Formula 1 2023 Mexico City Grand Prix results

Leclerc had a solid first stint on the medium tyre despite missing a front wing endplate after a first-corner clash with Sergio Perez.He pitted for hards just a couple of laps before Kevin Magnussen's crash brought out the red flag.During the break Ferrari replaced his damaged front wing but rather than switch to medium tyres for the restarted second half of the race, as some rivals did, the team ...

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Max Verstappen chalked up his 16th Formula 1 win of 2023 at the Mexico Grand Prix, but his inexorable dominance has ceased to be a surprise.There were, however, a series of other interesting threads that emerged during the weekend at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, as rumours over the drivers' futures in the Red Bull stable intensified in the aftermath; Sergio Perez's first-corner crash and ...

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Norris was forced to start from 17th on the grid after failing to set a competitive lap time in qualifying.But the Briton scythed through the field in Mexico City, and even after losing positions because of an unfortunately timed red flag and a poor restart, he continued reeling off overtakes to finish fifth.His McLaren team was floored by Norris' race day performance, with team boss Stella ...

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From third on the grid, Verstappen enjoyed a mighty launch off the line as he passed both front-row starting Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.On the mid-race restart following a red flag, Verstappen again made a swift getaway to secure his lead, which he would build up to 12 seconds over Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton.For the dominant Red Bull squad, which has won all but one of the 19 ...

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Fittipaldi will prioritize his RLL program next year, but he still has the scope to retain his links with Haas, for whom he competed in the last two races of the 2020 season as a replacement for the injured Romain Grosjean.With the IndyCar season ending on September 15, he will potentially be free for the final seven races of the F1 calendar, while also having some spare weekends earlier in the ...

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The Dane was pitched off the road on lap 32 by a suspected left rear track rod failure when the car was under load in the fast right-hander at Turn 8.Magnussen climbed out of the car unaided, but damage to the barriers led to a red flag. He was taken to the medical centre, but he was passed fit and soon returned to the paddock.Brake temperatures are always on the limit in Mexico, and in ...

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Alonso was third in the world championship as recently as last month's Italian GP, but after a run of frustrating weekends, he now lies fifth, with Charles Leclerc, Lando Norris and George Russell all reeling him in.Aston Martin meanwhile has fallen to fifth place in the constructors' championship but is under no threat from behind after being bettered by McLaren.Alonso had another disappointing ...

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Ricciardo was the star of qualifying by claiming fourth on the grid at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, narrowly behind the two Ferraris and season dominator Max Verstappen.And while he was unable to stay in the top five due to an ill-timed red flag, Ricciardo clinched a huge result for AlphaTauri in seventh, his first points since his return to the Faenza squad in the second half of this ...

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Norris says he felt like he let down the hundreds of people in his McLaren team who were relying on him to get the job done.Without a banker lap Norris had one shot at a time in Q1 in Mexico, but he ran wide and had to abort, leaving him in 17th on the final grid.The mishap came just a couple of races after Norris had a fraught time at the Qatar sprint weekend, when he made costly mistakes ...

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From fifth on the grid, Perez made a good start and at the first corner he tried to go around the outside of poleman Charles Leclerc and his own team-mate Max Verstappen.The Ferrari hit his rear wheel and pitched him up into the air and into the run-off area.Perez was able to get back to the pits but the team soon determined that the damage was too extensive for him to be able to ...

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The McLaren driver had endured a dismal qualifying in Mexico City after making a mistake on his only run in Q1 and failing to make it through, ending up 17th on the grid.But after trying an alternative strategy early on in the grand prix with the softs, he made good progress to get up to 10th before the mid-race red flag that helped reset any tyre offset against rivals.However, in backing off to ...

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The Ferrari driver had started from pole but did not make a brilliant getaway, as he found himself under attack from Red Bull duo Max Verstappen and Perez.Verstappen was charging to his right down the inside, while Perez had more momentum as he slipstreamed past on the left and attempted to swoop into the lead as the cars ran three abreast into the first corner.But there was not enough room for ...

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Following a mid-race red flag caused by Kevin Magnussen crashing his Haas, Hamilton took to the restart from third spot with the medium tyre as Charles Leclerc and Verstappen ahead of him opted for the hards.Although he failed to make the most of the early tyre advantage to leapfrog Leclerc away from the grid, Hamilton eventually managed to get past the Ferrari a few laps later as he then set ...

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Verstappen grabbed the lead from third on the grid after powering past the Ferraris that had locked out the front row. His team-mate Sergio Perez tried to follow him around the outside of the first corner, but bounced off Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari and was forced out of the race.Verstappen was dominating the race before Magnussen suffered a big crash when his Haas’s rear suspension appeared to ...

