Max Verstappen attributed his F1 Mexican Grand Prix victory to Red Bull’s strong tyre conservation, along with his strong start to the race.
F1 Mexico Grand Prix : Australia time | Winner | result
Get up to speed with everything you need to know about the 2022 Mexico City Grand Prix, which takes place over 71 laps of the 4.304-kilometre Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City on Sunday, October 30.
The Mexican Grand Prix was first held on 4 November 1962 at the Magdalena Mixhuca circuit.
The circuit was the first international racetrack in Mexico and like Monza in Milan, Italy it was built within a park in the center part of a major city, in this case the Mexican capital of Mexico City.
F1 Mexico Grand Prix Australia time
Qualifying for the Mexico GP will begin at 3pm local time (-5 GMT) at Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez.
- Date: Saturday, October 29, 2022
- Start time: 20:00 GMT / 21:00 BST / 22:00 CEST / 22:00 SAST / 23:00 EAT / 16:00 ET / 13:00 PT / 07:00 AEST (Sunday) / 05:00 JST (Sunday) / 01:30 IST (Sunday)
Motorsport.com will bring the latest updates from Mexico throughout the weekend, including live commentary during qualifying on Saturday.
F1 Mexico Winner
Max Verstappen attributed his Mexican Grand Prix victory to the Red Bull’s strong tyre conservation, along with his strong start to the race.
The Red Bull driver took what turned out to a comfortable victory ahead of Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and teammate Sergio Perez.
In a battle of pit strategy, Verstappen’s tactics of using the Soft and Medium tyres triumphed over Hamilton’s Medium-to-Hard strategy.
The Dutchman secured his 14th victory of the season to break the record of most wins in a single season, previously set by Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel.
When asked whether the start was the main factor in securing the victory, Verstappen also pointed to the need to preserve the tyres and avoid a Mercedes fightback.
“Yeah, that helped me out a lot for the rest of the race to stay in the lead after Turn One,” Verstappen told media.
“Of course, we were also on a different strategy to the cars around us.
“It was an incredible result the pace of the car was again really nice. We had to look after our tyres, because it was a very long stint on the Medium, but we made it work.
Verstappen was then asked about his record-breaking victory total for the 2022 season, where the Dutchman commented on his desire to achieve even more:
“Yeah, it’s been an incredible year so far. We are definitely enjoying it and we’ll try to go for more!”
Result
Rank | Driver | Time | Pts | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
|
M. Verstappen
Red Bull
·
#1
|
1:38:36.729
|
25
|
|
2 |
|
L. Hamilton
Mercedes
·
#44
|
+15.186s
|
18
|
|
3 |
|
S. Pérez
Red Bull
·
#11
|
+18.097s
|
15
|
|
4 |
|
G. Russell
Mercedes
·
#63
|
+49.431s
|
13
|
|
5 |
|
C. Sainz Jr.
Ferrari
·
#55
|
+58.123s
|
10
|