In the cauldron of the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, the Spaniard Carlos Sainz dominated a race full of twists and turns to prevail with almost five seconds ahead of <a href="https://time.news/f1-japanese-gp-verstappen-still-on-pole-perez-2nd-find-the-starting-grid-for-the-race/" title="F1 Japanese GP: Verstappen still on pole, Perez 2nd… Find the starting grid for the race”>Norris at the end of this 20th round out of 24 of the season.
Winner in Austin last Sunday, the Monegasque Charles Leclerc, who had been 2nd for a long time, finally finished 3rd. The Ferrari driver in fact made a mistake less than ten laps from the end of the race to the advantage of Norris, the main competitor of championship leader Verstappen.
In the championship, the Red Bull driver sees Norris return to 47 points, while there are still 120 points to be distributed until the last round of the season, in Abu Dhabi at the beginning of December.
The World Drivers’ Championship standings Formula 1 at the end of the Mexican Grand Prix, the 20th round of the season, it looks like this:
1. Max Verstappen (NED) 362 points
2. Lando Norris (GBR) 315
3. Charles Leclerc (MON) 291
4. Oscar Piastri (AUS) 251
5. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) 240
6. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) 189
7. George Russell (GBR) 177
8. Sergio Pérez (MEX) 150
9. Fernando Alonso (ESP) 62
10. Nico Hulkenberg (GER) 31
11. Spear walk (CAN) 24
12. Yuki Tsunoda (JPN) 22
13. Kevin Magnussen (DEN) 14
14. Alexander Albon (THA) 12
15. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) 12
16. Pierre Gasly (FRA) 9
17. Oliver Bearman (GBR) 7
18. Franco Colapinto (ARG) 5
19. Esteban Ocon (FRA) 5
20. Liam Lawson (NZL) 2
21. Zhou Guanyu (CHN) 0
22. Logan Sargeant (United States) 0
23. Valtteri Bottas (FIN) 0
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