Max Verstappen has broken his own single-season win record, and now matches Alain Prost in the all-time winners' list.
Max Verstappen took a record-breaking 16th win in a single season at the Mexican Grand Prix, with two huge crashes having taken place elsewhere on Sunday.
But home hero Sergio Perez, who started fifth, was challenging for the lead as well – on the outside of Leclerc, but he tagged wheels with the Ferrari and was sent flying into the run-off area. Hamilton was looking to muscle his way into the lead battle, keeping Ricciardo’s AlphaTauri within DRS range in fourth, but the straight-line speed from the Australian appeared enough to keep the Mercedes driver at bay, with Hamilton reporting “the car is running hot” – and cooling a big issue for all the drivers around Mexico City.
Hamilton, meanwhile, closed up to tbe back of Sainz in third and tried to pull the undercut on the Ferrari driver by pitting on lap 25, with Sainz opting to extend his opening stint for what Ferrari described as the “optimal one-stop”. He climbed out of his car and hopped over the Tecpro barrier, but his VF-23 caught alight at the rear and after an initial Safety Car, the race was red-flagged due to barrier repairs that needed to take place as a result.
Hamilton kept in touch with Leclerc, though, and when DRS was re-enabled two laps later, the Mercedes driver was all over the back of the Ferrari – though he was robust in his defence into Turn 1.
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