An exciting start and a sparkling first stage, followed by a boring "drag": in short, this was the Mexican Grand Prix won by Carlos Sainz.
Max Verstappen started like a storm and took the lead ahead of Carlos Sainz and Land Norris. However, the Dutchman could not enjoy his position for long, because due to a serious accident of Yuki Tsunoda, the safety car was deployed on the track. In the meantime, Sergio Perez also "shot up", and the Mexican is slowly becoming unable to find his position at the start. So, although the Red Bull driver improved many positions, he lost them immediately after due to a penalty. After five laps, the race could continue, and Sainz came and changed the pace, regaining the first place from Verstappen. For the main driver of Red Bull Racing, this race also did not go well, because he got into a fight with Lando Norris and broke the regulations against the Briton, which also ended with a serious penalty.
Meanwhile, the Mercedes cars were competing with each other, and Fernando Alonso was forced to retire from the race due to a technical fault.
Sainz, Leclerc, Verstappen was the order then, but the last driver received a 20 (!!) second penalty, which meant that Red Bull withdrew from the fight for the constructors' championship. When the first pit stops took place, the intensity of the race also dropped. The leaders stabilized and from that moment on we only saw "pulling". Scuderia Ferrari, Lando Norris, Mercedes, that was the pattern, and we were already on lap 51, but in the final phase there was only one significant change of position.
Carlos Sainz took a comfortable victory, but Lando Norris closed in behind him, passing Charles Leclerc, who could have taken a point for the fastest lap. Let's be honest, it wasn't the best Mexican Grand Prix race in history...
