Formula 1: Mexican Grand Prix – live | formula 1

44/71 Leclerc has reduced the gap to Sainz to six seconds. Perez's stinker continues with a second pit.

43/71 It will be cloudy in Mexico City. The winner couldn't be clearer. Verstappen complains about his tires. Piastri moves up to 11th place with his tires.

42/71 Piastri is chasing the field, his team wants him to chase Verstappen.

41/71 “It's getting really dark,” groans Max. It seems like the weather isn't going to cooperate with this race. Dry tires are to be feared when it explodes like this.

40/71 Piastri and Lawson come into the pits, leaving Verstappen in sixth place. He is seven seconds behind Hamilton. Lawson goes to the back to reacquaint good old Checo, who is in for another shock.

39/71 McLaren is struggling to get close to the Ferraris, so the constructors' championship could be affected.

38/71 Verstappen finished seventh, behind the slowing Lawson.

37/71 Sainz is seven seconds ahead of Leclerc. It was an armchair ride for the Ferrari.

36/71 Verstappen moved up to eighth place, past Colapinto. Lawson and Piastri are ahead. Hamilton is still on his fastest lap.

35/71 Lawson is overtaken by both Piastri and Hamilton. “If I remember, México DF was once considered the most polluted city in the world, which may explain the atmosphere in which the race is held,” says David Hepp. Here and at altitude there is no clear sky.

34/71 Russell says: “Surely we could do two more laps to the Mercedes pits.” Piastri is stuck between Lawson and Hamilton, who sets the fastest lap.

33/71 Sainz comes into the pits and comes out ahead of Leclerc. Lawson, who didn't pit, is in fourth place and thoroughly enjoying himself.

32/71 Sainz will go to the pits…

31/71 Norris pits and comes out fourth, with plenty of open road ahead of him, and Russell third, not pitting yet.

30/71 Verstappen is 13th, now 12th. Everything should be easy enough until he reaches Hamilton.

29/71 Can Norris chase the Ferraris? Now there is no Verstappen to get past.

28/71 Hard tires are the order of the day, Lewis Hamilton has big plans and is ahead of Verstappen.

Verstappen falls back to 15th place

26/71 Verstappen goes to the pits.

25/71 “My tires aren’t holding up, guys,” says an unhappy Verstappen, who has Lando Norris breathing down his neck.

24/71 Sainz and Leclerc still have everything for the Ferrari.

23/71 “That’s silly, man,” says Verstappen. This time he spoke, I think it was Perez before. In any case, he was diplomatic.

22/71 Piastri will face Colapinto in the battle for 12th and 13th place. Two faces of the future. “Wow,” says Russell about the news of Verstappen’s penalty.

21/71 Let's wait for the Verstappen verdict. He always takes these things well. “Are you really serious,” he says. Looks like good old Checo is in for some punishment too,

Verstappen receives another 10-second penalty

19/71 Fernando Alonso has retired, his first loss of the season. Something broke in his engine. Perez is pursued by Lance Stroll.

18/71 At the back, Perez tries to take on Liam Lawson, cheered on by the locals, but Perez goes off the track. Liam Lawson stays ahead. The locals are not happy.

17/71 In the Haas, Magnussen continues to chase Hamilton and Russell in fifth and sixth place.

16/71 No team orders from Ferrari; They are free to compete against each other.

15/71 Russell and Hamilton set off while Kevin Magnussen gives chase. Hamilton holds out. Leclerc has the fastest lap.

14/71 We are waiting for Verstappen's answer. Mercedes is now fighting – Russell and Hamilton are competing against each other. “10, that’s impressive,” says Max. “There was a lot of complaining,” says Red Bull boss Christian Horner.

Verstappen receives a 10-second penalty

12/71 It looks like Verstappen is in trouble and may have to give up a penalty. Two incidents are reported there.

11/71 This incident: Lando was in front, then Verstappen brakes later, and when Lando slows down, Verstappen runs away from both of them. Leclerc took advantage. And the Ferraris are in full control.

Norris and Verstappen clash again!

9/71 Sainz sets the fastest lap then passes Verstappen in turn one, who fights hard to hold off the Spaniard, but as the Ferrari has DRS he flies on. Max is not happy. He blames the car.

8/71 Verstappen has the fastest lap. He is trying his best to fend off the threat from Sainz.

7/71 Verstappen enters turn one as the leader. Ferrari looks fast, very fast. No DRS is available in this round.

6/71 Perez gets a five-second penalty. The safety car is over. So we start from a standstill. Verstappen slows down, then he goes and tries to get away from Sainz and Norris.

5/71 More safety car action. Max Verstappen complains about having to zigzag with his tires. He is thirsty too.

4/71 Checo Perez is being investigated for a bad start. He was too far ahead. Things aren't going well for Red Bull's second man.

3/71 The safety car could be useful. These accidents occurred on a difficult part of the route.

2/71 There is debris everywhere on the track, it was a spectacular accident. Tsunoda was fine and was able to wave to the crowd as his car was rescued from the first corner. Albon's car is parked on the side of the road. Sainz had to go off the track with this fast start; Verstappen had left him nowhere to go. Albon and Tsunoda saw themselves being pushed away. These things happen.

The lights go out in Mexico City! Tsunoda crashes into the safety car

They go into the introductory round, And it looks pretty humid out there, almost gray. The stands are extremely impressive.

“Max did a brilliant job yesterday, “Checo has a lot to do,” says Christian Horner. “Checo just has to try.” Sergio Perez fell back to 18th place at his home GP.

Fernando Alonso says he is “Ready for the next 50 more” as he completed his 400th race.

Here come the hymns; At the end of the race there is talk of rain. There are 71 laps on the 4.304 kilometer long Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez track.

It looks hot in Mexico City, but it's actually around 21 degrees. The Mercedes team is worried about the first corner and believes a one-stop strategy will be the way to go today. It's cool.

“Every beginning is different” says Max Verstappen on the way to his car. Things are loud in Mexico. “I don’t want to say we can win the race today.”

News that Esteban Ocon will start from the pit lane after having to change his battery.

And take a look at the 2025 campaign with an interview with Charles Leclerc.

I'm really looking forward to working with him. Yes, to learn from him, but at the same time it is an exciting challenge for me to be in the same car with such a successful driver and show what I am capable of. We both want to beat each other, that's how it is in Formula 1, but I'm sure it will be healthy competition.

It will be Fernando Alonso's 400th GP and Giles Richards pays tribute to him.

Norris versus Verstappen can still be a close fight.

Qualifying on Saturday

Drivers' championship standings

The starting lineup

preamble