Mexico Grand Prix live: Lewis Hamilton wins as Max Verstappen loses third place to Sebastian Vettel after penalty
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Your support makes all the difference.Lewis Hamilton won the Mexico Grand prix after a dominant display at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City to reduce Nico Rosberg's championship lead to 19 points with two races remaining, while Max Verstappen was given a five-second time penalty to cost him third place after a furious clash with Sebastian Vettel. Re-live the action here.
- Lewis Hamilton wins the Mexico Grand Prix
- Nico Rosberg leads championship by 19 points
- Rosberg can win title with victory in Brazil
- Verstappen loses third after receiving five-second penalty
- Vettel swears at race director Charlie Whiting over team radio but inherits third
Follow the live action below...
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Final Positions after Qualifying:
1 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1min 18.704secs
2 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes GP 1:18.958
3 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 1:19.054
4 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Red Bull 1:19.133
5 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Force India 1:19.330
6 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:19.376
7 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1:19.381
8 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Williams 1:19.551
9 Felipe Massa (Bra) Williams 1:20.032
10 Carlos Sainz (Spa) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:20.378
11 Fernando Alonso (Spa) McLaren 1:20.282
12 Sergio Perez (Mex) Force India 1:20.287
13 Jenson Button (Gbr) McLaren 1:20.673
14 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Renault 1:21.131
15 Marcus Ericsson (Swe) Sauber-Ferrari 1:21.536
16 Pascal Wehrlein (Ger) Manor Racing 1:21.785
17 Esteban Gutierrez (Mex) Haas F1 1:24.401
18 Daniil Kvyat (Rus) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:21.454
19 Felipe Nasr (Bra) Sauber-Ferrari 1:21.692
20 Esteban Ocon (Fra) Manor Racing 1:21.881
21 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas F1 1:21.916
22 Jolyon Palmer (Gbr) Renault No Time
Note: Jolyon Palmer did not set a time due to damage sustained by his car in Practice 3, he will start the race from pit lane.
Lap 46: Raikkonen is pitting for a second time, and they swap mediums for mediums. That's an interesting one, as Vettel and Hulkenberg go by to drop Raikkonen to seventh. Can he get those positions back?
Lap 48: Raikkonen's pace is good on the new tyres, but it's still a strange decision to stop him. Alonso also stops but it's a slow one as the rear left takes an age to go on.
Lap 49: Hamilton has made the most of the first lot of traffic as he stretches the lead to 4.2 seconds. Verstappen meanwhile is within a second of Rosberg. This is beginning to get tasty.
Lap 50: Ricciardo reports the first signs of tyre deg as he says the left rear has taken a hit. Rosberg locks up into the first corner, and Verstappen smells blood. He gets a good run on the Mercedes to turn four, and has the Red Bull sideways as he dives underneath. He runs on and Rosberg is able to re-take the position.
Lap 51: Ricciardo pits! His tyres go exactly 50 laps - what Pirelli advised before the race - and he comes out behind Raikkonen to give the advantage to Ferrari.
Lap 52: Ricciardo is actually out in front of Raikkonen, and gets by Hulkenberg for good measure to move up to fifth.
Lap 55: Can Ricciardo catch Vettel? He's got the gap down from 17 seconds to 14 in just two laps, and time suggests he should catch him if he maintains this speed on the new tyres.
Lap 56: Kvyat gets a five-second time penalty, after passing Grosjean around the outside of turn 13 and going off track. He's down in 17th and has a 14-second lead over Magnussen, who's having an equally forgettable race. Palmer meanwhile is in 12th and challenging for 11th after starting last. not bad, Jolyon.
Lap 58: Raikkonen has caught Hulkenberg in the battle for sixth, but at the moment there's no way past the Force India.
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