2019 Mexican Grand Prix

 2019 Mexican Grand Prix

Racing data
18th of 21 races in the 2019 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 Gran Premio de México 2019
Date:	October 27, 2019
Place:	Mexico city
Course:	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Length:	305.584 km in 71 laps of 4.304 km
Pole position
Driver:	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
Time:	1: 15.024 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
Time:	1: 19.232 min (lap 53)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Third:	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes

The 2019 Mexican Grand Prix (officially: Formula 1 Gran Premio de México 2019 ) took place on October 27 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City and was the eighteenth race of the 2019 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

backgrounds

After the Japanese Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' standings with 64 points ahead of Valtteri Bottas and with 117 points ahead of Charles Leclerc . Only Hamilton and Bottas had a mathematical chance of winning the drivers' championship. In the constructors' championship, Mercedes was already world champion, Ferrari was second, 179 points behind , while Red Bull Racing was 289 points behind in third.

At the Mexican Grand Prix, Pirelli provided the drivers with the tire compounds P Zero Hard (white, compound C2 ), P Zero Medium (yellow, C3 ) and P Zero Soft (red, C4 ), as well as Cinturato Intermediates (green) and Cinturato Full for wet conditions -Wets (blue) available.

Sebastian Vettel (seven), Daniel Ricciardo (five), Antonio Giovinazzi , Kevin Magnussen (four each), Lance Stroll (three), Romain Grosjean , Hamilton, Daniil Kwjat , Leclerc, Kimi Räikkönen , Max Verstappen (two each), Alexander Albon , Pierre Gasly , Sergio Pérez , George Russell and Carlos Sainz jr. (one at a time) went into the race weekend with penalty points.

Race stewards were Silvia Bellot (ESP), Gerd Ennser (DEU), Danny Sullivan (USA) and Freddy van Beuren (MEX).

With Verstappen (twice) and Hamilton (once) two former winners competed at this Grand Prix.

free training

In the first free practice, Hamilton set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 17.327 minutes ahead of Leclerc and Verstappen. The training was interrupted by Stroll for a few minutes after an accident.

In the second free practice session, Vettel was fastest with a lap time of 1: 16.607 minutes ahead of Verstappen and Leclerc. This training was also interrupted for a few minutes after an accident by Albon.

In the third free practice, Leclerc set the fastest time in 1: 16.145 minutes ahead of Vettel and Bottas.

Qualifying

The qualifying consisted of three parts with a net running time of 45 minutes. In the first qualifying segment (Q1), the drivers had 18 minutes to qualify for the race. All drivers who achieved a time in the first section that was a maximum of 107 percent of the fastest lap time qualified for the Grand Prix. The best 15 drivers reached the next part. Verstappen was fastest. The two Williams pilots, the two Haas pilots and Stroll were eliminated.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest drivers qualified for the third part of the qualifying and had to start the race with the tires used here, all other drivers had a free choice of tires for the start of the race. Hamilton was fastest. The Alfa Romeo, Renault drivers and Pérez were eliminated.

The final section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, during which the first ten starting positions were awarded. Verstappen set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 14.758 minutes ahead of Leclerc and Vettel. However, he was subsequently moved back three starting positions because he had not slowed down after a Bottas accident despite the yellow flags , and he received two penalty points. It was the seventh pole position for Leclerc in the Formula 1 World Championship and the sixth for a Ferrari driver in a row.

run

Hamilton won the race ahead of Vettel and Bottas. It was Hamilton's 83rd victory in the Formula 1 World Championship, the tenth of which this season. For Mercedes it was the 100th Grand Prix victory in the Formula 1 World Championship, and it was Hamilton's 100th podium with Mercedes. The remaining points were placed by Leclerc, Albon, Verstappen, Pérez, Ricciardo, Gasly and Hülkenberg. Since Leclerc drove the fastest race lap, he received an additional point.

The top three positions in the drivers 'and constructors' championships remained unchanged.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG F1 W10 EQ Power +	Mercedes-AMG F1 M10 EQ Power +	P
	77	Valtteri Bottas
Scuderia Ferrari	05	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari SF90	Ferrari 064	P
	16	Charles Leclerc
Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing RB15	Honda RA619H	P
	23	Alexander Albon
Renault F1 Team	03	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault RS19	Renault E-Tech 19th	P
	27	Nico Hulkenberg
Haas F1 team	08th	Romain Grosjean	Haas VF-19	Ferrari 064	P
	20th	Kevin Magnussen
McLaren F1 Team	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren MCL34	Renault E-Tech 19th	P
	04th	Lando Norris
SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team	11	Sergio Perez	Racing Point RP19	BWT Mercedes	P
	18th	Lance Stroll
Alfa Romeo Racing	07th	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing C38	Ferrari 064	P
	99	Antonio Giovinazzi
Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	26th	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso STR14	Honda RA619H	P
	10	Pierre Gasly
ROKiT Williams Racing	40	Nicholas Latifi	Williams FW42	Mercedes-AMG F1 M10 EQ Power +	P
	63	George Russell
	88	Robert Kubica

