Bottas confounds predictions with pole: 2021 Mexican GP qualifying round-up
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
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Sergio Perez was the man to beat in final practice ahead of qualifying. Will Mexico have its first pole-sitter at a home event?
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All times, TV channels and highlight timings you need for the 2021 Mexican GP
The ever-popular Mexican Grand Prix could prove critical in the title fight between Verstappen and Hamilton
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
Toto Wolff has said that if the title fight between his driver Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen goes down to the wire in Abu Dhabi, whichever of them is in…
His team boss suggests that this year’s F1 title could be decided by a collision, and recent history confirms it’s a possibility but Lewis Hamilton says he would never crash…
A phone call from Frank Williams cracked the F1 door open but the test wasn’t what Al Unser Jr had hoped it would be
All times, TV channels and highlight timings you need for the 2021 Mexican GP
The ever-popular Mexican Grand Prix could prove critical in the title fight between Verstappen and Hamilton
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