2023 Mexico City Grand Prix

Max Verstappen won the 2023 Mexico City Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez on 29 Oct 2023 for Red Bull, from 3rd on the grid; Lewis Hamilton was second and Charles Leclerc third. Pole position: Charles Leclerc.

Verstappen took the lead for good on lap 32 of 71, from Charles Leclerc; the lead changed hands 2 times in all. There was one safety-car period (laps 34 to 36). Verstappen stopped 3 times, on laps 19 and 33 and 34 (19 laps on medium, then 14 laps on hard, then 38 laps on hard); 14 of 17 finishers made 2 stops, and the median first stop was lap 26. The fastest lap was Lewis Hamilton's, 1:21.334 on lap 71. 17 of 20 starters were classified; 3 retired or were not classified. After the race Max Verstappen led the championship with 491 points, 251 ahead of Sergio Pérez, with 3 rounds left.

Date

29 Oct 2023

Circuit

Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, Mexico

Round

19 of 22

Winner

Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

Tyre compounds

C3 hard C4 medium C5 soft source

Pole position

Charles Leclerc (1:17.166)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 6 drivers: Yuki Tsunoda qualified 15th, started 18th; Esteban Ocon qualified 16th, started 15th; Kevin Magnussen qualified 17th, started 16th; Lance Stroll qualified 18th, started from the pit lane; Lando Norris qualified 19th, started 17th; Logan Sargeant qualified 20th, started 19th. 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

Max Verstappen: 3 stops (laps 19, 33, 34), stints of 19 medium, 14 hard, 38 hard laps

2nd

Lewis Hamilton: 2 stops (laps 24, 34), stints of 24 medium, 10 hard, 37 medium laps

3rd

Charles Leclerc: 2 stops (laps 31, 34), stints of 31 medium, 40 hard laps

Finishers

1 stop: 1 · 2 stops: 14 · 3 or more: 2

First stops

median lap 26 of 71

Pit stops

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

Bar colours are the tyre compound of each stint: hard medium soft intermediate wet not known (the records disagree). Compounds from Pirelli's post-race pit-stop graphic (press.pirelli.com).

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 2023 standings