Max Verstappen navigated the mayhem to win in Mexico while Red Bull ‘third driver’ shone.
As Max Verstappen navigated Mexico City mayhem to claim victory, here are our driver ratings from the Mexican Grand Prix.
With all the focus on teammate Sergio Perez, Verstappen delivered a fine example of how a Mexican GP start should be executed and went on to take more records and accolades for Red Bull. At a place where overtaking is difficult, the Briton drove patiently to let the race come to him. He passed Ricciardo, undercut Sainz in the pit stops, then executed a fully-committed overtake on Leclerc for P2. He also held on to the medium tyres well enough to fire in a fastest lap to take the bonus point.The Ferrari driver took an impressive pole position, but once again had to deal with a car which wasn’t quite as quick in race trim.
He made his second pit stop under the Safety Car when Magnussen crashed out, which was a great decision until the red flags came out and gave everybody else a penalty-free pit stop. He lost four places at the restart but then provided one of the stints of his career to pass numerous drivers and claim P5. A very impressive recovery.
Starting on the Hard tyres, Albon gained places at the start and profited from the Safety Car to make a cheap pit stop before the red flag came out. He made an important pass on Hulkenberg at the restart and built a healthy gap in the battle for P10.After a poor qualifying, the Alpine team rolled the dice with Ocon and started the Frenchman on Hard tyres. He struggled to make progress but profited from the red flag to make a free tyre change and restart the race further up.
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