Formula 1 Mexico City Grand Prix 2024 - Results
Race 2 of the triple-header complete! At the highest altitude of all the races: Mexico City.
Lots of crashes into the barriers this weekend. Such as for Yuki. I think Yuki was pulling off a great move on the outside of Albon, but Albon was being squeezed by Gasly, which made him squeeze Yuki. Either way, both were out of the running before Turn 1.
Max had a great start on Sainz to get P1, but then Sainz had a great run on Max after the restart! Sainz's move surprised me actually. But then Max's moves on Norris, as the latter attempted to pass the former, were ugly, to say the least. Both 10-sec penalties on Max deserved, IMO.
Perez had a great start at his home race, 'cept for the false start (looks like he was too far ahead of the marks). That earned him a 5-sec. But seems like the scrap and touch with Lawson just left him adrift at the back. At one point, Zhou was on hards 20 laps older than Perez' mediums, but Perez couldn't get anywhere close to DRS range of Zhou.
Mercedes were entertaining today, with Lewis trying to get around George lap after lap, for 10 laps.
I was hoping that Leclerc would keep P2, ahead of Norris, as a form of damage control in Red Bull's direction. But Norris came out ahead, after Leclerc almost went into the walls. Which was a good recovery by Leclerc to NOT hit the wall! At least Leclerc also took the fastest lap on the last lap. Another great P1 victory for Sainz. Provided this continues, what a way to finish out his time with Ferrari!
After the race, Colapinto recived a 10-sec penalty due to a collision between him and Lawson on the penutlimate lap.
Onward to Brazil!
Next race:
Sao Paulo Grand Prix
Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace
Sunday, November 3
Provisional Race Results -- SPOILER
Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/retired | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 71 | 1:40:55.800 | 25 |
2 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren Mercedes | 71 | +4.705s | 18 |
3 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 71 | +34.387s | 16 |
4 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 71 | +44.780s | 12 |
5 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 71 | +48.536s | 10 |
6 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT | 71 | +59.558s | 8 |
7 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas Ferrari | 71 | +63.642s | 6 |
8 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren Mercedes | 71 | +64.928s | 4 |
9 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas Ferrari | 70 | +1 lap | 2 |
10 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine Renault | 70 | +1 lap | 1 |
11 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes | 70 | +1 lap | 0 |
12 | 43 | Franco Colapinto | Williams Mercedes | 70 | +1 lap | 0 |
13 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine Renault | 70 | +1 lap | 0 |
14 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Kick Sauber Ferrari | 70 | +1 lap | 0 |
15 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Kick Sauber Ferrari | 70 | +1 lap | 0 |
16 | 30 | Liam Lawson | RB Honda RBPT | 70 | +1 lap | 0 |
17 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT | 70 | +1 lap | 0 |
NC | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes | 15 | DNF | 0 |
NC | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams Mercedes | 0 | DNF | 0 |
NC | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB Honda RBPT | 0 | DNF | 0 |
Fastest Lap: Charles Leclerc, Lap 71
Source: F1.com
I absolutely agree that the 20 second penalty was well deserved. The first move was iffy but the second was extremely aggressive, moreso than usual for Max.
Huge shout out to the Haas boys for keeping it clean and bringing home some amazing points. Komatsu has absolutely been the missing piece for this team.
Let's put it this way: a double DNF for Max is a great outcome, math-wise, for the championship from his perspective.
The penalties aren't sufficient to change his behavior, if that's what organizers want to do.
If you want to change his behavior, you need to take away his ability to earn points. A race ban with immediate effect would get Max to change his behavior. But, honestly, his on track behavior hasn't warranted that.
It's a great season, but the championship is dang-nearly over. As Brundle said today, next season is shaping up to be an all-time classic.
I can't wait!
Posting in here as I don't think it's worthy of a new post:
I'm trying to get into F1. I've got a pretty good grasp on the rules, but I don't really know who to root for.
Basically, I'm just trying to gather some information to help influence who I'm going to be cheering for, since I think that's such a big part of the entertainment value of sports.
Hello, it is a lovely sport to fall in love with I hope you get to see many magnificant races.
I will try and answer your questiosn from my perpective:
Most people I know root for drivers first and then teams second. As it is such a small amount of teams and the drivers are the most visable state of change within them it is natural to pick your favourite drivers and follow their careers. With the small pool of drivers it also means they all have an increased media presence you get to know their media presenting personalities quite well.
