An exciting start and a sparkling first section, then boring trains: in short, this is what the Mexican Grand Prix, won by Carlos Sainz, looked like.
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 serious accident. Meanwhile, Sergio Perez also made a "great" start, the Mexican driver would slowly find his own position on the grid. So, although the Red Bull driver improved a number of positions, he immediately lost them due to the penalty. After five laps, the race could continue, Sainz came and traded pace for position, returning to first place ahead of Verstappen. The race did not go well for the Red Bull Racing main driver either, as he got into a fight with Lando Norris and broke the rules against the British driver, which also ended in a serious penalty.
Meanwhile, the Mercedes were battling each other, with Fernando Alonso forced to retire from the anniversary race due to a technical failure.
Sainz, Leclerc, Verstappen were in the order at that time, but the last driver received a 20 (!!) second penalty, which meant that Red Bull was out of the fight for the constructors' championship. When the first pit stops were made, the intensity of the race dropped. The front group settled down and from that moment on we could only see trains. Scuderia Ferrari, Lando Norris, Mercedes, that was the order pattern, and by then we were already on lap 51, but even in the last stage there was no significant change in positions.
Carlos Sainz took a comfortable victory, but Lando Norris came close behind, overtaking 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...
