- Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz gained the 2024 System 1 Mexican Grand Prix
- McLaren leads the Constructors’ Champion
- Reigning world champion Max Verstappen of Crimson Bull Racing leads the Drivers’ Championship
Only a week on from its win at america Grand Prix in Austin, Ferrari has adopted up with one other win at this previous weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix, which was held at Mexico Metropolis’s Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez and served as spherical 20 of the 2024 System 1 season.
The win this time went to Carlos Sainz, and was the results of a good mixture of teamwork and technique. Second place went to McLaren’s Lando Norris, 4.7 seconds behind, whereas Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc claimed third, greater than 34 seconds behind his teammate.
Sainz was the dominant driver all through the weekend, having additionally claimed pole place. He was joined by Crimson Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen on the entrance of the grid for the beginning, and when the lights turned inexperienced it was Verstappen who pulled into the lead by the primary nook. As a substitute of making an attempt to steal again the place, Sainz stored his cool and waited for a chance that may come comparatively quickly.
Issues took a flip when the security automotive was known as out later in that opening lap, as a result of a collision between RB’s Yuki Tsunoda and Williams’ Alexader Albon. The race resumed on lap seven and two laps later Sainz was in a position to make use of his DRS to catch Verstappen’s slipstream on the primary straight and move the Crimson Bull driver within the braking zone. Sainz was then in a position to draw back and was clear for the rest of the race.
Ferrari on the 2024 System 1 Mexican Grand Prix – Photograph by way of Ferrari
Verstappen then needed to face Norris in a battle for second, however he would in the end drop all the way down to sixth place as a result of two 10-second penalties earned for separate incidents involving Norris being compelled off the observe. Each occurred on lap 10, initially at Flip 4 after which once more at Flip 8.
Leclerc made the a lot of the struggle between Verstappen and Norris and was in a position to transfer as much as second. Nonetheless, Leclerc within the closing phases misplaced the place to Norris after being slowed by visitors, however he nonetheless managed to disclaim the McLaren driver a bonus level for the quickest lap of the race.
Williams’ Franco Colapinto was additionally hit with a 10-second penalty in Mexico for inflicting a collision in a battle with RB’s Liam Lawson within the closing phases. Whereas Colapinto held on to complete twelfth, Lawson in the end completed in sixteenth place, one forward of native hero Sergio Perez. The Crimson Bull driver had one other powerful weekend.
Ferrari on the 2024 System 1 Mexican Grand Prix – Photograph by way of Ferrari
Perez began the race at 18th on the grid after one other poor qualifying session, earlier than receiving a five-second time penalty for a false begin, having been too far ahead in his grid field. He was making some respectable progress early on however was then dropped again once more after coming into contact with Lawson in a tussle for tenth place.
Following the weekend’s motion, Verstappen nonetheless leads the 2024 Drivers’ Championship with 362 factors. Norris is second with 315 factors and Leclerc is third with 291 factors. Within the Constructors’ Championship, McLaren leads with 566 factors. Ferrari has now moved into second with 537 factors whereas Crimson Bull has dropped down to 3rd with 512 factors.
The subsequent race and the ultimate of this season’s American triple header is the Brazilian Grand Prix on this weekend.
2024 System 1 Mexican Grand Prix – Photograph by way of Ferrari
