Mexico 2019: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:15.949	1:16.136	1:14.758
2	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:16.364	1:16.219	1:15.024	+0.266
3	Vettel	Ferrari	1:16.696	1:15.914	1:15.170	+0.412
4	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:16.424	1:15.721	1:15.262	+0.504
5	Albon	Red Bull	1:16.175	1:16.574	1:15.336	+0.578
6	Bottas	Mercedes	1:17.062	1:15.852	1:15.338	+0.580
7	Sainz Jr.	McLaren	1:17.044	1:16.267	1:16.014	+1.256
8	Norris	McLaren	1:17.092	1:16.447	1:16.322	+1.564
9	Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:17.041	1:16.657	1:16.469	+1.711
10	Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:17.065	1:16.679	1:16.586	+1.828
11	Pérez	Racing Point	1:17.465	1:16.687		+0.966
12	Hülkenberg	Renault	1:17.608	1:16.885		+1.164
13	Ricciardo	Renault	1:17.270	1:16.933		+1.212
14	Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:17.225	1:16.967		+1.246
15	Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:17.794	1:17.269		+1.548
16	Stroll	Racing Point	1:18.065			+2.116
17	Magnussen	Haas	1:18.436			+2.487
18	Grosjean	Haas	1:18.599			+2.650
19	Russell	Williams	1:18.823			+2.874
20	Kubica	Williams	1:20.179			+4.230

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	3	71	1:36:48.904	1	Mercedes
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	2	71	+1.766	1	Ferrari
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	6	71	+3.553	1	Mercedes
4	Charles LeclercFastest lap	Ferrari	1	71	+6.368	2	Ferrari
5	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	5	71	+21.399	2	Honda
6	Max VerstappenDriver of the Day	Red Bull	4	71	+1:08.807	1	Honda
7	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	11	71	+1:13.819	1	BWT Mercedes
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	13	71	+1:14.924	1	Renault
9	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	10	70	+1 lap	2	Honda
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	12	70	+1 lap	1	Renault
11	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	9	70	+1 lap	2	Honda
12	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	16	70	+1 lap	1	BWT Mercedes
13	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren	7	70	+1 lap	2	Renault
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	15	70	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	17	69	+2 laps	1	Ferrari
16	George Russell	Williams	19	69	+2 laps	1	Mercedes
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas	18	69	+2 laps	1	Ferrari
18	Robert Kubica	Williams	20	69	+2 laps	2	Mercedes
DNF	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	14	58	Overheating	2	Ferrari
DNF	Lando Norris	McLaren	8	48	Withdrew	1	Renault

Starting grid vs qualifying

Verstappen Qualified 1, started 4 · 3-place penalty

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

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Places gained

Ricciardo13→8+5
Pérez11→7+4
Stroll16→12+4
Bottas6→3+3
Russell19→16+3
Hamilton3→1+2
Hülkenberg12→10+2
Magnussen17→15+2
Kubica20→18+2
Gasly10→9+1
Giovinazzi15→14+1
Grosjean18→17+1
Vettel2→20
Albon5→50
Verstappen4→6-2
Kvyat9→11-2
Leclerc1→4-3
Sainz Jr.7→13-6

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Vettel21.862R37
2Leclerc22.002R15
3Albon22.003R44
4Kvyat22.033R44
5Bottas22.179R36
6Sainz Jr.22.179R35
7Albon22.192R14
8Sainz Jr.22.241R15
9Hamilton22.269R23
10Ricciardo22.345R50

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Hamilton23481 stop
Vettel37341 stop
Bottas36351 stop
Leclerc1528282 stops
Albon1430272 stops
Verstappen5661 stop
Pérez20511 stop
Ricciardo50211 stop
Gasly940212 stops · +1 lap
Hülkenberg18521 stop · +1 lap

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

This race in history

19 races here since 1963Won from pole: 9 of 19

Win from furthest back (P13): Alain Prost 1990

Most wins here

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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