Max Verstappen won the Mexican GP and remains at the top of the Formula 1 World Cup standings now with a 19-point lead over Lewis Hamilton . Although the Briton was second, Sergio Pérez’s third place places Red Bull just 1 point ahead of Mercedes in the Constructors’ World Cup.
As regards the Constructors’ World Cup, Ferrari has regained third place in the standings. After the Mexican GP, the Italian team leads McLaren by 13.5 points . While Ferrari caresses the goal that it set for 2021, the one that could miss it is Alpine . The French team arrived in Mexico with a 10-point advantage over an AlphaTauri that has hunted it down in the standings. However, Alpine maintains fifth place thanks to Esteban Ocon’s victory in Hungary.
If AlphaTauri has given this blow, it has been thanks to Pierre Gasly’s fourth place in the Mexican GP . Although Ferrari tried to threaten his position by letting Leclerc overtake Carlos Sainz when the latter was faster, seeing that the Madrid native could not hunt down Gasly, he asked the Madrilenian to return the position to his teammate in a controversial move .
After Carlos Sainz, who was sixth, Sebastian Vettel , Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso , who was ninth, finished the Mexican GP. Lando Norris closed the point zone.
Classification of the Mexican GP
🏁 RACE CLASSIFICATION 🏁
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Ranking of the Drivers’ World Cup
1. Max Verstappen – 312.5 points
2. Lewis Hamilton – 293.5 points
3. Valtteri Bottas – 185 points
4. Sergio Pérez – 165 points
5. Lando Norris – 150 points
6. Charles Leclerc – 138 points
7. Carlos Sainz – 130.5 points
8. Daniel Ricciardo – 105 points
9. Pierre Gasly – 86 points
10. Fernando Alonso – 60 points
11. Esteban Ocon – 46 points
12. Sebastian Vettel – 42 points
13. Lance Stroll – 26 points
14. Yuki Tsunoda – 20 points
15. George Russell – 16 points
16. Kimi Räikkönen – 10 points
17. Nicholas Latifi – 7 points
18. Antonio Giovinazzi – 1 points
19. Mick Schumacher – 0 points
20. Robert Kubica – 0 points
21. Nikita Mazepin – 0 points
Classification of the Formula 1 Constructors’ World Cup
1. Mercedes – 478.5 points
2. Red Bull Racing Honda – 477.5 points
3. Ferrari – 268.5 points
4. McLaren Mercedes – 255 points
5. Alpine Renault – 106 points
6. AlphaTauri Honda – 96 points
7. Aston Martin Mercedes – 68 points
8. Williams Mercedes – 23 points
9. Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari – 11 points
10. Haas Ferrari – 0 points
