Mexico Grand Prix

George Russell topped Practice Three ahead of Lewis Hamilton at the Mexico City GP as an unexpectedly dominant Mercedes left Red Bull and Ferrari trailing ...

14) Daniel Ricciardo 10) Alex Albon 9) Yuki Tsunoda 3) Max Verstappen 2) Lewis Hamilton 1) George Russell

The Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez plays hosts the 20th round of the 2022 Formula 1 season this weekend on October 28-30. Here's how and when you can watch ...

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. Here's how and when you can watch qualifying for the Mexico City Grand Prix on Saturday.

Full results from qualifying at the F1 Mexico City Grand Prix, Round 20 of the 2022 F1 world championship.

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Max Verstappen scored pole position for the Mexican Grand Prix as George Russell and Lewis Hamilton slot in behind the Red Bull.

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Red Bull's Max Verstappen will start the race from pole position, but with Mercedes duo George Russell and Lewis Hamilton right behind him.

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. The 2022 Formula 1 Mexico City Grand Prix takes place this Sunday on October 30.

Max Verstappen took his maiden Mexico City pole as Mercedes couldn't challenge the Red Bull driver in Q3 at Mexico City.

Later admitting his final effort was a “terrible lap”, Russell ended up second on the grid, however, and Hamilton third – just 0.005s off his team mate. I think it was a close one, but I think after FP3 we made a few adjustments and the car got into a better rhythm. Sainz rounded out the top five ahead of Russell and Perez settled for seventh, almost half a second off his team mate. That left Norris in eighth, with Alpine’s Alonso ninth and Ocon rounding out the top 10. Perez would drop down to third after Verstappen eclipsed him by two-tenths, Russell going a provisional second by 0.132s and Hamilton P3 by 0.147s – before track limits at Turn 3 cost him that flying lap. Perez began the shootout, packed-out Foro Sol grandstands emitting a goosebump-inducing roar for their home driver as he set a time of 1m 18.153s. With three minutes left, Perez – who was sitting 12th – once again emerged on a clear track and this time he found more than a second. A baffled Albon took 19th for Williams, and Latifi rounded out the standings. Though there was a 60% risk of rain for qualifying, temperatures were high and the clouds were scattered above Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Q1. Kevin Magnussen qualified 15th for Haas but will start 19th as he has a five-place penalty for taking his sixth engine of the season. Hamilton led Q1 and repeated the feat in Q2, but his first Q3 run was chalked off for track limits, which meant Verstappen held provisional pole over Russell. Lance Stroll, who qualified 18th for Aston Martin, is set to start 20th as he has a three-place penalty after a collision with Alonso in Austin.

Max Verstappen overcame a strong challenge from Mercedes to beat George Russell to pole position for Red Bull at the Mexico City Grand Prix.

10) Esteban Ocon 9) Fernando Alonso 8) Lando Norris 7) Charles Leclerc 5) Carlos Sainz 4) Sergio Perez 3) Lewis Hamilton "It was a close one but after FP3 we made a few adjustments on the car and got into a better rhythm. "The team deserved more today," Russell said. 2) George Russell I think we have a quick car and that's what's most important." 1) Max Verstappen

After pleasant conditions so far on Friday and Saturday, could a chance of rain break the pattern for Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix?

According to our friends at WeerOnline.nl, the chances of rain during the Mexican Grand Prix are around 30 per cent. As it stands, there is a small possibility of a shower at the start of Sunday's 71-lap race. While the heat has cooled slightly for the remainder of the weekend, there still looks to be a summery day in store for fans during Sunday's race.

Live updates from the Mexico City Grand Prix at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez as Max Verstappen starts on pole followed by both Mercedes drivers.

Will Red Bull's world champion Max Verstappen break the record for grand prix victories in a single season at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez?

Lap 12/71: Word on the grapevine – AKA the Mercedes radio – is that Perez is struggling with his rear tyres. Lap 6/71: “You’re in a very good position here,” Bottas is told over the radio. Lap 23/71: Verstappen is complaining about bouncing, though any discomfort he’d feeling has not been reflected in the first third of the race, throughout which he has maintained a stead lead. In fact, that was the last time the pole-sitter here finished on the podium, that long run to turn one adding an element of glorious chaos. Lap 40/71: We now have ourselves a chess game, with the front three all on different strategies: Verstappen, on the quicker compound, is 9secs ahead of Hamilton, who is on hards. Lap 21/71: Leclerc, stuck in traffic in sixth and making little headway, has asked for Plan C – whatever that is. Lap 24/71: Perez pits first, and it’s a wince-inducing five-second extravaganza. Gasly will get a 5sec penalty for forcing Stroll off the track as he went past him for 15th. Lap 31/71: Verstappen turns the radio waves blue with some gripes about his gear shifts. And Verstappen has sped clear in the last couple of laps to extend his lead towards the 10sec mark. Verstappen is well in command now and looks like he could get away with a one-stopped Gasly picks off Albon for P11 and eyes Bottas in the last points spot.

