The three-time world champion Max Verstappen, with Red Bull, won the Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix with overwhelming superiority and equaled a record of victories held by four-time champion Alain Prost in the top automobile division.
The 26-year-old Dutch driver set another commendable mark and added his sixteenth victory in a season, out of 19 competitions held.
Verstappen, world champion in the 2021, 2022 and 2023 editions, started from third starting position and took the lead in the first corner, at the same moment in which his teammate, the local Sergio Perezwas the protagonist of a real disaster and plunged the massive attendance at the 4,304 meter long Hermanos Rodríguez racetrack into deep disappointment.
It is that the second pilot of Red Bullwho is fighting to reach the runners-up position, collided with the polesitter, the Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), and had to desert as a result of the blow that damaged the pontoons of his machine.
Verstappen, who counted on luck as an ally when averaging the competition, recorded a cumulative time of 1 hour. 49m. 23s. 531/1000, to complete the 71 laps of the requirement.
In second position and confirming a rebound in the mechanical unit during the last competitions came the seven-time world champion, the British Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), at 13s. 875/1000.
Third place on the podium went to Leclerc (Ferrari), who arrived at 23s. 124/1000. The Spanish Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) completed a more than acceptable day for the Maranello house with a fourth place, 27s behind. 154/1000. While the Englishman Lando Norris (McLaren) rose to fifth place, at 33s. 266/1000.
Further back the English were columned George Russell (Mercedes), at 41s. 020/1000; the Australians Daniel Ricciardo (AlphaTauri) at 41s. 570/1000; and Oscar Piastri (McLaren) at 43s. 104/1000; the Thai Alexander Albon (Williams), at 48s. 573/1000 and the Frenchman Esteban Ocon (Alpine), at 1m. 02s. 879/1000.
Verstappen He took over driving at the start, after a good start in which he overtook the two Ferraris. Then, the world champion stayed ahead until he stopped in the pits to change tires and put on soft rubber to try a new stop.
In this context, Leclerc, Sainz and Hamilton, who were fighting with the Dutchman for victory, had opted for a single stoppage with the inclusion of hard tires.
But on lap 34 the scene that favored the champion arose, with the spectacular accident of the Danish driver. Kevin Magnussen (Haas), who had to abandon as a result of the impact.
The race was stopped with a red flag and restarted half an hour later, with Verstappen who opportunely made a new tire change to be better balanced than his occasional adversaries. Thus, the Dutchman went unopposed to the checkered flag.
Verstappen reached 51 victories in his career in Formula 1 and equaled the mark of Frenchman Alain Prost, world champion in 1985, 1986, 1989 and 1993.
In this way, the table of the most winning drivers in the F-1 World Championship continues to be headed by Hamilton with 103 victories, followed by the German Michael Schumacher with 91 and the German Sebastian Vettel, with 53.
The tournament positions were with Verstappen ahead with 491 points; followed by Pérez with 240; Hamilton, 220; Sainz and Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin), 183; Norris, 169; Leclerc, 166; Russell, 151; Piastri, 87; Pierre Gasly (Alpine), 56.
The next competition will be held on Sunday, November 5 at the Interlagos racetrack, in São Paulo, corresponding to the Brazilian Grand Prix.
Source: Ambito
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