New Delhi: Spain’s Carlos Sainz won the Mexico City Grand Prix on Sunday at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. He was ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris and Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc, who finished second and third, respectively, in the competition.
The talk of the Grand Prix was much around Red Bull’s Max Verstappen being sanctioned with two 10-second penalty (20 seconds of penalty in total) for over-aggressive driving in the initial stage of the race, leading to a couple of bruising incidents involving Norris.
Norris grabbed second from Charles Leclerc in the other Ferrari near the finish as the Briton enjoyed a major boost in his quest to deny Verstappen a fourth consecutive world championship.
The McLaren driver cut 10 points off the gap to Verstappen which now stands at 47 with four race weekends remaining.
The standings haven’t been hit more often with Verstappen holding the pole position in the driver’s list. The Dutchman leads the table with 362 points with Norris following him at the second spot with 315. Leclerc finished at third with 291 points while Sainz moved up to fifth spot following his title triumph to accumulate 240 points.
F1 Drivers standings after Mexico City Grand Prix
1. Max Verstappen (NED) – 362 points
2. Lando Norris (GBR) – 315 points
3. Charles Leclerc (MON) – 291 points
4. Oscar Piastri (AUS) – 251 points
5. Carlos Sainz (ESP) – 240 points
6. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) – 189 points
7. George Russell (GBR) – 177 points
8. Sergio Perez (MEX) – 150 points
9. Fernando Alonso (ESP) – 62 points
10. Nico Hulkenberg (GER) – 31 points
11. Lance Stroll (CAN) – 24 points
12. Yuki Tsunoda (JPN) – 22 points
13. Kevin Magnussen (DEN) – 14 points
14. Alexander Albon (THA) – 12 points
15. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) – 12 points
16. Pierre Gasly (FRA) – 9 points
17. Oliver Bearman (GBR) – 7 points
18. Franco Colapinto (ARG) – 5 points
19. Esteban Ocon (FRA) – 5 points
20. Liam Lawson (NZL) – 2 points
21. Zhou Guanyu (CHN) – 0 points
22. Logan Sargeant (USA) – 0 points
23. Valtteri Bottas (FIN) – 0 points
F1 Constructors standings after Mexico City Grand Prix
