F1 Mexico Grand Prix LIVE: Carlos Sainz wins from pole position ahead of Lando Norris

Here’s Max Verstappen giving his post-race reaction to Sky Sports:

The party will go on for some time in Mexico City after Carlos Sainz’s victory. The Spaniard enjoyed that one:

Charles Leclerc also spoke about the improvement with his car. He said: “We are working super well as a team there has been quite a few races now that we are coming back to the level we should be at and it’s amazing to see.

“Obviously the constructors’ is our target and with weekends like this we are getting closer to it, so I hope we can continue in that direction and get that constructors’ title, which is very important.”

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who finished in third place said: “It was a difficult one, on the first stint it was all about trying to manage your temperatures which was quite difficult.

“But in the end we did the best race we could do. The whole weekend I’ve been a little on the back foot so third place was all I could achieve on my side today.

“Amazing race by Carlos today and it’s a good weekend overall for the team, which is positive.”

McLaren are leading the way but Ferrari now up to second place and hav ewon the last two races. The gap between the two leaders is just 29 points.

Red Bull have fallen 54 points behind McLaren after a difficult weekend in Mexico but they can’t be ruled out either.

With both cars in the points today, sixth-placed Haas have pulled away from RB in seventh by 10 points. Could they challenge Aston Martin for fifth?

Lando Norris on his championship hopes: “I just keep my head down, I’m doing my best. We’re doing a good job as a team, we were probably quickest in the end. We keep our head down, that’s what I can do for now. Focus on ourselves, we keep pushing.”

Lando Norris and Max Verstappen tussled once again at the Mexican Grand Prix with the Red Bull driver amassing a 20-second penalty throughout the opening stages.

Norris said: “I knew what to expect [battling Verstappen], I didn’t want to expect such a thing because I respect Max as a driver but I was ready to expect something like this and this is not very clean driving in my opinion, I avoided it and it was a good race.”

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Lando Norris pulled off a remarkable second place finish and gained 10-points in the world championship battle.

He said: “It was a very tough race. The first few laps a lot of it was just trying to stay in the race and avoid any crashes.

“Carlos drove a very good race so congratulations to Carlos and Ferrari, they were very quick today. I tried my best and a big thanks to all the fans, the fans make it very enjoyable here so big thank you to everyone.”

The Mexico GP winner, Carlos Sainz, performed a superb overtake on Max Verstappen after losing the lead in the first lap. From there he never looked like losing the race.

On overtaking Verstappen he said: “I didn’t prepare to be honest. I was just a bit annoyed at the start having lost position to him and I said I need to surprise him one way or another, as he’s super difficult to pass, he’s proven it many many times.

“I was a bit far back but I said I’ve got nothing to lose I’m just going to send one down the inside, I’ve been confident in the braking to Turn One this weekend and I knew I could make it.”