F1 Racing - UK (2019-12)

RESULTS ROUND 18

MEXICO CITY /27.10.19 / 71 LAPS

F1 RACING DECEMBER 2019 105

TYRECOMPOUNDS USED

DRIVERS’ STANDINGS

1 Hamilton 363pts

2 Bottas 289pts

3 Leclerc 236pts

4 Vettel 230pts

5 Verstappen 220pts

6 Gasly 77pts

7 Sain z 76pts

8 Albo n 74pts

9 Pérez 43pts

10 Ricciardo 38pts

11 Hülkenberg 35pts

12 Norris 35pts

13 Kvyat 34pts

14 Räikkönen 31pts

15 Stroll 21pts

16 Magnussen 20pts

17 Grosjean 8pts

18 Giovinazzi 4pts

19 Kubica 1pt

20 Russell 0pts

CLIMATE AIR TEMP TRACK TEMP

1st Lewis HamiltonMercedes 1h 36m 48.904s

2nd SebastianVettelFerrari +1.766s

3rd Valtteri BottasMercedes +3.553s

4th CharlesLeclercFerrari +6.368s

5th Alexander AlbonRed Bull +21.399s

6th Max VerstappenRed Bull +68.807s

7th SergioPérezRacingPoint +73.819s

8th Daniel RicciardoRenault +74.924s

9th Pierre GaslyToro Rosso +1 lap

10th Nico HülkenbergRenault +1 lap

11th DaniilKvyatToro Rosso +1 lap*

12th LanceStrollRacingPoint +1 lap

13th Carlos SainzMcLaren +1 lap

14th Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo +1 lap

15th Kevin MagnussenHaas +2 laps

16th George RussellWilliams +2 laps

17th Romain GrosjeanHaas +2 laps

18th RobertKubicaWilliams +2 laps

Retirements

Kimi RäikkönenAlfa Romeo 58 laps -overheating

Lando NorrisMcLaren 48 laps -withdrawn

Hard(C2) Medium(C3)Soft(C4) Inter Wet

Sunny

22 °C 37 °C

Verstappen steps

over the mark

After qualifying seventhand eighth, McLaren was

all setfor one of its strongest performances of the

year – but ended up not scoring pointsfor the fi rst

time sinceAugust’s Belgian Grand Prix.

CarlosSainztook advantage of thefi rst-corner

skirmish between Hamilton andVerstappento

run fourth in the early laps, while Lando Norris

was sixth. But whereas the hard tyre became

McLaren pointlessfor

3 fi rst time since Spa

2

Fastest lap

CharlesLeclerc: 1min 19.232s on lap 53

Hamilton’s routeto victory inMexicowas

considerably helpedby Max Verstappen putting

himself out of contention. Having won the last two

races inMexic o, the Dutchman looked favourite

again when he was fastestin qualifying. But when

Valtteri Bottas crashed on hisfi nal run (at the last

corner)Verstappen made troublefor himself.

Having gone quicker on hisown fi nal lap, despite

a yellowfl ag for Bottas’s crash,Verstappen was

notably truculentwhen questioned about his

actions in the post-qualifying press conference.

Asked if he backed offfor the shunt, he replied:

“It didn’t really look like it, did it? No.” A little later

he wasremindedthat he should slow downfor a

yellow andadded: “I think we all know what a yellow

fl ag means.” When the safety aspectwas brought

up he said belligerently:“Do we have togo there?”

The FIA decided itwouldgo there andhit Max

with a three-place grid penalty.At the start ,

Hamiltonwas squeezed onto the grassby Vettel on

the runto Turn 1. Under brakingfor the fi rst corner,

Verstappen divedinside Hamilton to try to claim

third.The pairavoidedcontact, but both hadto cut

across the grassto recover their positions.

“I braked intoTurn 1, and all of a sudden Max is

alongside me,” saidHamilton. “If you’ve seen races

before, I always leave Max a lot of space – it’s the

smartest thing you can do. Butthere wasn’t alot

of spaceto give him. I think he had anoversteer

momentor s omething and then I got a massive hit

from behind.Then I nearlytook him out...”

On lapfour, Verstappen dived inside Bottas in the

stadium section and asthe Mercedes triedto avoid

contact, the front wing cutVerstappen’s right rear

tyre which effectively put him out of therace. He

pitted and made a recovery driveto fi nish sixth.

Verstappen thoughthe had claimed pole after

qualifying, but the stewards disagreed

Norris hadto end ure being wheeled backto

his pitfollowing the error at his stop

*includes 10-sec penalty

for causing another car

to

spin

surprisingly competitivefor Hamilton andVettel, it

had the reverse effect whenfi tted to the McLarens.

“It was a painfulfor us,” saidteam boss Andreas

Siedl. “It was thefi rst time in a while that we have

seen a different pace onSunday so we simply need

to analyse what the issue was.” This was later

discovered to be dueto degrading aero parts.

As a result Sainzfi nished 13th.Norris, meanwhile

lost a huge amount of time afterproblem fi tting a

wheelat his pitstop.After being pushed backto

his pitfor checks, theteam later elected to

withdraw Norris from last.

