Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen had the Mexican Grand Prix win in his hands from the moment the lights went out on Sunday afternoon. The Dutchman had a brilliant start while behind him the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton clashed, leaving the way clear for Max to pull out a really strong lead.
After such a good start, Max braved it out at the first couple of turns as the other drivers fought for position behind him and after some good, close racing he emerged in the lead and from there onwards he was totally dominant and controlled the race to score his third grand prix victory quite comfortably.
โA great win and a fun podium, a Dutch DJ and Dutch driver, what a combination,โ he said. โThe start of the race itself was not great but this allowed me to tuck in and get a tow from Sebastian, I had to be a bit aggressive but managed to get around the outside at turn one and from then on I was just doing my own race. I would go as far to say this was one of the easiest races of my career.โ
โI felt I missed out on pole so I had a lot of motivation to get the result I wanted. To get not just a podium but the win is awesome. We calmed the pace and turned down the engine to make sure we brought the car home so I was just cruising towards the end. I was confident the car was going to be good after studying the long run pace we have shown this weekend.โ
โThis track with low speed and low grip suits our car, but even in Austin we had the balance and pace, I just had to come from way down the grid. Once we had got the balance of the car right it was easy for us to do quick lap times and sustain them.โ
โI think if we keep working this way and have a better start to the season next year we can look forward to achieving great things. The podium here in Mexico is special to be on as the fans are so passionate and being in the stadium section means the atmosphere is like nowhere else, it definitely made up for missing it last year. Like I said in the car on lap 1, it was simply, simply lovely."
