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As of November 2021

2021 Mexico City Grand Prix

🇲🇽 Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, Mexico Round 18 of 22

Going Into This Race

WDC Leader
287.5 pts (+12 over P2)
WCC Leader
460.5 pts (+23 over P2)

Pre-Race Report

Championship standings

Verstappen leads the Drivers’ Championship by twelve points — 287.5 to Hamilton’s 275.5. Bottas is third with 185; Pérez trails him by 35, and Norris is one point behind Pérez. Mercedes lead the Constructors’ by 23 points over Red Bull. McLaren are third with 254 points, 4.5 ahead of Ferrari; Alpine are fifth with 104.

Previous race

At Austin, Verstappen took pole. Hamilton led into turn 1 but Verstappen won the race ahead of Hamilton and Pérez. Hamilton collected an extra point for fastest lap.

Milestones

This is the race’s debut under the name Mexico City Grand Prix. The event had been called the Mexican Grand Prix since its return to the calendar in 2015; the rename to Mexico City Grand Prix takes effect this year to reflect increased support from the city government.

Tyre choices

Pirelli brings the C2, C3, and C4 compounds.

Practice

Bottas led FP1 ahead of Hamilton and Verstappen. Verstappen topped FP2 ahead of Bottas and Hamilton. The Red Bulls of Pérez and Verstappen headed the timesheets in FP3, followed by the two Mercedes.

Adapted by AI summarisation from “2021 Mexico City Grand Prix” on Wikipedia . This adapted text is licensed under CC-BY-SA-4.0 . Modifications: summarised and spoiler-trimmed.

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PosTeamPtsWins
1Mercedes460.56
2Red Bull437.59
3McLaren2541
4Ferrari250.50
5Alpine F1 Team1041