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The victory gives Verstappen a new record for most F1 wins in a single season, this his 16th 2023 triumph after he scored 15 last year.At the start, Verstappen shot off the line as the two Ferraris ahead rather stuttered away, the Dutchman carving between Leclerc and Sainz to easily claim the inside line for Turn 1.There, Perez suddenly arrived on the far left of Verstappen and Leclerc, having got ...

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Perez made an excellent getaway from fifth on the grid and slipstreamed past the leading Ferrari of Charles Leclerc and his team-mate Max Verstappen on the long drag race to Turn 1.With Leclerc and Verstappen still side by side, Perez made it three-wide on the outside and collided with the Ferrari man as he turned into Turn 1.The incident launched Perez's Red Bull into the air, which damaged the ...

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On lap 32 of 71, Magnussen was snaking his Haas through the Esses in the second sector when he appeared to suffer a left-rear suspension failure, which sent his car hard into left-hand barriers at Turn 9.The heavy hit destroyed Magnussen's car, but the Dane was able to climb out of his wrecked Haas unaided."He is being kept in the medical centre for a bit longer just as standard observation," Haas ...

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While Daniel Ricciardo qualified a surprise fourth, Gasly is only 11th on Sunday's grid, while his team-mate Esteban Ocon struggled even more and couldn't better 16th in Q1, before gaining a spot from a grid penalty for Yuki Tsunoda.Gasly, who drove for Toro Rosso/AlphaTauri in Mexico City five times between 2017 and 2022, suggested that the Faenza team has a very specific approach to the track ...

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The Frenchman is well set to win the Formula 2 title at the Abu Dhabi finale, and while mathematically he could still lose out on the championship, even if he failed to secure the title it would make no sense for him to remain in the category for a fifth season.Alfa boss Alessandro Alunni Bravi previously placed Stoffel Vandoorne in Japan when he was managing the Belgian’s progress through the ...

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Perez had one of his best qualifying sessions of recent months relative to team-mate Max Verstappen, finishing Q3 just 0.160s behind the world champion as the pair lined up third and fifth.However, the two Red Bulls were split by the AlphaTauri of Ricciardo, who was quick throughout qualifying, taking fourth, fifth and fourth across the three sessions.It was the first time since he returned to the ...

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Stroll was due to start from 17th in the Mexico City race amid a dreadful weekend for Aston Martin, with team-mate Fernando Alonso only managing 13th on the grid.Given Stroll was already due to start from the rear, Aston Martin has decided to make wholesale car changes in parc ferme, changing various elements to a different specification and tweaking the suspension set-up.That means Stroll will ...

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Bottas and team-mate Zhou Guanyu both made Q3 and qualified ninth and 10th respectively, putting them in a strong position to score crucial points in the tight battle amongst the four teams at the bottom of the constructors' championship.The Finn showed good pace throughout the weekend, earning fourth place in FP2 on Friday, and then sailed through the first two parts of qualifying in fifth and ...

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One of the unintended consequences of the recent introduction of a maximum lap-time for qualifying outlaps is that it has forced drivers to try to build up gaps to the cars ahead of them coming out of the pits. This has triggered times when drivers have impeded rivals from going out, and left competitors frustrated that they are being held up by those ahead of them. In Mexico on Saturday, Max ...

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Alonso confessed that he is lacking confidence in the AMR23 after uncharacteristically suffering big spins at the high-speed track on both Friday and Saturday.Ultimately, he couldn’t better 13th in qualifying, while his team-mate Lance Stroll was only 18th.“Very tricky,” said the Spaniard when asked by Motorsport.com about what the incidents said about the car. “Yesterday [Friday] at the ...

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Hamilton and Leclerc were excluded from the result of last weekend’s race in Austin after scrutineering checks discovered that their underfloor planks had worn away by more than the 1mm that is allowed in the rulebook. While there was no dispute that both cars were outside of the regulations, the subsequent emergence that the FIA only checked four cars in total prompted some intrigue about ...

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Leclerc will start ahead of his team-mate Carlos Sainz and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.Read Also:


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Russell stressed that getting the tyres to work effectively in the face of changing track temperatures was the biggest challenge faced by all drivers, and he conceded that his team “got it wrong.”Mercedes had a difficult Friday, with Lewis Hamilton finishing FP2 in seventh, and Russell in 10th.Both drivers believed that there was scope for improvement on Saturday, but despite making some ...

