2019 Mexican Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton won the 2019 Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez on 27 Oct 2019 for Mercedes, from 3rd on the grid; Sebastian Vettel was second and Valtteri Bottas third. Pole position: Max Verstappen.

Hamilton took the lead for good on lap 44 of 71, from Charles Leclerc; the lead changed hands 3 times in all. Hamilton stopped once, on lap 23; 12 of 18 finishers made 1 stop, and the median first stop was lap 21. The fastest lap was Charles Leclerc's, 1:19.232 on lap 53. 18 of 20 starters were classified; 2 retired or were not classified. After the race Lewis Hamilton led the championship with 363 points, 74 ahead of Valtteri Bottas, with 3 rounds left.

Date

27 Oct 2019

Circuit

Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, Mexico

Round

18 of 21

Winner

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

Tyre compounds

C2 hard C3 medium C4 soft source

Pole position

Max Verstappen (1:14.758)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 4 drivers: Max Verstappen qualified 1st, started 4th; Charles Leclerc qualified 2nd, started 1st; Sebastian Vettel qualified 3rd, started 2nd; Lewis Hamilton qualified 4th, started 3rd. The data records the positions, not the reason; such gaps come from grid penalties, car or engine changes, or pit-lane starts. The small "q" number in the Grid column is the qualifying position.

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Explained: how to read a lap chart · safety car, virtual safety car and red flags.

Race history: gap to the leader

How the race was won

Winner

Lewis Hamilton: 1 stop (lap 23), stints of 23, 48 laps

2nd

Sebastian Vettel: 1 stop (lap 37), stints of 37, 34 laps

3rd

Valtteri Bottas: 1 stop (lap 36), stints of 36, 35 laps

Finishers

1 stop: 12 · 2 stops: 6

First stops

median lap 21 of 71

Pit stops

Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Explained: how qualifying works · how often pole position wins.

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Explained: how points and the two championships work.

Full 2019 standings