Mexico 2022! Everything you need to know...
Updated: Oct 31, 2022
This post will be updated regularly over the weekend.
With the season drawing to a close (read: I'm not sure what I'm going to do with my weekends for the next 15 weeks), the teams have landed in Mexico!
With the top spots of the championships sealed, there's still all to race for the rest of the drivers and teams, so expect an exciting race at the fan favourite circuit!
We also have some different faces in FP1 again this week: Pietro Fittipaldi driving for Haas, Jack Doohan driving for Alpine, Nyck De Vries driving for Mercedes, Logan Sargeant driving for Williams, and Liam Lawson driving for AlphaTauri.
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Race Schedule
(Friday & Saturday are BST, Sunday is GMT)
Friday 28th October 2022:
Free Practice 1: 19:00-20:00
Free Practice 2: 22:00-23:00
Saturday 29th October 2022:
Free Practice 3: 18:00-19:00
Qualifying: 21:00-22:00
Sunday 30th October 2022:
The Race: 20:00
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About The Track
It's the home race for Red Bull's Sergio Perez
The drivers will complete 71 laps of the 4.304km Autódromo Hermanos RodrÃguez
The lap record was set by Valtteri Bottas in 2021 at 1:17.774
The first GP held here was in 1961
Image taken from Formula 1 website
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Free Practice Updates
Free Practice 1 -
Time by Teams:
Alfa Romeo
Valtteri Bottas: P7. 1:21.083. Completed 23 laps.
Zhou Guanyu: P12. 1:21.820. Completed 20 laps.
AlphaTauri
Pierre Gasly: P9. 1:21.310. Completed 25 laps.
Liam Lawson driving Yuki Tsunoda's car: P16. 1:23.861. Completed 19 laps.
Lawson noted that he "has no brakes, brakes are completely gone" quite early on in the session. Towards the end of the session, his brakes did fully go and caught fire. Luckily he got out of the car and is okay, but the session did not resume.
Alpine
Jack Doohan driving Esteban Ocon's car: P20. 1:26.766. Completed 8 laps.
Fernando Alonso: P6. 1:20.899. Completed 26 laps.
Aston Martin
Sebastian Vettel: P10. 1:21.525. Completed 24 laps.
Lance Stroll: P13. 1:21.865. Completed 24 laps.
Ferrari
Carlos Sainz: P1. 1:20.707. Completed 25 laps.
Charles Leclerc: P2. 1:20.753. Completed 20 laps.
Haas
Mick Schumacher: P14.
Pietro Fittipaldi driving Kevin Magnussen's car: P20.
Fittipaldi is told to pull over ASAP and get out of the car - for a suspected power unit failure - and causes a red flag during the session. This is twice in a row that Haas have caused a red flag in the FP1 sessions.
McLaren
Lando Norris: P8. 1:21.120. Completed 21 laps.
Daniel Ricciardo: P11. 1:21.762. Completed 16 laps.
Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton: P5. 1:20.849. Completed 17 laps.
Nyck De Vries driving George Russell's car: P18. 1:24.582. Completed 20 laps.
Red Bull
Max Verstappen: P4. 1:20.827. Completed 22 laps.
Sergio Perez: P3. 1:20.827. Complered 22 laps.
Williams
Logan Sargeant driving Alex Albon's car: P17. 1:24.246. Completed 22 laps.
Nicholas Latifi: P15. 1:22.912. Completed 20 laps.
OVERALL RANKINGS FOR FP1:
Position | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:20.707 |
2 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | +0.046 |
3 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | +0.120 |
4 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | +0.120 |
5 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +0.142 |
6 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | +0.192 |
7 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | +0.376 |
8 | Lando Norris | McLaren | +0.413 |
9 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | +0.603 |
10 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | +0.818 |
11 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | +1.055 |
12 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | +1.113 |
13 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | +1.158 |
14 | Mick Schumacher | Haas | +1.245 |
15 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | +2.205 |
16 | Liam Lawson | AlphaTauri | +3.154 |
17 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | +3.539 |
18 | Nyck De Vries | Mercedes | +3.875 |
19 | Jack Doohan | Alpine | +3.908 |
20 | Pietro Fittipaldi | Haas | +6.059 |
Free Practice 2 -
Alfa Romeo
Valtteri Bottas: P9. 1:21.993. Completed 36 laps.
