From the best of the best to the unexpected rivalry at the Mexican Grand Prix... F1
The Mexico City Grand Prix probably won’t feature heavily on the highlights reel for 2022, but there were still plenty of notable moments to make it a memorable weekend.
From there, Verstappen soaked up the pressure from the relentless Hamilton in what could have been mistaken as one of their tension-filled face-offs from last year. The RB18 proved to have just a smidge more overall pace, with Verstappen moving into a bigger lead after the stops – the only question mark over his win being whether the medium tyre would prove to have the longevity, which it did.
Having got ahead of Russell on Lap 1, Perez had roughly kept pace with the leading duo – falling away to four seconds behind Hamilton at the time of his stop. While Verstappen was able to correct for the Red Bull error at COTA, the lack of overtaking opportunities in Mexico meant Perez wasn’t able to make up for their second error in two races – with the early excitement of the crowd dropping off as a result.Best overtake: Zhou Guanyu on Sebastian Vettel
On any other race day in 2022, Ricciardo would have fallen apart and plummeted down the field. But, perhaps light-headed from the lower oxygen levels in Mexico City, Ricciardo set about rescuing his race by putting in some great lap times on the soft compound tyre – finishing on track in seventh place and, even after the penalty was applied, retaining that position.“I wish it was more of a smooth race in terms of you never want to have contact, and you never want to receive a penalty.
With the end of his current career just weeks away, it was nice to get a reminder that the old Ricciardo is still in there somewhere.One of the big storylines of the weekend was that Red Bull withdrew media privileges for the Sky F1 team – meaning no one-on-one interviews with Verstappen, Perez, Christian Horner or any of the other Red Bull bigwigs.
It’s a rare feat for a TV station to annoy a team or driver to the extent that they’d choose not to speak to them, especially given Red Bull’s primary reason for being in F1 is for marketing. “This year it’s been a constant… yeah, like daily being disrespectful, especially one particular person. And it’s enough, I don’t accept it,” Verstappen explained.
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