THE MEXICO Grand Prix is underway RIGHT NOW!Max Verstappen started from pole ahead of Lewis Hamilton in a scintillating Mexican GP qualifying.Hamilton.

The lead for Verstappen remains below 2 seconds, and Verstappen will likely have to pit in the coming laps. The Williams is extremely quick in a straight line, and Albon is looking for an overtake on Stroll for 16th. The hometown hero is 3.7seconds behind Hamilton in 2nd, and the crowd will be hoping he can make a comeback after the pit stops. The race leader comes in, and it's a set of hard tyres for the Englishman. It's now the other Mercedes who leads this race, and over the radio he has claimed he is ready to stay on those first tyres for a while still. He couldn't stay out for long enough to come back out on softs, and Russell re-joins the race in 4th.

Max Verstappen made history Sunday by holding off Lewis Hamilton to win the Mexico Grand Prix in Mexico City. With the victory, Verstappen now has 14 wins ...

9 and again at the United States Grand Prix last weekend. The 25-year-old was victorious at the Japan Grand Prix on Oct. Hamilton could be heard on his radio multiple times complaining about his tires, while Verstappen was in cruise control and had a lead of over 10 seconds for nearly the entire second half of the race.

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Lewis Hamilton was booed after the Mexican Grand Prix, explaining it has been "awkward" as this had been happening all day.

“I’m not sure it was the right tyre at the end,” Hamilton reiterated. “I was so close I think in that first stint,” Hamilton commented. It did not work out that way. “This has been an amazing crowd, definitely a bit awkward this time around,” said Hamilton. “It was okay in the first stint, but that hard tyre was just at offset, so congratulations to Max.” Lewis Hamilton was booed after the Mexican Grand Prix, explaining it has been “awkward” as this had been happening all day.

Dave Robson, Alex Albon & Nicholas Latifi react after the Grand Prix.

Nicholas Latifi: We had some car damage from early on in the race which was confirmed by the team. Alex Albon: Honestly, I’m really happy with today and it feels like our pace was relatively strong from where it was on Friday. We pitted Nicholas early for the Hard tyre but unfortunately this was a poor tyre today and, coupled with some car damage, it harmed Nicky’s race.

Max Verstappen has now won more races in a single Formula 1 season than any other driver in the sport's history after recording victory number 14 in the ...

On lap 24, Red Bull mechanics came out into the pits and greeted Perez for the medium tyres. [Ferrari](/en/f1-teams/ferrari) spent the race languishing in fifth and sixth as their car couldn't provide a challenge at the [Autódromo Hermanos Rodriguez](/en/circuits/autodromo-hermanos-rodriguez) circuit. With 30 laps to go, Hamilton had a nine second deficit and it was all about whether Red Bull could make the medium tyres last until the end of the race. Though with more races on the current calendar than any other previous attempt, Verstappen will have to win the two remaining races in Brazil and Abu Dhabi to have the highest win percentage. [Lewis Hamilton](/en/f1-drivers/lewis-hamilton) couldn't close the gap on newer hard tyres and settled for second place. Home favourite [Sergio Perez](/en/f1-drivers/sergio-perez) rounded out the podium.

Max Verstappen says his boycott of Sky's Formula 1 coverage in Mexico was in response to the 'constant' disrespect he has faced this year and he is 'not ...

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

Max Verstappen now has the record number of victories in a single season by winning the Mexican GP, while the Ferraris struggle and both finish far away and ...

Mercedes, on the other hand, deserves a solid eight and is praised for their determination to chase Ferrari in the championship. For the magazine, "the signal is not the most encouraging if, after the reliability change in Austin, the performance was forced down again so as not to suffer in Mexico with the tightness of the power unit." "Weekend to forget for Ferrari, which finished with [Carlos Sainz](/en/f1-drivers/carlos-sainz) and [Charles Leclerc](/en/f1-drivers/charles-leclerc) in fifth and sixth place behind [George Russell](/en/f1-drivers/george-russell). The newspaper devotes ample space to the 'dream' of Lewis Hamilton, who "after eleven months of walking in the desert with a bad car, skipping, constant stability problems and a set-up that had to be reinvented at every race" finally seemed to be able to grab the first victory of his season. After the 9 to Hamilton, and the 7s to Perez, Russell and the two Alpine's there are the 6s given to the two "With different tyre strategies from the start compared to Mercedes, the Dutchman managed the 71 laps of the race brilliantly, never flinching, and once again demolished everyone.

The Milton Keynes-based team is reportedly blocking access to the world champ and Christian Horner after this year's coverage.