1. ↑ ^{a b} Latifi contested the first free practice in the Williams with the start number 40. Kubica then took over the vehicle with his start number 88 for the rest of the weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	1: 15.949	1: 16.136	1: 14.758	04th
02	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1: 16.364	1: 16.219	1: 15.024	01
03	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 16.696	1: 15.914	1: 15.170	02
04th	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 16.424	1: 15.721	1: 15.262	03
05	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing Honda	1: 16.175	1: 16.574	1: 15.336	05
06th	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1: 17.062	1: 15.852	1: 15.338	06th
07th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren-Renault	1: 17.044	1: 16.267	1: 16.014	07th
08th	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	1: 17,092	1: 16.447	1: 16.322	08th
09	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1: 17.041	1: 16.657	1: 16.469	09
10	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1: 17.065	1: 16.679	1: 16.586	10
11	Sergio Perez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	1: 17.465	1: 16.687	-	11
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1: 17.608	1: 16.885	-	12
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1: 17.270	1: 16.933	-	13
14th	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1: 17.225	1: 16.967	-	14th
15th	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1: 17.794	1: 17.269	-	15th
16	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	1: 18.065	-	-	16
17th	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1: 18.436	-	-	17th
18th	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 18.599	-	-	18th
19th	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1: 18.823	-	-	19th
20th	Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	1: 20.179	-	-	20th
107 percent time : 1: 21.265 min (based on the Q1 best time of 1: 15.949 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ Verstappen was moved three places back because he had ignored yellow flags in qualifying.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	1	1: 36: 48.904	3	1: 19.461 (66.)
02	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	71	1	+ 1.766	2	1: 19.381 (68.)
03	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	71	1	+ 3.553	6th	1: 19.494 (66.)
04th	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	71	2	+ 6.368	1	1: 19.232 (53.)
05	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing Honda	71	2	+ 21,399	5	1: 19.325 (48th)
06th	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	71	1	+1: 08.807	4th	1: 20.406 (65.)
07th	Sergio Perez	Racing Point BWT-Mercedes	71	1	+1: 13.819	11	1: 20.485 (70th)
08th	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	71	1	+1: 14.429	13	1: 20,146 (53.)
09	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	71	2	+ 1 lap	10	1: 19,530 (53rd)
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	70	1	+ 1 lap	12	1: 20.791 (59th)
11	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	70	2	+ 1 lap	8th	1: 19,905 (48th)
12	Lance Stroll	Racing Point BWT-Mercedes	70	1	+ 1 lap	16	1: 20.922 (68.)
13	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren-Renault	70	2	+ 1 lap	7th	1: 20.311 (66.)
14th	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	70	1	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 21.014 (65th)
15th	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	69	1	+ 2 rounds	17th	1: 21.682 (53rd)
16	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	69	1	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 21.286 (69.)
17th	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	69	1	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 21,581 (68.)
18th	Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	69	2	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 20.696 (63rd)
19th	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	58	2	DNF	14th	1: 20.082 (55th)
20th	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	48	1	DNF	8th	1: 21.643 (46.)

World Cup stands after the race

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively. In addition, there was a point for the fastest race lap, as the driver ended up in the top ten.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 363 02  Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 289 03  Charles Leclerc Ferrari 236 04th  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 230 05  Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing Honda 220 06th  Pierre Gasly Red Bull Racing-Honda Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 77 07th  Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren-Renault 76 08th  Alexander Albon Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda Red Bull Racing-Honda 74 09  Sergio Perez Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 43 10  Daniel Ricciardo Renault 38

Item driver constructor Points 11  Lando Norris McLaren-Renault 35 12  Nico Hulkenberg Renault 35 13  Daniil Kvyat Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 34 14th  Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 31 15th  Lance Stroll Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 21st 16  Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 20th 17th  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 8th 18th  Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 4th 19th  Robert Kubica Williams-Mercedes 1 20th  George Russell Williams-Mercedes 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 652 2  Ferrari 466 3  Red Bull Racing Honda 341 4th  McLaren-Renault 111 5  Renault 73

Item constructor Points 06th  Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 64 07th  Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 64 08th  Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 35 09  Haas-Ferrari 28 10  Williams-Mercedes 1

Others

With the Grand Prix of Mexico, a Formula 1 World Championship race was broadcast live on Twitch for the first time. In Germany , Luxembourg , Switzerland , Denmark , Norway and Sweden , the uncommented image was broadcast on the Formula 1 channel, and in German-speaking countries with a comment by Let's Player PietSmiet .

Web links

Commons : Mexican Grand Prix 2019  - Images, Videos and Audio Files Collection

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Norman Fischer: Formula 1 Mexico 2019: Hamilton fastest, Ferrari strong. Motorsport-Total.com, October 25, 2019, accessed October 25, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Norman Fischer: Formula 1 Mexico 2019: Sebastian Vettel depends on Mercedes. Motorsport-Total.com, October 25, 2019, accessed October 26, 2019 . 
3. ^ Christian Nimmervoll: Formula 1 Mexico 2019: Ferrari on the straights "ballistic" fast. Motorsport-Total.com, October 26, 2019, accessed October 27, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Formula 1 to stream 2019 Mexican Grand Prix weekend via Twitch. In: Formula1.com. October 23, 2019, accessed October 30, 2019 .