2019 F1 Mexican Grand Prix race results

October 27th 2019 - Last updated: November 24th 2020

Race results for the 2019 Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix. Contains full classification. Full race report will follow

Vettel and Leclerc lead the grid away at the start of the 2019 F1 Mexican Grand Prix

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Lewis Hamilton won the Mexican Grand Prix despite a first-lap clash with Max Verstappen, bringing him within four championship points of winning his sixth f1 title.

Mercedes’ tacticians once again made Ferrari look lacklustre, as their one-stop strategy landed Hamilton in the lead, while pole-sitter Leclerc sacrificed first position with a two-stop strategy that saw him finish fourth.

Hamilton’s victory hopes were heavily dented in the Turn One collision, which dropped him to fifth.

Verstappen initially fell to eighth, but his recovery attempts left him at the back of the pack, when he overtook Valtteri Bottas and caught his right rear tyre on the Mercedes’ front wing, causing a puncture.

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At the front, Ferrari appeared to be in control until Charles Leclerc was brought in to the pits early, putting him on a two-stop strategy, and promoting Sebastian Vettel to the lead.

Mercedes then brought Hamilton in on lap 24, fitting hard tyres, which he would have to conserve for 48-laps to make his one-stop strategy work.

Ferrari didn’t follow suit, and Vettel stayed out; Hamilton immediately reduced the gap to the leader to less than a pitstop’s worth of time, ensuring that he would lead after the first round of stops.

The scene was set for Vettel, on fresher tyres, to chase down Hamilton, while the two-stopping Leclerc was expected to join the battle behind third-placed Bottas.

However, the fight never materialised; a problem with Leclerc’s second pitstop left him with too much ground to make up; Vettel was unable to overhaul Hamilton and Bottas remained third, earning just enough points to keep him in the title fight — mathematically at least.

Verstappen fought his way back to sixth, almost 50 seconds behind team-mate Alex Albon, who was also on a two-stop strategy.

Read the full story in Mark Hughes’ race report, coming later.

The full race results are below.

2019 Mexican Grand Prix provisional results

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1hr 36min 48.904sec	25
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+1.766sec	18
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+3.553sec	15
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+6.368sec	13*
5	Alex Albon	Red Bull	+21.399sec	10
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+1min 8.807sec	8
7	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	+1min 13.819sec	6
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	+1min 14.924sec	4
9	Pierre Gasly	Renault	+1 lap	2
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Toro Rosso	+1 lap	1
11	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	+1 lap**
12	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	+1 lap
13	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	+1 lap
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	+1 lap
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+2 laps
16	George Russell	Williams	+2 laps
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas	+2 laps
18	Robert Kubica	Williams	+2 laps
	Kimi Raïkkönen	Alfa Romeo	DNF
	Lando Norris	Haas	DNF

*Includes point for fastest lap
**10sec time penalty

F1 Drivers’ Championship after Race 18 (Mexico)

Position	Driver	Team	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	363
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	289
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	236
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	230
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	220
6	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	77
7	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	76
8	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	74
9	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	43
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	38
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	35
12	Lando Norris	McLaren	35
13	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	34
14	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	31
15	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	21
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	20
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas	8
18	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	4
19	Robert Kubica	Williams	1
20	George Russell	Williams	0