RESULTS ROUND 18

MEXICO CITY /27.10.19 / 71 LAPS

F1 RACING DECEMBER 2019 105

TYRECOMPOUNDS USED

DRIVERS’ STANDINGS

1 Hamilton 363pts

2 Bottas 289pts

3 Leclerc 236pts

4 Vettel 230pts

5 Verstappen 220pts

6 Gasly 77pts

7 Sain z 76pts

8 Albo n 74pts

9 Pérez 43pts

10 Ricciardo 38pts

11 Hülkenberg 35pts

12 Norris 35pts

13 Kvyat 34pts

14 Räikkönen 31pts

15 Stroll 21pts

16 Magnussen 20pts

17 Grosjean 8pts

18 Giovinazzi 4pts

19 Kubica 1pt

20 Russell 0pts

CLIMATE AIR TEMP TRACK TEMP

1st Lewis HamiltonMercedes 1h 36m 48.904s

2nd SebastianVettelFerrari +1.766s

3rd Valtteri BottasMercedes +3.553s

4th CharlesLeclercFerrari +6.368s

5th Alexander AlbonRed Bull +21.399s

6th Max VerstappenRed Bull +68.807s

7th SergioPérezRacingPoint +73.819s

8th Daniel RicciardoRenault +74.924s

9th Pierre GaslyToro Rosso +1 lap

10th Nico HülkenbergRenault +1 lap

11th DaniilKvyatToro Rosso +1 lap*

12th LanceStrollRacingPoint +1 lap

13th Carlos SainzMcLaren +1 lap

14th Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo +1 lap

15th Kevin MagnussenHaas +2 laps

16th George RussellWilliams +2 laps

17th Romain GrosjeanHaas +2 laps

18th RobertKubicaWilliams +2 laps

Retirements

Kimi RäikkönenAlfa Romeo 58 laps -overheating

Lando NorrisMcLaren 48 laps -withdrawn

Hard(C2) Medium(C3)Soft(C4) Inter Wet

Sunny

22 °C 37 °C

Verstappen steps

over the mark

After qualifying seventhand eighth, McLaren was
all setfor one of its strongest performances of the
year – but ended up not scoring pointsfor the fi rst
time sinceAugust’s Belgian Grand Prix.
CarlosSainztook advantage of thefi rst-corner
skirmish between Hamilton andVerstappento
run fourth in the early laps, while Lando Norris
was sixth. But whereas the hard tyre became

McLaren pointlessfor

3 fi rst time since Spa

2

Fastest lap

CharlesLeclerc: 1min 19.232s on lap 53

Hamilton’s routeto victory inMexicowas
considerably helpedby Max Verstappen putting
himself out of contention. Having won the last two
races inMexic o, the Dutchman looked favourite
again when he was fastestin qualifying. But when
Valtteri Bottas crashed on hisfi nal run (at the last
corner)Verstappen made troublefor himself.
Having gone quicker on hisown fi nal lap, despite
a yellowfl ag for Bottas’s crash,Verstappen was
notably truculentwhen questioned about his
actions in the post-qualifying press conference.
Asked if he backed offfor the shunt, he replied:
“It didn’t really look like it, did it? No.” A little later
he wasremindedthat he should slow downfor a
yellow andadded: “I think we all know what a yellow
fl ag means.” When the safety aspectwas brought

up he said belligerently:“Do we have togo there?”

The FIA decided itwouldgo there andhit Max

with a three-place grid penalty.At the start ,

Hamiltonwas squeezed onto the grassby Vettel on

the runto Turn 1. Under brakingfor the fi rst corner,

Verstappen divedinside Hamilton to try to claim

third.The pairavoidedcontact, but both hadto cut

across the grassto recover their positions.

“I braked intoTurn 1, and all of a sudden Max is

alongside me,” saidHamilton. “If you’ve seen races

before, I always leave Max a lot of space – it’s the

smartest thing you can do. Butthere wasn’t alot

of spaceto give him. I think he had anoversteer

momentor s omething and then I got a massive hit

from behind.Then I nearlytook him out...”

On lapfour, Verstappen dived inside Bottas in the

stadium section and asthe Mercedes triedto avoid

contact, the front wing cutVerstappen’s right rear

tyre which effectively put him out of therace. He

pitted and made a recovery driveto fi nish sixth.

Verstappen thoughthe had claimed pole after

qualifying, but the stewards disagreed

Norris hadto end ure being wheeled backto

his pitfollowing the error at his stop

*includes 10-sec penalty

for causing another car

to

spin

surprisingly competitivefor Hamilton andVettel, it

had the reverse effect whenfi tted to the McLarens.

“It was a painfulfor us,” saidteam boss Andreas

Siedl. “It was thefi rst time in a while that we have

seen a different pace onSunday so we simply need

to analyse what the issue was.” This was later

discovered to be dueto degrading aero parts.

As a result Sainzfi nished 13th.Norris, meanwhile

lost a huge amount of time afterproblem fi tting a

wheelat his pitstop.After being pushed backto

his pitfor checks, theteam later elected to

withdraw Norris from last.