Max Verstappen wins System 1's Mexican Grand Prix

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Pink Bull driver Max Verstappen completed in first place on the Mexican Grand Prix to say his record-setting 14th win of the season on Sunday.

The 25-year-old’s 14th victory of the season sees him move Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel for essentially the most race wins in a single season in System One historical past.

Earlier in October, Verstappen claimed his second profession world championship on the Japanese Grand Prix, and final week he gained the US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, which noticed him share the report for variety of season race wins.

Together with his victory in Mexico, Verstappen additionally broke the report for essentially the most factors collected in a single season, beforehand set by Lewis Hamilton in 2019.

The information verify Verstappen’s dominance this season. After an inauspicious begin in Bahrain again in March, he has gained race after race, comfortably seeing off an early problem from Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.

Talking after Sunday’s race at Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico Metropolis, Mexico, Verstappen regarded ahead to extra success.

“An unbelievable end result. It’s been an unbelievable 12 months up to now. We’re undoubtedly having fun with it and we’ll attempt to go for extra,” the Dutch driver stated.

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton completed in second place, some 15 seconds behind the Dutchman, and Pink Bull’s Sergio Perez got here in third.

Verstappen began on pole and glided away, whereas Hamilton behind him overtook teammate George Russell.

The 2 groups started on totally different tires – Mercedes on the mediums within the hope of difficult the Dutchman’s dominance with Pink Bull on the softs – and for some time the automobiles have been evenly matched.

Pink Bull pitted their drivers first, choosing medium tires whereas Hamilton fitted exhausting tires in order that he wouldn't must pit once more.

In the end, Mercedes’ technique didn't repay as Hamilton may solely watch Verstappen improve his lead, and crew boss Toto Wolff later acknowledged over the radio that it was “perhaps not the proper tire alternative,” in response to the BBC.

However for all of Verstappen and Pink Bull’s achievements this 12 months, there was a shadow solid over the crew on Sunday after it was sanctioned for a price range cap breach final 12 months.

Pink Bull Racing (RBR) and the FIA agreed an Accepted Breach Settlement (ABA) for the crew’s breaking of F1’s value cap guidelines in 2021, the game’s governing physique introduced on Friday.

RBR have been discovered to have breached the fee cap by £432,652 ($501,409).

The punishment quantities to a positive of $7 million, a ten% discount in value limits for RBR’s aerodynamic testing for subsequent 12 months, and duty for the prices incurred by the Price Cap Administration, who have been accountable for investigating the breach.

Within the FIA assertion, the Price Cap Administration famous that RBR “acted cooperatively all through the evaluation course of” and that “there isn't a accusation or proof that RBR has sought at any time to behave in dangerous religion.”

“The extra draconian half is the sporting penalty, which is a ten% discount on our potential to utilise our wind tunnel and aerodynamic instruments,” crew boss Christian Horner stated in a press convention, in response to ESPN.

“That represents wherever between 0.25 seconds and 0.5 seconds of lap time. That is available in from now, it has a direct impact on subsequent 12 months’s automobile and it is going to be in place for a 12-month interval.”

Two races stay on the F1 calendar for Verstappen so as to add to his report tally with the Brazilian Grand Prix scheduled on November 13 and the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on November 20.