Purple Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen prolonged his lead within the 2021 Components One World Championship on Sunday with a decisive win on the Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix, previously the Mexican Grand Prix.
Ranging from the second row, Verstappen made a superb transfer on the surface going into Flip 1 to take over Mercedes-Benz AMG’s Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton, who began at pole and second place, respectively.
Verstappen was by no means unsettled from there and comfortably took the win, with Hamilton finally crossing the road in second place some 16 seconds behind after managing to carry off native hero Sergio Perez. The man Purple Bull driver completed in third place, some 17 seconds behind his teammate.
Verstappen took benefit of the slipstream of the Mercedes drivers forward firstly of the race after which braked late going into Flip 1 to leap his rivals. Catastrophe then struck for Bottas who was nudged right into a spin by McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo into Flip 2, inflicting loads of chaos within the again and the protection automotive to emerge. AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda was additionally eradicated on the primary lap after contact with Alpine’s Esteban Ocon.
Mercedes-Benz AMG’s Lewis Hamilton on the 2021 Components One Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix
The race then restarted on lap 5, with Bottas dropped to the again of the pack. Verstappen led the restart forward of Hamilton and Perez, and maintained the lead. He would finally find yourself main for 65 of the race’s 71 laps, solely relinquishing it briefly to Perez following a pit cease. Verstappen then resumed the lead when Perez made his personal pit cease. On contemporary tires, Perez then fought laborious to overhaul Hamilton in an try and make it a Purple Bull one-two end, closing the hole to only a second by lap 60, however Hamilton held on to second place and Perez needed to accept third by the top.
Behind them, there was battle between Ferrari and AlphaTauri, with Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz difficult AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly for fourth. Gasly efficiently held them off to say fourth, with Leclerc ending fifth and Sainz sixth.
Following the weekend’s motion, Verstappen was capable of enhance his tally within the 2021 Drivers’ Championship to 312.5 factors. Reigning champion Hamilton is second with 293.5 factors and Bottas is third with 185 factors. The title chase within the Constructors’ Championship can also be very a lot alive, with Mercedes within the lead with 478.5 factors and Purple Bull shut behind with 477.5 factors. Ferrari is a distant third with 268.5 factors.
The subsequent race on the calendar is the Brazilian Grand Prix on this weekend.
2021 Components One Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix
Under are the total outcomes from the 2021 Components One Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix:
1) Max Verstappen, Purple Bull Racing
2) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-Benz AMG +16.555 seconds
3) Sergio Perez, Purple Bull Racing +17.752 seconds
4) Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri +63.845 seconds
5) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari +81.037 seconds
6) Carlos Sainz, Ferrari +1 lap
7) Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin +1 lap
8) Kimi Raikkonen, Alfa Romeo +1 lap
9) Fernando Alonso, Alpine +1 lap
10) Lando Norris, McLaren +1 lap
11) Antonio Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo +1 lap
12) Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren +1 lap
13) Esteban Ocon, Alpine +1 lap
14) Lance Stroll, Aston Martin +2 laps
15) Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes-Benz AMG +2 laps
16) George Russell, Williams +2 laps
17) Nicholas Latifi, Williams +2 laps
18) Nikita Mazepin, Haas +3 laps
NC) Mick Schumacher, Haas DNF
NC) Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri DNF
