2024 Mexican Grand Prix Archives - Motorsport

Verstappen responds to FIA steward’s “quite extreme accusations” following double penalty in F1 Mexico GP

Magdalena Put3 weeks ago3 weeks ago07 mins

Co-author: Ewout Albrecht Max Verstappen has responded to remarks recently made by Johnny Herbert, calling them “quite extreme accusations.” Herbert, a former F1 driver and regular Sky Sports F1 pundit from 2012 to 2022, serves as an FIA steward for Formula 1 races. He was part of the stewarding panel in both Austria and Mexico—where…

“I said maybe destiny has something ready for me this weekend” — Sainz opens up about his “extremely emotional” victory at F1 Mexico GP

Magdalena Put4 weeks ago4 weeks ago015 mins

Carlos Sainz revealed that his victory in Mexico was an “extremely emotional” milestone in one of his final races with Ferrari before he departs for Williams in 2025. Starting from pole, Sainz initially lost the lead to Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. However, a Safety Car was quickly deployed in response to a collision between Yuki…

Hamilton dealt with “massive understeer” but kept Russell battle “clean” at F1 Mexico GP

Rachel Stephens4 weeks ago4 weeks ago06 mins

Despite tyre strategy issues, set-up struggles, and a race-long battle with his teammate, Lewis Hamilton picked up an impressive fourth-place finish at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. With the Mexico GP throwing the drivers plenty of surprises, Hamilton claimed the race was “fun” and that he had a good start, but quickly noted, “I had a…

Scathing Pérez says Lawson does not have the “right attitude” following F1 Mexico GP clash

Fernanda Álvarez4 weeks ago4 weeks ago010 mins

Tensions ran high at the Mexican Grand Prix, as Sergio Pérez and Liam Lawson clashed both on and off the track. Sergio Pérez started in 18th place, and the Mexican driver quickly climbed up places and was up to 13th by the end of the first lap, driving under Safety Car due to the collision…

Colapinto says FW46 felt “completely off” after set-up changes before F1 Mexico GP qualifying

Rebecca Malitz4 weeks ago4 weeks ago04 mins

Franco Colapinto has produced impressive results for Williams since making his Formula 1 debut at the Italian Grand Prix. Except for his first race weekend in Monza, where he qualified P18, the young Argentinian has always managed to make it out of Q2, even making it into Q3 in Baku where he qualified a superb P8….

“It’s just a shame we didn’t get to finish the lap” — Lawson sure of Q3 appearance at F1 Mexico GP without Tsunoda crash

Rebecca Malitz4 weeks ago4 weeks ago08 mins

Ahead of Qualifying for the Mexican GP, the RB looked like a strong contender for a Q3 appearance, having finished all practice sessions inside the Top 10. Yuki Tsunoda showed particularly good form, finishing FP1 and FP2 in P3, thus providing teammate Liam Lawson, who made his F1 comeback during last weekend’s US GP, with…

“It worked out quite well” — Albon pleased with low-speed improvements at F1 Mexico GP after balance disconnection at recent rounds

Shermaine Wong4 weeks ago4 weeks ago08 mins

The United States Grand Prix kicked off a triple-header, coming off a month-long break after the Singapore Grand Prix. For Williams’ Alex Albon, the return wasn’t as smooth as he expected, with the Thai driver being knocked out of Q1 during qualifying at COTA. Contact with Valtteri Bottas at the start damaged his diffuser, ending…

Hamilton unconvinced Mercedes updates are working as he qualifies P6 for F1 Mexico GP

Shermaine Wong4 weeks ago4 weeks ago05 mins

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton had one less practice session this weekend as he loaned his car to incoming 2025 driver Kimi Antonelli for FP1. The rookie had damaged the car’s floor during his run as he ran over some debris, an incident that he was blameless for. Despite the car having slight improvements during FP3, the…

Verstappen delighted with P2 in F1 Mexico GP qualifying after “quite a terrible weekend” up until that point

Evan Roberts4 weeks ago06 mins

Having started on the backfoot on Friday, only completing a measly 18 laps over the opening two practice sessions, Max Verstappen came into qualifying day in Mexico underprepared for the task of repeating his previous success around the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. With the lack of running on the Friday, Verstappen knew the third practice session…

Carlos Sainz secures first pole of 2024 at F1 Mexico GP, says Q3 laps “almost perfect”

Fernanda Álvarez4 weeks ago07 mins

Carlos Sainz will start from Pole Position for the first time in the 2024 F1 season after a strong Mexico City GP qualifying performance. Q3 became dramatic when Verstappen’s first attempt was deleted for exceeding track limits. Ferrari briefly held the top two spots, with Sainz ahead of Charles Leclerc by 0.360 seconds. However, during…