An exciting start and a sparkling first stage, then a boring training session: this is what the Mexican Grand Prix, won by Carlos Sainz, looked like in a nutshell.
Max Verstappen made a great start and took the lead ahead of Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris. However, the Dutch driver did not enjoy his position for long, as the safety car was brought out due to Yuki Tsunoda's terrible accident. Meanwhile, Sergio Perez also made a "great" start, the Mexican driver slowly becoming unable to find his position on the grid. So, although the Red Bull driver improved by a lot of positions, he immediately lost them due to the penalty. After five laps, the race could continue, Sainz came and changed the pace to position, returning to first place ahead of Verstappen. The main Red Bull Racing driver did not have a good race either, as he got involved in a fight with Lando Norris and broke the rules against the British driver, which also resulted in a serious penalty.
Meanwhile, the Mercedes were battling each other, with Fernando Alonso forced to retire from his anniversary Grand Prix due to a technical failure.
Sainz, Leclerc, Verstappen were in the order at the time, but the latter driver received a 20 (!!) second penalty, which meant that Red Bull was out of the race for the constructors' title. When the first pit stops took place, the intensity of the race also dropped. The leading group stabilized and from then on we could only see the train. Scuderia Ferrari, Lando Norris, Mercedes, that was the pattern, and by then we were already on lap 51, but in the last stage there was only one major change of positions.
Carlos Sainz won comfortably, but he was followed by Lando Norris, who overtook Charles Leclerc, who could take comfort in the point for fastest lap. Let's be honest, it wasn't the best Mexican Grand Prix ever...
