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Mexican Grand Prix: Verstappen takes historic 16th win, Perez DNFs at home race

Verstappen entered the record books once again on Sunday after coming across the line first.

It was a hectic grand prix, but the expected name came out on top.

Max Verstappen won a record-setting 16th race in 2023 after coming first in the Mexican Grand Prix in Mexico City. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton finished in second with polesitter Charles Leclerc of Ferrari coming in third.

Hometown hero Sergio Perez was unfortunately taken out at the beginning of the race at the first turn when he accidentally turned into Leclerc, forcing him to retire at his home grand prix without even a lap of action. Verstappen beat Leclerc and his teammate Carlos Sainz off the line and was cruising to a sure victory when Haas’ Kevin Magnussen crashed into a barrier midway through the race. This caused a red flag, which in turn caused a standing restart — this is where Hamilton was able to advance and take second place, where he’d finish. McLaren’s Lando Norris was arguably the driver of the day, as he started from the back of the grid and was able to get up to fifth place.

Here’s how the race turned out:

  1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
  2. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
  3. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
  4. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
  5. Lando Norris (McLaren)
  6. George Russell (Mercedes)
  7. Daniel Ricciardo (AlphaTauri)
  8. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
  9. Alexander Albon (Williams)
  10. Esteban Ocon (Alpine)
  11. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
  12. Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri)
  13. Nico Hulkenberg (Haas)
  14. Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo)
  15. Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo)
  16. Logan Sargeant (Williams)
  17. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) [DNF]
  18. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) [DNF]
  19. Kevin Magnussen (Haas) [DNF]
  20. Sergio Perez (Red Bull) [DNF]

Mexican Grand Prix Qualifying: Ferrari locks out front row, Ricciardo excels

Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz will lead the pack on Sunday in Mexico City.

It was an all-around bizarre qualifying in Mexico City, but Ferrari’s Formula 1 team certainly won’t complain.

The Prancing Horse locked out the front row during Saturday’s qualifying session, with driver Charles Leclerc coming across the line fastest and his teammate Carlos Sainz following suit. Red Bull driver and current F1 champion Max Verstappen finished third initially, but he and Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell are under investigation for holding up the pit lane on exit.

Aside from those investigations, there were a number of strange incidents and happenings in this session. McLaren’s Lando Norris had a strategy mishap on this tires and Q1 and qualified 19th after Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso spun out toward the end of the session, causing a yellow flag that slowed him down. AlphaTauri’s Daniel Ricciardo put in a phenomenal performance, finishing fourth (at time of writing) in Q3. Williams’ Alexander Albon also had a lap time deleted for track limits in Q2, which prevented him from moving on and placing higher.

Here’s what the qualifying order looks like at the moment, pending investigation:

  1. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) [1:17.166]
  2. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) [1:17.233]
  3. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) [1:17.263]
  4. Daniel Ricciardo (AlphaTauri) [1:17.382]
  5. Sergio Perez (Red Bull) [1:17.423]
  6. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) [1:17.454]
  7. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) [1:17.623]
  8. George Russell (Mercedes) [1:17.674]
  9. Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) [1:18.032]
  10. Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo) [1:18.050]
  11. Pierre Gasly (Alpine) [1:18.521]
  12. Nico Hulkenberg (Haas) [1:18.524]
  13. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) [1:18.738]
  14. Alexander Albon (Williams) [1:19.147]
  15. Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) [1:18.890] *Did not run in Q2
  16. Esteban Ocon (Alpine) [1:19.080]
  17. Kevin Magnussen (Haas) [1:19.163]
  18. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) [1:19.227]
  19. Lando Norris (McLaren) [1:21.554]
  20. Logan Sargeant (Williams) [No Time]