Super starts and slim margins: Mexican GP what you missed
Verstappen and Red Bull were unstoppable and the championship tables show that the momentum has well and truly vanished from the Mercedes camp
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Red Bull came to Mexico expected to dominate and backed up that expectation throughout Friday when it was at times up to 0.5sec quicker than Mercedes. But Mercedes locked out…
Starts to races don’t always live up to the hype, especially when you have title rivals heading towards Turn 1 with a race up for grabs, but Mexico didn’t disappoint.…
Max Verstappen and Red Bull left the rest well behind to win the Mexico Grand Prix and extend his title advantage
“Ha, ha, yes!!” You could hear the delight in Valtteri Bottas’s voice as Mercedes took an entirely unexpected pole position and front row lock-out for round 18 of an epic…
Valtteri Bottas set a scorching pace under the Mexican sun to take pole for tomorrow’s race, with Lewis Hamilton second and Max Verstappen third
Sergio Perez was the man to beat in final practice ahead of qualifying. Will Mexico have its first pole-sitter at a home event?
The families of Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi are working together on a new documentary into the Ferrari team-mates’ controversial, tragic 1982 season. Due for release next year, forty years…
Pole has been separated by fine margins this season but losing out at the Mexican Grand Prix might not be the worst result
Verstappen and Red Bull were unstoppable and the championship tables show that the momentum has well and truly vanished from the Mercedes camp
Red Bull came to Mexico expected to dominate and backed up that expectation throughout Friday when it was at times up to 0.5sec quicker than Mercedes. But Mercedes locked out…
Starts to races don’t always live up to the hype, especially when you have title rivals heading towards Turn 1 with a race up for grabs, but Mexico didn’t disappoint.…
Max Verstappen and Red Bull left the rest well behind to win the Mexico Grand Prix and extend his title advantage
“Ha, ha, yes!!” You could hear the delight in Valtteri Bottas’s voice as Mercedes took an entirely unexpected pole position and front row lock-out for round 18 of an epic…
Valtteri Bottas set a scorching pace under the Mexican sun to take pole for tomorrow’s race, with Lewis Hamilton second and Max Verstappen third
Sergio Perez was the man to beat in final practice ahead of qualifying. Will Mexico have its first pole-sitter at a home event?
The families of Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi are working together on a new documentary into the Ferrari team-mates’ controversial, tragic 1982 season. Due for release next year, forty years…
Pole has been separated by fine margins this season but losing out at the Mexican Grand Prix might not be the worst result
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