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 62: Kimi's go the gap down to 0.6 seconds as they head onto the main straight, but that Force India's got some grunt and Raikkonen stays in line as he chooses not to lunge up the inside. You feel with the fresher tyres it's a matter of time. Speaking of time, Vettel is catching Verstappen by a second a lap, while Ricciardo is doing the same to Vettel.
Lap 64: Vettel's got the gap down to 2.5 seconds, and Verstappen radios in to say he can see the Prancing Horse coming behind him.
Lap 65: 1.4 seconds! Verstappen's going to have to one hell of a job defending his podium finish if he wants to experience the incredible rostrum here in Mexico that takes place in the cauldron of fans in the stadium section. They have the Manor of Ocon in between them, but he gets out of the way soon enough.
Lap 68: Raikkonen gets on the outside of Hulkenberg coming out of turn three. The German defends, and he spins after the two touch! Raikkonen carries on and moves up to fifth, and now Verstappen runs straight across turn one, and he's told to give up the position.
Lap 69: This time around Vettel isn't close enough to challenge, and now Ricciardo is right on Vettel's tail. There's all kind of hand gestures being thrown on the Ferrari pit wall.
Lap 70: Ricciardo has a go at Vettel! He slides up the inside into turn four and and locks up, with Vettel closing the door on the Australian. Vettel just keeps hold of the position.
Chequered flag: Complete chaos over the final two laps. Vettel is furious with Verstappen, and he tells Charlie Whiting what he thinks as he tells him to "f*** off". Vettel then pulls next to Verstappen and wags his finger repeatedly to get his message across.
Chequered flag: Both Verstappen and Vettel are under investigation, with the Red Bull driver under investigation for moving under braking and cutting the first chicane, while Vettel is having his defensive move on Ricciardo looked at - not to mention threatening to hit someone. Hamilton, meanwhile, is out of the car and sprinting across the front pf the fans in celebrations of his victory.
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