Zhou Guanyu: P20. 1:23.369. Completed 34 laps.
Zhou had to pull off the track towards to end of the session, causing a red flag. FP2 will not be resumed.
AlphaTauri
Pierre Gasly: P10. 1:22.104. Completed 36 laps.
Yuki Tsunoda: P2. 1:20.798. Completed 30 laps.
Alpine
Esteban Ocon: P3. 1:21.177. Completed 31 laps.
Fernando Alonso: P11. 1:22.337. Completed 31 laps.
Aston Martin
Sebastian Vettel: P12. 1:22.371. Completed 32 laps.
Lance Stroll: P16. 1:22.840. Completed 23 laps.
Ferrari
Carlos Sainz: P8. 1:21.693. Completed 34 laps.
Charles Leclerc: P7. 1:21.618. Completed 13 laps.
Leclerc spun at Turn 7 and hit the barrier causing a red flag. He will not be able to resume, but FP2 will start again once his car is moved.
Haas
Mick Schumacher: P17. 1:22.879. Completed 31 laps.
Kevin Magnussen: P18. 1:23.316. Completed 20 laps.
McLaren
Lando Norris: P14. 1:22.738. Completed 31 laps.
Daniel Ricciardo: P15. 1:22.763. Completed 27 laps.
Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton: P4. 1:21.509. Completed 32 laps.
George Russell: P1. 1:19.970. Completed 32 laps.
Red Bull
Max Verstappen: P6. 1:21.588. Completed 34 laps.
Sergio Perez: P5. 1:21.579. Completed 34 laps.
Williams
Alex Albon: P13. 1:22.447. Completed 24 laps.
Nicholas Latifi: P19. 1:23.320. Completed 34 laps.
OVERALL RANKING FOR FP2:
Position | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:19.970 |
2 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | +0.828 |
3 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | +1.207 |
4 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +1.539 |
5 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | +1.609 |
6 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | +1.618 |
7 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | +1.648 |
8 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | +1.723 |
9 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | +2.023 |
10 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | +2.134 |
11 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | +2.367 |
12 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | +2.401 |
13 | Alex Albon | Williams | +2.477 |
14 | Lando Norris | McLaren | +2.768 |
15 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | +2.793 |
16 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | +2.870 |
17 | Mick Schumacher | Haas | +2.909 |
18 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | +3.346 |
19 | Nicholas Latifi | Wlliams | +3.350 |
20 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | +3.399 |
Free Practice 3 -
Alfa Romeo
Valtteri Bottas: P8. 1:19.390. Completed 28 laps.
Zhou Guanyu: P12. 1:20.019. Completed 25 laps.
AlphaTauri
Pierre Gasly: P15. 1:20.330. Completed 24 laps.
Yuki Tsunoda: P9. 1:19.882. Completed 24 laps.
Alpine
Esteban Ocon: P11. 1:19.960. Completed 19 laps.
Fernando Alonso: P13. 1:20.037. Completed 16 laps.
Aston Martin
Sebastian Vettel: P19. 1:20.986. Completed 22 laps.
Lance Stroll: P16. 1:20.477. Completed 19 laps.
Ferrari
Carlos Sainz: P6. 1:19.301. Completed 20 laps.
Charles Leclerc: P4. 1:19.123. Completed 22 laps.
Haas
Mick Schumacher: P17. 1:20.598. Completed 24 laps.
Kevin Magnussen: P20. 1:21.271. Completed 25 laps.
McLaren
Lando Norris: P7. 1:19.317. Completed 21 laps.
Daniel Ricciardo: P14. 1:20.139. Completed 21 laps.
Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton: P2. 1:18.543. Completed 23 laps.
George Russell: P1. 1:18.399. Completed 22 laps.
Red Bull
Max Verstappen: P3. 1:18.876. Completed 18 laps.
Sergio Perez: P5. 1:19. COmpleted 24 laps.
Williams
Alex Albon: P10. 1:19.917. Completed 18 laps.
Nicholas Latifi: P18. 1:20.848. Completed 21 laps.
