In the early morning of October 31, Beijing time, the F1 Mexico City Grand Prix officially came to an end at the Rodriguez Brothers Circuit. Verstappen won the 14th victory of the season with his outstanding long-distance performance, setting a record for the F1 single-season cha

In the early morning of October 31, Beijing time, the F1 Mexico City Grand Prix officially came to an end at the Rodriguez Brothers Circuit. Verstappen won the 14th victory of the season with its outstanding long-distance performance, setting a record for F1 winnings in a single season. Hamilton and Perez surpassed Russell in the starting stage, bringing back the runner-up and third place respectively.

Before the match

In the qualifying match the day before, Verstappen won the pole position with his outstanding performance in Q3. The two Mercedes drivers entered the top three qualifying races for the first time in the season. Perez, who played at home, accepted fourth place.

Botas also performed very well, creating the best qualifying results since Miami. The two Ferrari drivers ranked fifth and seventh respectively.

Stor was fined 3 people for causing an accident with Alonso on the previous station. Magnusson replaced his sixth set of internal combustion engine this week and was fined five people to be revoked.

starts

The drivers in front start are very stable, but after a few turns, Russell was surpassed by Hamilton and Perez, falling to fourth place.

start

After the first lap, Russell fell out of the top three, the two Ferrari drivers ranked five and six, Bottas lost two places, and Stole rose five places.

position changes after the first lap

Tire strategy, Mercedes' choices are different from Red Bull and Ferrari. The former uses neutral tires as the starting tires, while the latter uses soft tires as the starting tires.

McLaren , Alpine, Alfa Romeo teams all use neutral tires as starting tires. Haas, Red Bull Team 2 , Aston Martin , and Williams all use different strategies in the team.

Tire selection

Zhou Guanyu defended against Ricardo behind him for several laps. On the 9th lap, Ricardo used DRS to achieve the surpassing.

Ricardo surpassed Zhou Guanyu

lap 13, Gasley forced him out of the track when he surpassed Stole, and Gasley was punished for 5 seconds.

Gasley was fined 5 seconds

Stoll had previously complained to the team about the poor grip of the tires. On the 18th lap, Stol, who started with a neutral tire, entered the station in advance and replaced it with a soft tire.

Stoll enters the station

lap 20

lap 24, Perez led the way to the station, but the team made a mistake when changing tires, which took 5 seconds and ranked sixth after leaving the station.

Perez pits

Due to tire differences, Hamilton is already closing the gap with Verstappen. On the 26th lap, Verstappen first entered the station and replaced it with a neutral tire. After leaving the station, it was located in front of Sainz , temporarily ranking third.

Verstappen was in front of Sainz after leaving the station

In the previous lap, Perez was 2.8 seconds faster than Leclerc , which had not yet entered the station. Soon he completed the surpass and reached fifth. Leclerc entered the station soon after.

Perez chased Leclerc

lap 30, Hamilton entered the station and replaced it with a hard tire. After leaving the station, he was in third place, 5 seconds away from Verstappen, leading Perez behind him for 4 seconds.

Hamilton pit station

Russell chose to extend the mileage of the first stint. On lap 35, Russell entered the station and replaced it with a hard tire. He was in fourth place after leaving the station, 7 seconds away from Perez in front of him.

Russell pitted

Hamilton reported to the team that the hard tire was not as ideal as the neutral tire. At the same time, Perez had chased Hamilton for 1 second behind.

Hamilton reported that the hard tire was not ideal

Vettel 's soft tire persisted for 39 laps. On lap 40, Vettel entered the station and replaced it with a neutral tire. He will use this set of tires to complete the remaining competition.

Vitel enters the station

On the 42nd, Aokang, who is also the same stop strategy, caught up with Bottas, completed the surpass, and entered the points zone.

Okang surpassed Bottas

On the 46th lap, Okang and Bottas surpassed Zhou Guanyu, the only one on the field who had not yet entered the stage. Zhou Guanyu changed into soft tires on the next lap. His neutral tire lasted for 46 laps and temporarily ranked 16th after leaving the station.

Zhou Guanyu entered the station

last 20 laps

lap 51, Ricardo collided while surpassing Kakuda Yuki. Kakuda Yuki's racing was damaged and he returned to the pit area and exited the race. Ricardo was fined 10 seconds for causing the accident.

Ricardo and Kakuda Yuki

The top three drivers' tire mileage are very close, and the race is coming to an end. Neither Red Bull driver will perform the second stop.

Tyre status of the top three drivers

Vettel, equipped with neutral tires, defended Zhou Guanyu several laps, but Zhou Guanyu finally completed the overtaking and was ranked 14th on the court.

Zhou Guanyu surpassed Vettel

Ricardo equipped with soft tires surpassed Bottas, Alonso and Ocon in succession, and he had risen to seventh by lap 62.

Ricardo surpassed Okang

On the 65th lap, Norris surpassed Bottas on the straight and entered the points section. At the same time, Alonso's car broke down and he quit the race. The virtual safety car was temporarily dispatched at the event.

Norris surpassed Bottas

Alonso withdrew

lap 69, Gasley surpassed Alben to 11th, about 1 second from Bottas in front of him.

Gasley surpassed Albourne

Russell entered the station on the second to last lap and replaced the soft tire, trying to hit the fastest lap.

Russell entered the station

In the end, Verstappen led the way to win the 14th championship of the season, surpassing Schumacher and Vettel, becoming the driver with the most championships in F1 history.

Vistapan won the championship

Hamilton won the runner-up, and home driver Perez won the third place, making his debut in Mexico for the second consecutive year. Russell is fourth and will be the fastest circle in the last moment. The two Ferrari drivers ranked five or six.

Ricardo opened the gap with Aokon at the last moment to 10 seconds, and was still ranked seventh after accepting the penalty. Ocon is eighth, Norris is ninth, Bottas is tenth.

final result of the main race

driver interview

Verstappen: Incredible results, an incredible year. We really enjoy it, and we will continue to strive for more championships.

Perez: A very good podium. In front of these car fans, I do want to win more, but the third place is already good.