Dutch Max Verstappenfrom the team Red Bulllasted 45 laps on medium tires to win the Mexican Grand Prix this Sunday and first driver to win 14 wins in a season Verstappen confirmed that he is still king of the season.
Benefited from ‘pole position’ Achieved on Saturday with a flawless start, keeping pace and winning the pitting for the fourth time in Mexico by a single entry, in front of the British Lewis Hamilton, Mexican Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez of Mercedes and Red Bull. Spanish carlos sainzof the ferrarifinished fifth and his compatriot Fernando Alonsoof the Alpabandoned in round 65.
Red Bulls with soft tyres, good start to the race. Verstappen took the lead despite the attack from Mercedes. Hamilton retained the second seat, but ‘Checo’ Pérez replaced George Rusell and moved up to third.
this strategy war It was noticed after 20 laps when the Red Bulls started struggling with red (soft) tires. Checo Pérez pitted on lap 24 and took him down to sixth place with a slow five-second stop.
“My tires are fine,” Hamilton said defiantly before lap 25, when he took the lead. ranking of drivers. Hamilton and Sainz swapped tires and Russell took the lead, to delay stopping a bet. With hard tires, the seven-time world champion non-stop bet to reach the end, which he did, but had no chance of stopping Max.
Verstappen reclaimed first place after Rusell stalled on lap 35 and from there towards victory. The world champion kept a steady pace at the top and reached lap 45 with a more than 10-second lead over Hamilton, who struggled with worn tires to resist attacks from ‘Checo’ Pérez.
On lap 51, McLaren’s Australian Daniel Ricciardo crashed into the separated Japanese Yuki Tsunoda’s Alpha Tauri while pitting, while the Australian was penalized by 10 seconds.
Benefited from good performance of ‘Checo’ Pérez tires With 14 laps to go, he attacked Hamilton, who was 12 seconds behind Verstappen and one and a half seconds ahead of the Mexican with 12 laps left. Hamilton took a second wind to keep ‘Checo’ Pérez at bay, five units ahead of Ferrari’s Monegasque Charles Leclerc, who climbed to 280 in the drivers’ standings for third and finished sixth.
Condemned for their friendship, the Mexicans greeted Hamilton with whistles for defeating local hero Pérez. Lewis limited himself to expressing his love for the Mexican people.
By winning the strategy war against Mercedes, Red Bull adds 91 wins in Formula 1.
Spaniard Fernando Alonso left in ninth place due to engine problems, to which he was applauded loudly by the Mexicans, to whom he thanked.
The season will continue in Sao Paulo on November 13 and conclude in Abu Dhabi on November 20.
Source: Informacion
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