Grand Prix, It’s Clear F1 Has Its Foot on the Gas in the States](https://www.si.com/formula1/2022/10/27/us-grand-prix-formula-1-future-circuit-of-the-americas) [Red Bull’s Constructors’ Title Was a Perfect Tribute to Late Owner](https://www.si.com/formula1/2022/10/25/max-verstappen-red-bull-constructors-title-win-tribute-mateschitz) race provided an interesting script in the context of the 2021 title fight, adding that Lewis Hamilton was “robbed” of the championship. It would have been had Lewis Hamilton won but he didn’t, it was Max Verstappen, and with it, we should celebrate Red Bull winning their fifth world constructors’ championship.” “But that’s not the way the script turned out today, was it? [De Telegraaf](https://www.telegraaf.nl/sport/1112823410/max-verstappen-boycot-britse-televisiepartij-in-mexico), comes after Sky Sports pundit Ted Kravitz’s comments in his “Ted’s Notebook” show following the U.S. He was discussing Brad Pitt being in the paddock while planning for the upcoming Formula One film, and Kravitz discussed how the U.S.

Max Verstappen accused Sky Sports of being disrespectful after Red Bull boycotted the broadcaster at the Mexican Grand Prix apparently due to some off-hand ...

Some of the commentary is fair but some pieces are sensationalist, and saying we robbed anyone of the championship, as was said in Austin, is going too far. "You cannot live in the past and you have to move on. We were upset and we made the decision to stand together as a team.

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.

DRIVERS 1 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing) 2 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 3 – Sergio PÉREZ (Red Bull Racing). PARC FERMÉ INTERVIEWS.

And with the gears, I think it was just after the pit stop, I think the clutch was a bit warm. I was in his tow and I was struggling just to keep up so they’ve definitely got a little bit more in the tank than we do. I think if we had started on the soft, maybe I would have been the same distance behind in that first stint. Maybe today we were the closest that we've ever been and perhaps if we were on the same tyre maybe it was a couple of tenths a lap perhaps. We understand that you took the decision not to speak to Sky Sports after the race and after taking pole yesterday as well, I think, and not just you, but also Christian and Helmut and Checo as well. Brought an upgrade into the last race and to have kind-of close the gap a little bit - they still have the edge I think - but I don't know, I think it was amazing for us to be fighting in qualifying and have the second and third. MV: I think it's just the sport is more popular so there are more people watching, so more people are writing. For now, I just want to go into the next two and aim for the win. And I think quite early on we figured that we could make it to the end. Q: About the tyres and the strategy: you tried the Hard compound, we could hear you on the radio that it was difficult. I was so close, I think, in that first stint, but I think the Red Bull was just clearly too fast today and ultimately maybe they had the better tyre strategy. You know, do you think that was a very important key to win that race?

The Red Bull driver, who wrapped up his second world title in Japan, also broke the record for most points in a season (Lewis Hamilton scored 413 in 2019) as he ...

[READ MORE: 'I obviously wanted more' – Perez disappointed to miss out on home victory in Mexico after P3 finish](https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.i-obviously-wanted-more-perez-disappointed-to-miss-out-on-home-victory-in.3qvUMouOBrFLSGzl1IB4Bb.html) His collision with Tsunoda aside, this was one of Daniel Ricciardo’s finest performances of the year. Max Verstappen continued his stunning form as he snatched the record for most wins in a season at the Mexico City Grand Prix. It was only his second points finish in the last eight races and a stark reminder that on his day, Ricciardo still has what it takes to compete at the highest level in F1. He was able to claw his way into the points and up to seventh, before building a lead big enough to negate his 10-second penalty for the collision with Tsunoda. His DNF meant McLaren close to within seven points in the fight for P4 in the championship with two races to go. It was Tsunoda’s fifth retirement of the season and with team mate Pierre Gasly failing to score, too, it dented the Italian squad’s hopes of challenging Haas for P8 in the constructors’. Second was his eighth podium of the season and second P2 in a row, helping him move into fifth in the drivers’ championship, 15 points adrift of Mercedes team mate George Russell. They are now just 40 points clear of Mercedes with two races to go in the fight for second in the constructors’ championship. While it was Sainz’s best finish in Mexico – and the first time he has got beyond the second lap since Singapore – this was a disappointing performance from the Scuderia, who were never in the hunt for a podium, let alone a win. Ferrari finished fifth and sixth in Mexico through Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc for the second year in a row, though this time it was Sainz who finished ahead. His triumph tied Red Bull’s team record of 19 consecutive races on the podium (set across 2010-2011) and was the first win for a pole-sitter in Mexico for five years.

Lewis Hamilton said it was awkward to be booed by the Mexican Grand Prix crowd after he finished runner-up to Max Verstappen.

I thought we should have started the race on the soft [rather than the medium], but obviously we had the opposite tyre to them." We are enjoying it and we will try to go for more wins." "It has definitely been a bit awkward this time around with boos all day," said Hamilton.