Mexican GP HIGHLIGHTS – Max Verstappen easily defeated Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez and Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton to win the Mexico City Grand Prix. The Dutch driver finished the race from the pole position with a perfect run, losing the lead only during the leaders’ lone pit stop. In the process he also created BIGGEST EVER RECORD in Formula 1 History: Watch Mexican GP 2022 and Formula 1 Highlights with InsideSport.IN
This was Verstappen’s 14th WIN of the SEASON. It moves the Dutchman clear of Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, who won 13 races in 2004 and 2013.
World champion @Max33Verstappen surpasses Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel for most wins in a season#2TheMax #MexicoGP pic.twitter.com/cc1HyAJfcG
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Mexican GP HIGHLIGHTS: DOMINANT Max Verstappen makes Formula 1 history as he beats Lewis Hamilton for RECORD 14th win in season, surpassing longstanding Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel milestone: Follow MEXICAN GP 2022 Highlights
The 2022 champion’s Mexico win is his 14th of the campaign, handing him a new record for most wins in a single season ahead of fellow greats Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel who won 13 in 2004 and 2013 respectively.
2022 FIA Formula 1 Mexico City Grand Prix (Mexican GP 2022) – Race
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 71 1:38’36.729
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 71 1:38’51.915 15.186
3 Sergio Pérez Red Bull 71 1:38’54.826 18.097
4 George Russell Mercedes 71 1:39’26.160 49.431
5 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 71 1:39’34.852 58.123
6 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 71 1:39’45.503 1’08.774
7 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren/Mercedes 70 1:39’09.266 1 lap /32.537
8 Esteban Ocon Alpine/Renault 70 1:39’11.458 1 lap /34.729
9 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 70 1:39’15.723 1 lap /38.994
10 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo/Ferrari 70 1:39’19.108 1 lap /42.379
Verstappen, whose Red Bull team opted for a soft-medium tyre strategy, took the chequered flag some 15 seconds clear of Hamilton, who was left to question why Mercedes swapped their starting set of mediums for hards.
Perez gave the home fans something to cheer about in third, having threatened to challenge Hamilton late on, while Russell – who lost out to his team mate at the start – took a distant fourth.
Russell was also unhappy with his strategy, repeatedly asking Mercedes to pit again and ditch the hard tyres, which failed to bring the race back to the Silver Arrows in the closing stages – a stop for softs with two laps to run at least yielding the fastest lap.
Ferrari endured a lacklustre race as Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc claimed lonely P5 and P6 finishes, ahead of McLaren driver Daniel Ricciardo, who charged his way to seventh with soft tyres late on and kept the position despite a 10-second time penalty for a clash with Yuki Tsunoda.
Esteban Ocon placed eighth, after a painful late retirement for Alpine team mate Fernando Alonso, as the other McLaren of Lando Norris and Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas – not quite able to repeat his qualifying performance – completed the points.
