F1 Mexico

Max Verstappen claimed his 14th victory of the 2022 season in the Mexico City Grand Prix, ahead of Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull team mate ...

“The pace of the car was really nice; we had to look after our tyres because [of the] very long stint on the mediums, but we made it work. We were also on a different strategy to the cars around us, but [it’s] an incredible result,” said race winner Verstappen. We are definitely enjoying it and we will try to go for more.” “You just need to try and break this tow. Perez was unable to reel in Hamilton for P2, but at least made the podium in his home race, while Russell pitted with two laps to run to bolt on a set of softs and score an extra point with the fastest lap. Further back, Sainz and Leclerc continued their race as the ‘best of the rest’, as Ocon joined Alonso in getting past Bottas with a fine move to put the Alpines in P7 and P8 respectively – Norris keeping his hands on the final point with 20 laps to run. Nonetheless, on Lap 30, Hamilton and Mercedes decided it was time to pit, switching from mediums to hards, while Russell asked to extend his stint and aim to bolt on a set of softs in the closing stages of the race. Perez was the first of the front-runners to pit on Lap 24, swapping his softs for mediums in a tardy five-second stop due to a sticking rear-left tyre, with Verstappen pitting two laps later, releasing Hamilton and Russell into the lead. While Verstappen continued to edge away from Hamilton up front, Perez sat around six seconds off the lead, and Russell 7.5s, as Sainz and Leclerc settled into a quiet race of their own – the Ferraris struggling to live with the pace of the Red Bull and Mercedes machines. When the lights went out and the 71-lap race roared into life, Verstappen made a clean getaway to defend from the Mercedes drivers off the line and down to Turn 1, before Hamilton pounced on Russell in the middle of the first chicane to take P2. Intriguingly, Verstappen and Perez opted for soft tyres to attack the run of more than 800 metres to Turn 1, with Russell and Hamilton going for mediums – meaning there would be an array of strategic permutations to keep an eye on as the encounter developed. Russell was also unhappy with his strategy, repeatedly asking Mercedes to pit again and ditch the hard tyres, which failed to bring the race back to the Silver Arrows in the closing stages – a stop for softs with two laps to run at least yielding the fastest lap.

Max Verstappen set the Formula One record for wins in a season Sunday at the Mexico City Grand Prix, where he scored his 14th victory to break the record ...

Verstappen had a softer and faster tire and Hamilton lacked the speed to challenge for the victory. He held the lead at the start as Hamilton passed teammate George Russell for second and Perez also made it past Russell. He might have had a shot at his first win of the season but Mercedes made the wrong call on a tire change that gave Verstappen control. F1 also said ahead of the race that it had extended its contract with the race — often voted most popular among fans — through 2025. But the fans love their native driver and, before the race, Perez took a ride around the track on the back of a convertible Volkswagen. Paired with wins at Miami, Montreal and now Mexico City, Verstappen swept the North American portion of this year's F1 schedule.

Follow the action live as Max Verstappen aims to make more history at the Formula One Mexican Grand Prix 2022.

Time (BST) Time (ET) GMT (2 p.m. Or might Sergio Perez become the first home racer to do the business in Mexico? 5 mins until lights out: Verstappen starts on soft tyres. Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull are all yet to pit. Then Verstappen pits successfully, returning ahead of Sainz in third. Lap 27: One of the loudest roars of the race goes up as Perez overhauls Leclerc to take P5! Lap 39: Verstappen is getting away from Hamilton, establishing a lead of more than eight seconds. Perez is doing best with the mediums right now, with Mercedes having a think about their hard tyres and Verstappen on quick compounds. Verstappen is well over nine seconds ahead of Hamilton in first. Lap 59: Verstappen is cruising here.

Max Verstappen took a commanding victory at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez ahead of Mercedes Lewis Hamilton.

The [Mercedes](/formula-1-teams/mercedes) of George Russell at the start of the race and hold the position to take a podium in front of his home crowd. The Dutchman prevailed in a battle of pit strategy to beat Hamilton to the victory.

The seven-time World Champion ended Sunday's race from the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriquez in second place, crossing the line behind Red Bull's Max Verstappen, who ...

It was OK in the first stint, but that Hard tyre was just an offset. I’m not sure it was the right tyre in the end. “I was so close in that first stint,” Hamilton commented.

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Follow the action live as Max Verstappen aims to make more history at the Formula One Mexican Grand Prix 2022.

For viewers planning to live stream F1 in 2022, you can watch via the Sky Go app if you're an existing subscriber or you can purchase For fans in Canada, TSN will carry the English-language telecast of races. Monaco Grand Prix Miami Grand Prix Time (BST) Bahrain Grand Prix Time (ET) ESPN's prerace show typically airs in the hour before the start of the race. GMT (2 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. Or might Sergio Perez become the first home racer to do the business in Mexico? His team, Haas, think it is likely to be the former.

In his record-extending fourth win in Mexico City, Verstappen stretched his lead over Hamilton during the second half of the race to win by more than 15 seconds ...

Time (BST) Time (ET) GMT (2 p.m. Or might Sergio Perez become the first home racer to do the business in Mexico? 5 mins until lights out: Verstappen starts on soft tyres. Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull are all yet to pit. Then Verstappen pits successfully, returning ahead of Sainz in third. Lap 27: One of the loudest roars of the race goes up as Perez overhauls Leclerc to take P5! Lap 39: Verstappen is getting away from Hamilton, establishing a lead of more than eight seconds. Perez is doing best with the mediums right now, with Mercedes having a think about their hard tyres and Verstappen on quick compounds. Verstappen is well over nine seconds ahead of Hamilton in first. Lap 59: Verstappen is cruising here.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the Mexico City Grand Prix at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on Sunday, setting a new record of 14 Formula 1 victories in a ...