Position | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:18.399 |
2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +0.144 |
3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | +0.477 |
4 | Chares Leclerc | Ferrari | +0.724 |
5 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | +0.842 |
6 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | +0.902 |
7 | Lando Norris | McLaren | +0.918 |
8 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | +0.991 |
9 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | +1.483 |
10 | Alex Albon | Williams | +1.518 |
11 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | +1.561 |
12 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | +1.620 |
13 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | +1.638 |
14 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | +1.740 |
15 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | +1.931 |
16 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | +2.078 |
17 | Mick Schumacher | Haas | +2.199 |
18 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | +2.449 |
19 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | +2.587 |
20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | +2.872 |
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Qualifying Updates
Eliminated in Q1 -
Nicholas Latifi
Alex Albon
Lance Stroll
Sebastian Vettel
Mick Schumacher
Eliminated in Q2 -
Kevin Magnussen
Pierre Gasly
Yuki Tsunoda
Daniel Ricciardo
Zhou Guanyu
Through to Q3 -
Esteban Ocon
Fernando Alonso
Lando Norris
Charles Leclerc
Valtteri Bottas
Carlos Sainz
Sergio Perez
Lewis Hamilton
George Russell
Max Verstappen
OVERALL RESULT OF QUALIFYING:
*this does not take into account any penalties, final starting grid can be found under 'The Race' section*
The time listed shows the driver's fastest qualifying lap for their respective final qualifying sessions. Blue is for Q3, red is for Q2, and no background colour is Q1. For the driver's times for Q1, Q2, Q3, see below in 'Qualifying Results by Team'
Position | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:17.775 |
2 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:18.079 |
3 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:18.084 |
4 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 1:18.128 |
5 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:18.351 |
6 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:18.401 |
7 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:18.555 |
8 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:18.721 |
9 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 1:18.939 |
10 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 1:19.010 |
11 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:19.325 |
12 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | 1:19.476 |
13 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:19.589 |
14 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:19. |
15 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:19.833 |
16 | Mick Schumacher | Haas | 1:20.419 |
17 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:20.419 |
18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:20.520 |
19 | Alex Albon | Williams | 1:20.859 |
20 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:21.167 |
Times By Teams -
Alfa Romeo
Valtteri Bottas: P6. Q1 = 1:19.523, Q2 = 1:18.762, Q3 = 1:18.401
Zhou Guanyu: P12. Q1 = 1:20.283, Q2 = 1:19.476
AlphaTauri
Pierre Gasly: P14. Q1 = 1:20.256, Q2 = 1:19.672
Yuki Tsunoda: P13. Q1 = 1:19.907, Q2 = 1:19.589
Alpine
Esteban Ocon: P10. Q1 = 1:19.945, Q2 = 1:19.081, Q3 = 1:19.010
Fernando Alonso: P9. 1:20.006, Q2 = 1:19.272, Q3 = 1:18.939
Aston Martin
Sebastian Vettel: P17. Q1 = 1:20.419
Lance Stroll: P18. Q1 = 1:20.520
Ferrari
Carlos Sainz: P5. Q1 = 1:19.566, Q2 = 1:18.560, Q3 = 1:18.351
Charles Leclerc: P7. Q1 = 1:19.505, Q2 = 1:19.109, Q3 = 1:18.555
Haas
Mick Schumacher: P16. Q1 = 1:20.419
Schumacher did have a lap time which put him P7, and into Q2, however this time got deleted as a penalty for exceeding track limits.
Kevin Magnussen: P15. Q1 = 1:20.293, Q2 = 1:19.833
McLaren
Lando Norris: P8. Q1 = 1:19.857, Q2 = 1:19.199, Q3 = 1:18.721
Daniel Ricciardo: P11. Q1 = 1:20.279, Q2 = 1:19.325
Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton: P3. Q1 = 1:19.169, Q2 = 1:18.552, Q3 = 1:18.084
George Russell: P2. Q1 = 1:19.583, Q2 = 1:18.565, Q3 = 1:18.079
Red Bull
Max Verstappen: P1. Q1 - 1:19.222, Q2 = 1:18.566, Q3 = 1:17.775
Sergio Perez: P4. Q1 = 1:19.706, Q2 = 1:18.615, Q3 = 1:18.128
Williams
Alex Albon: P19. Q1 = 1:20.859
Nicholas Latifi: P20. Q1 = 1:21.167
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Pre-race Penalites
Not as many penalties this week, with only Magnussen and Stroll (as of yet) set to take any.
