Max Verstappen Source: SITA/AP/Fernando Llano CIUDAD DE MÉXICO – Dutchman Max Verstappen from the Red Bull team triumphed at the Mexican Grand Prix, the twentieth event of the F1 season. It was a record 14th victory for him in one year, surpassing the historical records of the Germans Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel. The British Lewis Hamilton on a Mercedes finished in second place, while the native Mexican Sergio Pérez on a Red Bull finished third. Verstappen already achieved his 34th career victory and fourth in Mexico. He already secured his second world championship title in advance at the VC of Japan, he already has an unattainable lead at the head of the standings. He’s too good! #MexicoGP @Max33Verstappen pic.twitter.com/9gaFmN1oJ4 — Formula 1 (@F1) October 30, 2022 Even before the race, the overall winner of the Constructors’ Cup, which is Verstappen’s Red Bull team, was certain. With the third place, Pérez moved ahead of Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) to the current 2nd place in the overall drivers’ ranking. Verstappen’s sovereign start Verstappen showed a sovereign start, he did not let the pole position be taken away and immediately created a lead. The start of the race was without collisions and dramatic moments. From the elite positions, the start did not go well for the second Russell, who was immediately overtaken by Pérez and shortly after that by Hamilton. The order at the head of Verstappen – Hamilton – Pérez – Russell did not change until the changeover, which was started by the home racer Pérez in the 24th lap. It took him 5 seconds to change the tires, he returned to the track behind both Ferrari single-seaters, which until then were driving behind the elite four. Photo gallery (8) Source: SITA/AP/Eduardo Verdugo Verstappen got medium hard tires in the 26th lap. After the other teams had switched over, the drivers from Red Bull and Mercedes lined up again on the podium in the original order. Verstappen maintained a sufficient lead, which was at the level of 10 seconds in the 50th lap. Ricciardo caused a collision but drove the best race of the season On lap 51, the first collision occurred, in which Ricciardo did not leave room for Cunoda and sent him off the track after wheel contact. The Japanese went to change the front wing and tires, but in the end he did not continue in the race after his engine went out. On lap 65, the race ended for Alonso, who was chasing the points, but a technical problem forced him to retire. Even the end of the race did not bring dramatic moments and Verstappen did not let his record victory be taken away. Two more events remain before the end of the 2022 season. Next up is November 13 in Brazil, with the season culminating on November 20 in Abu Dhabi. votes (source: Sport 2): Max Verstappen, winner: “It turned out that the start was very important. We had a different strategy, but in the end we chose the winning one. We love it here, we like to come back here because the atmosphere is always great. We’re having an incredible year, but we want more.” Lewis Hamilton, 2nd place: “Red Bull was faster today. Now there is no point in thinking about which of the possible strategies would have brought us a better position.” Sergio Pérez, 3rd place: “I gave it my all, but we had a slower pit stop and that slowed me down. Overtaking was very difficult and that’s why it turned out to be crucial that I passed Russell after the start.” Mexican GP (71 laps, 1 lap: 4.304 km, total: 305.4 km): 1. Max Verstappen (Hol./Red Bull), 2. Lewis Hamilton (V. Brit./Mercedes) +15.186 s, 3. Sergio Pérez (Mex./Red Bull) +18.097, 4. George Russell (V. Brit./Mercedes) +49.431, 5. Carlos Sainz (Sp./Ferrari) +58.123, 6. Charles Leclerc (Mon./Ferrari) +1:08.774 min., 7. Daniel Ricciardo (Aus./McLaren), 8. Esteban Ocon (Fr./Alpine), 9. Lando Norris (V. Brit./McLaren), 10. Valtteri Bottas (Fin./ Alfa Romeo), 11. Alex Albon (Thai./V. Brit./Williams), 12. Pierre Gasly (Fr./Alpha Tauri), 13. Chou Kuan-yüm (China/Alfa Romeo), 14. Sebatian Vettel ( Germany/Aston Martin), 15. Lance Stroll (Kan./Aston Martin), 16. Mick Schumacher (Germany/Haas), 17. Kevin Magnussen (Den./Haas) all + 1 lap, 18. Nicholas Latifi ( Kan./Williams) + 2 laps not completed: Fernando Alonso (Sp./Alpine), Júki Cunoda (Japan/Alpha Tauri) current order of drivers (after 20 of 22 races): 1. Max Verstappen 416 points, 2. Sergio Pérez 280, 3. Charles Leclerc 275, 4. George Russell 231, 5 .Lewis Hamilton 216, 6. Carlos Sainz 212, 7. Lando Norris 111, 8. Esteban Ocon 82, 9. Fernando Alonso 71, 10. Valtteri Bottas 47, 11. Sebastian Vettel 36, 12. Daniel Ricciardo 35, 13. Kevin Magnussen 24, 14. Pierre Gasly 23, 15. Lance Stroll 13, 16. Júki Cunoda 12, 16. Mick Schumacher 12 18. Kuan-yü Chou 6, 19. Alexander Albon 4, 20. Nyck de Vries 2, 21. Nicholas Latifi 2. Most-ever points scored in a season Max Verstappen #MexicoGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/PfWwHFsVcp — Formula 1 (@F1) October 30, 2022 Constructors’ Cup: 1. Red Bull 696 points, 2. Ferrari – 487 3. Mercedes 447, 4. Alpine 153, 5. McLaren 146, 6. Alfa Romeo 53, 7. Aston Martin 49, 8. Haas 36, 9. AlphaTauri 35, 10. Williams 8 Photo gallery for the article Number of photos: 8 Author: © VIDEO list: Twitter/Formula 1 Source: TASR