Alpine +62.879 seconds11) Pierre Gasly, Alpine +66.208 seconds12) Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri +78.982 seconds13) Nico Hulkenberg, Haas +80.309 seconds14) Zhou Guanyu, Alfa Romeo +81.676 seconds15) Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo +85.597 seconds16) Logan Sargeant, Williams – DNF17) Lance Stroll, Aston Martin – DNFNC) Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin – DNFNC) Kevin Magnussen, Haas – DNFNC) Sergio Perez, Crimson Bull Racing – DNF