Kevin Magnussen will take a 5 place grid penalty for taking a sixth of three allocated internal combustion engines (ICE).
Stroll is relegated to the back of the grid due to a three-place grid drop for causing a collision last week in Austin.
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The Race
Starting Grid -
Position | Driver | Team |
|---|---|---|
1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull |
2 | George Russell | ercedes |
3 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
4 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull |
5 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari |
6 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo |
7 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari |
8 | Lando Norris | McLaren |
9 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine |
10 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine |
11 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren |
12 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo |
13 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri |
14 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri |
15 | Mick Schumacher | Haas |
16 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin |
17 | Alex Albon | Williams |
18 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams |
19 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas |
20 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin |
Fastest Lap - George Russell with a time of 1:20.153
Race Updates -
Lap 1 - Verstappen gets away well and maintains his P1 position
Lap 14 - Gasly handed a 5 second penalty for pushing Stroll off of the track
Lap 51 - Contact between Ricciardo and Tsunoda. The stewards are looking into this, and Ricciardo is given a 10 second penalty for causing a collision
Lap 62 - Ricciardo is not letting the penalty get to him, instead he has his sights set on the two Alpines ahead of him and succesfully overtakes
Lap 65 - Alonso's engine fails him, he is forced to retire and a VSC is deployed
Lap 71 - Another seemingly easy victory for Verstappen as he wins with a 15 second lead on Hamilton
Position | Driver | Team | Time | Pit Stops |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | ​ | 1 |
2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +15.186 | 1 |
3 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | +18.097 | 2 |
4 | George Russell | Mercedes | +49.431 | 1 |
5 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | +58.123 | 1 |
6 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | +1:08.774 | 1 |
7 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | +1 lap | 1 |
8 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | +1 lap | 1 |
9 | Lando Norris | McLaren | +1 lap | 1 |
10 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | +1 lap | 1 |
11 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | +1 lap | 1 |
12 | Alex Albon | Williams | +1 lap | 1 |
13 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | +1 lap | 1 |
14 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | +1 lap | 1 |
15 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | +1 lap | 2 |
16 | Mick Schumacher | Haas | +1 lap | ​1 |
17 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | +1 lap | 1 |
18 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | +2 laps | 2 |
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Any Other News
Red Bull issued with a financial and sporting sanction for breaching the 2021 budget cap. They are fined $7,000,000 and have a 10% reduction in their allocated Restricted Wind Tunnel Testing and Restricted Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) limits.
Aston Martin issued with a financial sanction for procedural breach. They are fined $450,000.
Max Verstappen has now broken the record for most race wins in one season. He beats the tie currently held between Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, with 14 race wins in one season.
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Championship Standings
World Driver Championship
Position | Driver | Points |
|---|---|---|
1 | Max Verstappen | 416 |
2 | Sergio Perez | 280 |
3 | Charles Leclerc | 275 |
4 | George Russell | 231 |
5 | Lewis Hamilton | 216 |
6 | Carlos Sainz | 212 |
7 | Lando Norris | 111 |
8 | Esteban Ocon | 82 |
9 | Fernando Alonso | 71 |
10 | Valtteri Bottas | 47 |
11 | ​Sebastian Vettel | ​36 |
12 | Daniel Ricciardo | 35 |
13 | Kevin Magnussen | 24 |
14 | Pierre Gasly | 23 |
15 | Lance Stroll | 13 |
16 | Mick Schumacher | 12 |
17 | Yuki Tsunoda | 12 |
18 | Zhou Guanyu | 6 |
19 | Alex Albon | 4 |
20 | Nicholas Latifi | 2 |
21 | Nyck De Vries | 2 |
22 | Nico Hulkenberg | 0 |
World Constructor Championship
Position | Team | Points |
1 | Red Bull | 696 |
2 | Ferrari | 487 |
3 | Mercedes | 447 |
4 | Alpine | 153 |
5 | McLaren | 146 |
6 | Alfa Romeo | 53 |
7 | Aston Martin | 49 |
8 | Haas | 36 |
9 | AlphaTauri | 35 |
10 | Williams | 8 |