The Mexican Grand Prix has by no means had a house winner, however Carlos Sainz Jnr turned the primary native speaker of the native language to triumph within the twenty fourth version of the occasion final weekend.
It’s the primary time in his profession Sainz has received multiple race in a season. 5 different drivers have already completed the identical this yr, making this the primary season since 1981 to function six a number of winners.
That feat was by no means beforehand achieved earlier than 1981. In an effort to break the document this yr, George Russell must win yet one more race or every other non-winner must win twice.
Nonetheless it’s price noting the 1981 document was set in a 15-round season. The Mexican Grand Prix was the twentieth of 24 occasions this yr.
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Sainz’s win was the fourth of his profession, placing him stage with Eddie Irvine (who, like Sainz, scored all his wins for Ferrari), Bruce McLaren (who based the workforce Sainz beforehand drove for) and Dan Gurney. The Ferrari driver additionally took his sixth pole place, placing him stage with Phil Hill, Emerson Fittipaldi, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Alan Jones, Carlos Reutemann and Ralf Schumacher.
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Norris claimed second place from Charles Leclerc late within the race. Nonetheless for the primary time because the Monaco Grand Prix neither he nor McLaren workforce mate Oscar Piastri led a lap.
Leclerc beat his workforce mate to the quickest lap of the race, equalling Norris’ profession tally of 10. They’re stage with Graham Hill – who received his second world championship within the 1968 Mexican Grand Prix – John Surtees and Mario Andretti.
First, third and quickest lap for Ferrari meant they overtook Pink Bull for second place within the constructors’ championship. They’re solely 29 factors behind leaders McLaren and will simply overhaul them this weekend, the place twice as many factors can be found.
Max Verstappen noticed his run of three consecutive Mexican Grand Prix wins come to an finish. Nonetheless he did lead a lap for the primary time because the Italian Grand Prix.
Kevin Magnussen scored his greatest results of the season up to now with seventh place. Crew mate Nico Hulkenberg completed ninth, and now has 31 factors, the very best rating by a Haas driver because the 2018 season.
Haas pulled out a 10-point lead over closest rivals RB within the combat for sixth place. Alpine picked up their first level because the Dutch Grand Prix with Pierre Gasly in tenth place.
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Lance Stroll completed one place outdoors the factors. He has now gone seven rounds with out scoring, which is his longest point-less streak since he joined the workforce owned by his father. He went 9 races with out scoring some extent at Williams in 2018.
Lastly, Fernando Alonso marked his four-hundredth look in a grand prix, however retired early on attributable to overheating brakes. He’ll make his four-hundredth begin in three races’ time: Alonso formally didn’t begin the 2001 Belgian Grand Prix (crash), 2005 United States Grand Prix (withdrew) or 2017 Russian Grand Prix (pre-race technical failure).
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