Formula 1: Max Verstappen claimed a record-breaking 16th Formula 1 victory of 2023 as he won the Mexico City Grand Prix.
‘Couldn’t fail to be impressed’: Dan’s statement drive on Pérez’s day of home heartbreak: Mexico talking pointsOctober 30th, 2023 12:04 pm
Watch every practice, qualifying and race of the 2023 FIA Formula One World Championship live and ad-break free in racing on Kayo Sports.But win 16 of 22 took him past Sebastian Vettel , Jim Clark and Michael Schumacher into second on the honour board for most percentage wins in a season.He’s equalled Alain Prost on 51 career victories, and sweeping the rest of the season will move him into third ahead of Sebastian Vettel.
And this was an even better performance than seventh suggests. Without the red flag artificially closing the pack and giving George Russell and Lando Norris a second run on medium tyres, sixth was comfortably up for grabs and even fifth was probably achievable. It was a colossal misjudgment, with a potential statement drive gone begging at a crucial moment in his career.
But it’s about more than form now. The Mexican’s constant fumbles in locking down second in the drivers championship is a cause for concern. Norris recovered 12 places from a lowly 17th on the grid, strategising his way forward in the first half of the race and making pass after quality pass to end the afternoon as the grand prix’s most upwardly mobile driver.
His side-by-side pass on Ricciardo highlighted his precision behind the wheel, and forcing George Russell into a mistake that coughed up fifth underscored his racecraft. Starting 17th instead of, say, seventh, where teammate Oscar Piastri put his car, meant his race was one of damage limitation rather than damage infliction.
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