Race Rewind
As of October 2017

2017 Mexican Grand Prix

🇲🇽 Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, Mexico Round 18 of 20

Going Into This Race

WDC Leader
Lewis Hamilton
331 pts (+66 over P2)
WCC Leader
Mercedes
575 pts (+147 over P2)

Pre-Race Report

Championship standings

Hamilton leads Vettel by sixty-six points. Mercedes clinched its fourth consecutive Constructors’ Championship at Austin.

Previous race

At Austin, Hamilton won and Mercedes clinched the Constructors’ title with Bottas fifth. Vettel finished fourth after a difficult weekend.

Championship permutations

Hamilton requires a fifth-place finish to secure his fourth World Drivers’ Championship title. Vettel needs to outscore Hamilton by seventeen points to keep the fight alive.

Entrants

Pierre Gasly returns to Toro Rosso after missing Austin. Gasly replaces Daniil Kvyat. Brendon Hartley is retained in the team’s second car as a regular driver, assigned car number 28.

Adapted by AI summarisation from “2017 Mexican Grand Prix” on Wikipedia . This adapted text is licensed under CC-BY-SA-4.0 . Modifications: summarised and spoiler-trimmed.

Last 5 Races

Full season →
# Date Grand Prix Pole P1 P2 P3
13 3 Sept 🇮🇹 Italian Grand Prix Hamilton Hamilton Bottas Vettel
14 17 Sept 🇸🇬 Singapore Grand Prix Vettel Hamilton Ricciardo Bottas
15 1 Oct 🇲🇾 Malaysian Grand Prix Hamilton Verstappen Hamilton Ricciardo
16 8 Oct 🇯🇵 Japanese Grand Prix Hamilton Hamilton Verstappen Ricciardo
17 22 Oct 🇺🇸 United States Grand Prix Hamilton Hamilton Vettel Räikkönen

Drivers' Championship

Full standings →
PosDriverTeamPtsWins
1Lewis HamiltonMercedes3319
2Sebastian VettelFerrari2654
3Valtteri BottasMercedes2442
4Daniel RicciardoRed Bull1921
5Kimi RäikkönenFerrari1630
6Max VerstappenRed Bull1231
7Sergio PérezForce India860
8Esteban OconForce India730
9Carlos SainzRenault540
10Felipe MassaWilliams360

Constructors' Championship

Full standings →
PosTeamPtsWins
1Mercedes57511
2Ferrari4284
3Red Bull3152
4Force India1590
5Williams680