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Verstappen, George Russell and Fernando Alonso were all summoned to explain their actions in the Mexico City pitlane as the pack massed at the end of Q1. All three escaped sanctions for pitlane impeding around the rules requirement to drive to a maximum laptime (or minimum speed) when not on push laps, which has been in place since the 2023 Italian Grand Prix. They were all cleared here in part ...

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In wake of Perez joining the F1 grid, the series returned to Mexico City's Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez following a 12-year hiatus.Perez has always enjoyed patriotic home support, but the Mexican audience's fervour soared to new heights once the Guadalajara native joined Red Bull and became a regular contender for wins in 2021.But amid his struggles alongside dominant team-mate Max Verstappen, the ...

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Charles Leclerc will start the race from pole position, leading an all-Ferrari front row lockout.Champion Max Verstappen will line up third for Red Bull, ahead of an impressive Daniel Ricciardo in the AlphaTauri and team-mate Sergio Perez.Lewis Hamilton will be the top Mercedes on the grid in sixth.What time does the Mexico Grand Prix start?The Mexico GP will begin at 2pm local time (-6 GMT) at ...

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After all, his AlphaTauri team currently lies at the bottom of the world championship table, and it had scored just five points all season until Yuki Tsunoda doubled that total with a strong race in Austin, helped by the disqualifications ahead.But really the story in Mexico on Saturday was about Ricciardo himself, and his quest for redemption after being bundled out of McLaren – albeit with a ...

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Ahead of the final runs in Q1, Verstappen, Alonso and Russell all backed up other cars while leaving the pitlane in a bid to create a gap and find clear air.All three drivers were summoned by the FIA's stewards for "unnecessarily impeding" at pit exit, but they decided not to take any further action.The drivers and their team managers successfully argued that their actions were the result of the ...

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In only his second weekend back from a hand injury that ruled him out of five grands prix rounds, Ricciardo had already showed good pace on Friday when he was sixth in FP2.He slipped back to ninth in Saturday’s FP3 session, however in qualifying Ricciardo was on form as he took fourth in Q1 and fifth in Q2.On both occasions he was helped by team-mate Yuki Tsunoda, who was able to focus on towing ...

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Albon showed huge promise in free practice for the race in Mexico City after finishing FP3 less than a tenth behind pacesetter Max Verstappen.But Albon and team-mate Logan Sargeant both struggled in qualifying after experiencing a shift in their car's handling, with Albon even suggesting the car had developed an issue.The Anglo-Thai still managed to salvage a Q3 spot in ninth but was demoted to a ...

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The McLaren driver had looked to be a strong contender to challenge for pole position in Mexico City, after showing some impressive form in Friday practice.But it all went wrong at the start of qualifying when his first banker run on medium tyres was aborted following an instruction from the pitwall.That left him with everything to do on his final effort when there would be no margin for error ...

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After a difficult time through the practice sessions in Mexico City, where their SF-23 car appeared to be no match for the pace-setting Red Bull, the duo sprung a major surprise at the start of the Q3 qualifying segment.Their cars suddenly came alive and it helped Leclerc and Sainz take the provisional top two slots on the grid – which were then secured as their main challengers were unable to ...

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Verstappen ended up third after the Ferrari pair had nipped ahead on the first Q3 runs and could not beat them even though neither Leclerc nor Sainz improved on their second efforts.Verstappen faces an investigation for a Q1 impeding incident, as does George Russell, while Lewis Hamilton is also under investigation for a yellow flag speeding incident.On the first runs in Q3, the Ferrari cars ...

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The Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz set the first somewhat representative times on the board in the opening minutes, with Leclerc's 1m19.283s heading his team-mate by 0.166s.They were soon demoted by Mercedes duo George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, Russell leading with a 1m18.644s while the Red Bulls sat out the opening third of the session.Gasly suffered a spin on his mediums run as ...

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Experienced power unit engineer Meignan will return to France after a four-year spell at Mercedes HPP in Brixworth, followed by a slightly shorter stint at Ferrari – acting as Head of Department at both outfits.He will now head the Alpine F1 team's engine department in Viry-Chatillon as the team prepares for 2026's wide-ranging power unit rule changes.Alpine is understood to be lacking in engine ...

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FP1 saw the maiden outings for three drivers who represent the futures of the three top teams.Isack Hadjar of Red Bull, Oliver Bearman of Ferrari and Frederik Vesti of Mercedes all made their F1 practice debuts in the Mexico GP FP1 session, but they weren't the only youngsters on track, as fellow F2 racers Alpine's Jack Doohan and Alfa Romeo's Theo Pourchaire had already enjoyed previous practice ...

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