In the cauldron of the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, the Spaniard Carlos Sainz dominated a race with twists and turns to win with almost five seconds ahead of Norris at the end of this 20th round out of 24 of the season.
Winner in Austin last Sunday, Monegasque Charles Leclerc, 2nd for a long time, finally finished 3rd. The Ferrari driver notably made an error less than ten laps from the end of the race for the benefit of Norris, the main competitor of championship leader Verstappen.
In the championship, the Red Bull driver sees Norris returning to 47 points, while 120 points still remain to be distributed until the last round of the season, in Abu Dhabi at the beginning of December.
The rankings of the World Drivers’ Championship Formula 1 at the end of the Mexican Grand Prix, 20th round of the season is as follows:
1. Max Verstappen (NED) 362 pts
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. Lance Stroll (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 (USA) 0
23. Valtteri Bottas (FIN) 0