This may be more of a case in the UK (where I'm from) as there is such a rich heritage of racing in Forumla 1 that comes from the UK and the majority of the teams come from/ are located in the UK it might change my perpective on this. For example if you're Italian you're probably going to support Ferrari as they are an Italian based team.
Vestappen is currently the dominate force in F1. Like marmite people love him or hate him. He is very aggressive, fast and has always been outspoken but can back it up with his skills in the car. He is probably one of the best drivers ever seen. Outside of the car he is very family orientated and a private person.
Norris is a unproven quanity until this year he has alway had promise and has always had the perception of a future winner/champion but until this year he has not had the car to conistanly win. This comes with add pressure or oversight from outside. Many people seem to think he is goofy but i see many people see this a rude sometime but i think it is mosre down to him being social akward ratehr than activly rude.
Leclerc is the poster boy for ferrari he came up though their academy and has had a very promising career undoubtably he would have won a championship by now but has somewhat been held back by Ferrari as they have had a difficult journey since the Hybrid era started in 2014. He is very charming and humble.
Funnily enough they have all stayed with the team that brought them into F1 s are all very loyal.
Traditional the big rival in F1 are Williams and McLaren but not since the late 90s when Williams fell off. Ferrari have no rival and many people say that there is no F1 without Ferrari they have been in the sport since the 2nd F1 races ever at Monaco in 1950. Red Bull are comparatively a new team only joining in 2005 but with much short term success.
Big rivalries usually come from rival drivers fighting for championships (Hunt & Lauda, Prost & Senna, Damon Hill & Schumacher, Hamilton & Rosberg, Hamilton & Vestappen). You should watch the film Rush if you want a dramaticised version of Hunt & Lauda's rivalry. You should also watch the documentary Senna if yu want to understand why people say that Senna is the GOAT and more on the Senna & Prost rivalry.
My father was a big Williams fan but I would say I have no allegiance to any of the team I prefer to follow drivers. For me I love supporting and underdog who isn't considered as top tier or elite (Kobayashi, Sainz, Albon, Merhi).
This is exactly what I was looking for!
For some reason early on I've taken a liking to Norris, but I'm going to watch some of the shows/documentaries and some more races. I will let the fandom develop organically.
One peice of advice I would give when watching F1 is pick a random midfielder/ midfeild team to keep track of throughout a race weekend. The commentators do a really god job of developing and recapping the story that is being told at the front of the race but often only looks behind at the rest of the pack in fleeting moments such as an exciting overtake. If you keep track of a midefield driver/team you can develop your own story of the race as a whole and also give you an appriciation that all 20 drivers on the track have their own story to tell that can sometimes be even more interesting than who won the race.
Recent intersting stories on going at the moments include:
Is Albon struggling against a new and competitive driver in Colapinto like he did against Vestappen when he was in Red Bull in 2020 or has he just had some bad luck in the last few weeks?
Can Haas hold back VCARB and get their best finish in the constructor standings since 2018.
Can Sauber get a point? (unlikely)
Sometimes it can be even more nerve-racking watching to see if a driver can get 1 point rather than 25 points instead of 18.
One thing you are not seeing in the last few years is the utter dominance of Mercedes. They had a big falling off a few years ago but before that they won every year from 2014 - 2020 and almost won 2021. Red Bull or Mercedes have won every championship since 2010.
Hamilton has won 6 of those with Mercedes and won one more in 2008 when he was at McLaren
The 2nd half of the current year has been very good for people who tire of dominance by one or two teams.
Drive to survive (on Netflix) is made to help you with your questions. You can just watch the latest season, or go back further in time if you want a little more background.m about previous seasons.
Why not both? I've been a fan of Mclaren since I started watching in the mid 00's, and got attached to Kimi Räikkönen and Lewis Hamilton, and while I always wanted my drivers to do well at their new teams, I'm still happy when Mclaren get good results.
This is very much personal opinion and part of the fun imo. To me, Verstappen is incredibly quick but dirty in wheel-to-wheel combat, Leclerc is also fast and better at overtaking but lacks consistency etc. I think the fun thing is to have no biases and make up your own mind.
Historic rivalries don't play much part in my experience, teams go up and down too much for rivalries to last more than a few years, and are forgotten fairly quickly. I find the teams take on the aura of the team boss and some of the high up engineers - I can't imagine RedBull without Horner, or Mercedes without Toto for example. They affect your perception of the team hugely.