OPIONION: Max Verstappen hunted down and defeated Lewis Hamilton in last weekend’s US Grand Prix at Austin – in scenes that were very 2021 after Red Bull botched his second stop. With Red Bull at the top, Ferrari losing its edge, and Mercedes still in recovery, hopes of a two- or three-way battle for 2023 look increasingly slim No Mexican driver since has had the potential to win their home grand prix, but Sergio Perez aims to change that - as OLEG KARPOV discovers.

Mercedes is unsure that following Daniel Ricciardo's medium-to-soft tyre strategy would have been enough to beat Max Verstappen to Formula 1 victory in ...

With Red Bull at the top, Ferrari losing its edge, and Mercedes still in recovery, hopes of a two- or three-way battle for 2023 look increasingly slim No Mexican driver since has had the potential to win their home grand prix, but Sergio Perez aims to change that - as OLEG KARPOV discovers But full credit must go to the reigning world champion and his Red Bull squad for masterminding a thumping performance, along with a handful of other critical factors which worked in their favour

When Daniel Ricciardo picked up a 10-second time penalty for a clumsy contact with Yuki Tsunoda, his chances of points in Mexico looked slim.

Max Verstappen - 12% Daniel Ricciardo - 24.4% When Daniel Ricciardo picked up a 10-second time penalty for a clumsy contact with Yuki Tsunoda, his chances of points in Mexico looked slim.

Crash.net journalist Connor McDonagh runs through the field's driver ratings after the F1 2022 Mexico City Grand Prix.

He was running just outside the points and ahead of teammate Gasly. Stroll was the weaker of the two Aston Martin drivers in Mexico. Vettel probably got the most out of it given Aston Martin’s struggles in Mexico, running on the softs for over 40 laps. Instead, he was knocked out of the first part of qualifying, and was beaten by Magnussen. He was one of the first drivers to switch to the hard tyre - which proved to be the wrong strategy based on how well Ricciardo did. For the first time in a long time, Carlos Sainz was the quicker of the two Ferraris across the duration of the whole weekend. Pierre Gasly could have finished inside the top 10 had it not been for his ill-judged overtake on Lance Stroll, which resulted in a five-second time penalty. He pulled off a great move on Bottas into Turn 1 - the highlight of his weekend en route to finishing eighth. He lost out to Fernando Alonso at the start and struggled to get the hard tyre working, losing further positions to Ricciardo, Ocon and Norris. Granted, he was on the preferred medium to soft strategy, but he made it work. A combination of issues for Leclerc hampered his chances at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Hamilton ran close behind Verstappen in the first stint but the switch to the hard tyre ruined any chance of challenging for the victory.

While the Mexico Grand Prix was an absolute snore fest of an F1 race, fans were blown away by Daniel Ricciardo's racing after he picked up a 10-second ...

This not only got him points, but made the resulting 10-second penalty entirely useless with him still ending the race in the same position with it applied. But this didn't stop the Aussie as he raced further, eventually finishing in P7 after starting in P11. [Mexico Grand Prix](https://f1fall.com/news/f1-news-george-russell-looks-to-fight-for-victory-in-mexico-jd22/) was an absolute snore fest of an F1 race, fans were blown away by Daniel Ricciardo's racing after he picked up a 10-second penalty.

Max Verstappen dominated to a record-breaking 14th Formula 1 win of the season at the Mexican Grand Prix, fending off a spirited challenge from Lewis ...

With Red Bull at the top, Ferrari losing its edge, and Mercedes still in recovery, hopes of a two- or three-way battle for 2023 look increasingly slim No Mexican driver since has had the potential to win their home grand prix, but Sergio Perez aims to change that - as OLEG KARPOV discovers But full credit must go to the reigning world champion and his Red Bull squad for masterminding a thumping performance, along with a handful of other critical factors which worked in their favour

Daniel Ricciardo says he 'didn't plan' to launch an overtaking move on Yuki Tsunoda when they clashed during Formula 1's Mexican Grand Prix.

With Red Bull at the top, Ferrari losing its edge, and Mercedes still in recovery, hopes of a two- or three-way battle for 2023 look increasingly slim No Mexican driver since has had the potential to win their home grand prix, but Sergio Perez aims to change that - as OLEG KARPOV discovers. But full credit must go to the reigning world champion and his Red Bull squad for masterminding a thumping performance, along with a handful of other critical factors which worked in their favour.

Lewis Hamilton was focusing on the positives despite missing out on his first victory of the season in the Mexico City Grand Prix, as he crossed the line ...

I think the race pace was generally quite good it was just; we were offset on tyres most of the time.” “The upgrade really, really worked in the last race. So, I think ultimately, we should have been on the softs. When asked if Mercedes should have started on the soft, Hamilton said: “I think so. So, when both Red Bulls and everyone behind took their tyres off I thought shoot.” When I was on the medium tyre there wasn’t really any degradation when they pulled me in.

Daniel Ricciardo says he 'didn't plan' to launch an overtaking move on Yuki Tsunoda when they clashed during Formula 1's Mexican Grand Prix.

With Red Bull at the top, Ferrari losing its edge, and Mercedes still in recovery, hopes of a two- or three-way battle for 2023 look increasingly slim No Mexican driver since has had the potential to win their home grand prix, but Sergio Perez aims to change that - as OLEG KARPOV discovers. But full credit must go to the reigning world champion and his Red Bull squad for masterminding a thumping performance, along with a handful of other critical factors which worked in their favour.