Max Verstappen wins 2021 Mexican Grand Prix – F1only.com

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen won the Mexican Grand Prix this Sunday, November 7, the Dutchman ahead of Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes and Sergio Perez’s Red Bull by the checkered flag.

Behind, Pierre Gasly, Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz, Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso and Lando Norris complete the top ten at the finish of the event this Sunday in Mexico City.

Verstappen makes a good deal at the start

At the start of the race, Max Verstappen (third) managed to make the Mercedes aspiration for poleman Valtteri Bottas and presented himself at the first corner as the leader of the race.

Valtteri Bottas for his part was hit by McLaren driver Daniel Ricciardo, who completely missed his braking in the first corner. The Mercedes driver will have to go through the pits just like Ricciardo. The two men will resume the race at the back of the grid.

At the first corner, Mick Schumacher and Yuki Tsunoda were also involved in an incident and both retired this Sunday in Mexico City.

Once the race started again, Max Verstappen took advantage of having a completely free track in front of him to widen the gap with a Lewis Hamilton unable to get closer to his rival.

Dark day for Bottas

After his crash on the first lap, Bottas struggled to move up the hierarchy and even lost a lot of pit time during his second stop due to a stubborn lug nut on his car. the Finn will come out of the pits again at the back of the grid.

Perez on the podium

At the end of the race, Sergio Perez came back like a cannonball on Hamilton’s Mercedes and almost overtook the Briton to take second place and give Red Bull a double. Unfortunately, the Mexican has hit his tires too hard and will have to settle for a third place at home, which was his goal before the start of the race.

The next Grand Prix scheduled on the calendar is that of Brazil from next week (from November 12 to 14) on the Sao Paulo track. All the news and live driving sessions will obviously be to follow on F1only.fr.

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