Red Bull boss Christian Horner has heaped praise on Renault for its role in the team storming to a front-row lockout and Max Verstappen’s dominant victory at the Mexican Grand Prix despite a fraught end to its partnership across 2018.
Lewis Hamilton’s coronation as a five-time Formula 1 world champion came at the end of what the Mercedes driver called “a really difficult weekend”, revealing his grandfather had passed away just a couple of days earlier.
Renault managing director Cyril Abiteboul concedes it was a mixed weekend in Mexico for the French manufacturer after a series of engine failures which acted as a “reminder that reliability remains an issue”.
Toto Wolff says he was thrilled to see Lewis Hamilton recover from losing half of his left diffuser to fight back to ninth place during the Mexican Grand Prix while also sealing a historic fourth Formula 1 world title.
Full race results for the Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City. 1. Max Verstappen NED Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 71 laps
Updated 2017 Formula 1 world drivers’ championship points after the Mexican Grand Prix (Round 18 of 20) 1. Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport 333 points
Toro Rosso is set to run a thorough analysis into why it suffered a double turbo failure on Saturday at the Mexican Grand Prix which wrecked both Brendon Hartley and Pierre Gasly qualifying charges.
Fernando Alonso is adamant his McLaren is “the best car out there” in terms of chassis and aerodynamics and was left dreaming of what could have been possible in qualifying after being halted by engine grid penalties.
Full qualifying results for the Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City. Q3 1. Sebastian Vettel GER Scuderia Ferrari 1m 16.488s
Pierre Gasly’s difficult Mexican Grand Prix has continued by being forced to miss qualifying after his second engine breakdown of the weekend during FP3.
Full free practice three results for the Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City. 1. Max Verstappen NED Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 1m 17.113s
Fernando Alonso says he's been pleasantly surprised by McLaren-Honda’s pace during Friday practice ahead of the Mexican Grand Prix but is still expecting the race to be used as a glorified test ahead of bigger opportunities in the final two races of 2017.
Having moved on to his 12 th engine of the 2017 Formula 1 season, Stoffel Vandoorne battled through further engine issues which restrained his FP1 running to three laps before recovering in the afternoon.
With the 2017 Formula 1 world championship title in his grasp, Lewis Hamilton gave an ominous warning to rival Sebastian Vettel by producing his “best ever” Ultra-Soft run of the year in free practice despite a first lap spin in FP2.
Full free practice two results for the Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City. 1. Daniel Ricciardo AUS Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 1m 17.801s
Despite unofficially being given the green light for the final three races of the 2017 Formula 1 world championship, both Brendon Hartley and Pierre Gasly remain in the dark about their futures at Toro Rosso.
FIA race director Charlie Whiting has laid out how his team has been working on resolving the issues surrounding track limits as an explanation to the controversial penalty Max Verstappen was handed after the United States Grand Prix.
Sebastian Vettel says Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene has been a key figure in transforming the Italian manufacturer’s recent results despite looking set to miss out on the Formula 1 world titles in 2017.
Force India test driver Alfonso Celis Jr has been handed an FP1 outing at his home race this weekend in the Mexican Grand Prix at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.