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Carlos Sainz took a well deserved victory at the Mexico Grand Prix winning the race from pole position ahead of Lando Norris who made vital ground in the drivers championship on leader Max Verstappen.
Verstappen started the race on the front row and overtook Sainz heading to the first corner but a crash for Yuki Tsunodo brought out the safety car. After the restart Sainz swept past Verstappen as Norris looked to gain ground on the Red Bull.
The two title rivals tussled for position with Verstappen being very aggressive and forcing Norris off the track to maintain his position behind Sainz. It was one of two serious errors that caused the Red Bull driver to be penalised by 20-seconds which effectively forced him out of the race.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc safely positioned himself behind Sainz but lost second place to Norris in the closing stages and had to settle for third.
Relive the updates from the Mexican Grand Prix with The Independent:
What is the 2024 F1 calendar?
ROUND 21 – BRAZIL (sprint race)
Interlagos Circuit, Sao Paulo – 1-3 November
Las Vegas Street Circuit – 21-23 November
ROUND 23 – QATAR (sprint race)
Lusail International Circuit, Lusail – 29 November – 1 December
Yas Marina Circuit – 6-8 December
Mike Jones28 October 2024 06:00
Johnny Herbert insists Red Bull should drop Sergio Perez immediately
Perez has a contract with Red Bull until the end of 2025 – with an option for 2026 – but has struggled as Max Verstappen’s teammate this year. He has not won a race since April 2023 and trails Verstappen in the championship by 204 points.
The 34-year-old finished seventh in the US Grand Prix on Sunday, while Verstappen finished on the podium. Perez’s future is shrouded in doubt ahead of his home race in Mexico City this weekend.
Mike Jones28 October 2024 05:00
Max Verstappen wants F1 driver voting rights
Max Verstappen has yet to make peace with Formula One’s governing body after being sanctioned for swearing in a press conference but he is clear on what he would like to see happen in an ideal world.
“Drivers need to get more power,” Red Bull’s triple world champion told Reuters in an interview ahead of the Mexico City Grand Prix.
“It’s a tough one, I know, but this is something that I think is very important for the future, for the young drivers not so much for us.”
Mike Jones28 October 2024 04:00
F1 and tragedy: Inside the devastating reality of one of the world’s most dangerous sports
Pinned on the barriers of every motor race in the UK, whether it be a national touring event or Formula One grand prix, is a caution to both the drivers in the cars and the fans in the grandstands.
Warning: Motorsport can be dangerous.
Since the turn of the century, advancements in driver safety have been monumental, particularly at the top tier of single-seater motorsport. Between 1995 and 2015, F1 experienced no fatalities, following 45 years where 32 drivers lost their lives.
Mike Jones28 October 2024 03:00
F1 2025 grid: Who are the drivers racing next season?
The 2025 F1 season starts on Sunday 16 March at Albert Park in Australia.
It will be another 24-race season and there will be no new races in the calendar. However, there are a host of new drivers at fresh teams.
British teenager Ollie Bearman has been promoted to a race seat at Haas, with Esteban Ocon partnering him having left Alpine. Jack Doohan has taken Ocon’s place while at Sauber, Nico Hulkenberg has taken one seat with the second yet to be confirmed.
Here is the 2025 driver line-up as it stands:
Mike Jones28 October 2024 02:00
Constructors’ Championship after Mexico GP
3. Red Bull Racing -512 points
5. Aston Martin – 86 points
Mike Jones28 October 2024 01:00
Driver Standings after Mexico GP
1. Max Verstappen – 362 points
2. Lando Norris – 315 points
3. Charles Leclerc – 291 points
4. Oscar Piastri – 251 points
5. Carlos Sainz – 240 points
7. George Russell – 177 points
8. Sergio Perez – 150 points
9. Fernando Alonso – 62 points
10. Nico Hulkenberg – 31 points
11. Lance Stroll – 24 points
12. Yuki Tsunoda – 22 points
13. Kevin Magnussen – 14 points
14. Alex Albon – 12 points
15. Daniel Ricciardo – 12 points
16. Pierre Gasly – 9 points
17. Ollie Bearman – 7 points
18. Esteban Ocon – 5 points
19. Franco Colapinto – 5 points
20. Liam Lawson – 2 points
21. Zhou Guanyu – 0 points
22. Logan Sargeant – 0 points
23. Valtteri Bottas – 0 points
Mike Jones28 October 2024 00:00
Reaction from Verstappen
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen finished in P6 after receiving a 20 second penalty, he told Sky Sports: “The problem is when you’re slower you are being put in those kind of positions, I’m not going to give up easily.
“At the end of the day it’s not about agreeing or disagreeing about penalties the only thing is 20 seconds is quite a lot but the biggest problem of today and something that I worry about is the race pace which was really not good and something that we need to analyse.
“Even without those penalties we had no chance at all to fight up front. I’m not worried this was just a really bad day for us but I also know we can do much better than this so we just keep going at it.”
Mike Jones27 October 2024 23:52
