At the start of the Mexico grand prix, all eyes were on Bottas. However, his pole position advantage barely lasted one corner of the race, beaten off the line by his rivals and then spun round to claim a comprehensive 5-point Backwards Bonus. After his spun, all of Bottas's eyes were on the back end of Ricciardo as the Aussie blocked the frazzled Fin for much of the race.
Mazepin topped a lowly last place with a nightclub altercation to ensure he was the biggest losing driver in Mexico City. He was closely followed by Tsunoda and Schumacher, whose own first corner drama gave them joint Earliest Exit points.
AlphaTauri beat Haas to the title of worst constructor in Mexico, which is remarkable considering their driver Gasly earned zero Losers points. Getting an engine / power unit change penalty didn't help. Read on for all the points in Mexico.
RACE POINTS IN MEXICO: DRIVERS
Race Finish: Mazepin 8 | Latifi 7 | Russell 6 | Bottas 5 | Stroll 4 | Ocon 3 | Ricciardo 2 | Giovinazzi 1
Did Not Finish: Schumacher 10 | Tsunoda 10
Earliest Exit: Tsunoda 5 | Schumacher 5 (both got taken out by Ocon on lap 1)
Backwards Bonus: Bottas 5 (tumbled from pole position to 15th)
Race Win: Verstappen –25
Beige Flag: Mazepin 10 (for allegedly kicking off^ in a Mexico nightclub following the race)
Beige Flag: Verstappen 10 (because he had a cold^, yeah, that's right, a cold)
In summary:
|
Mazepin |
18 |
Raikkonen |
0 |
|
Tsunoda |
15 |
Gasly |
0 |
|
Schumacher |
15 |
Sainz |
0 |
|
Bottas |
10 |
Leclerc |
0 |
|
Latifi |
7 |
Alonso |
0 |
|
Russell |
6 |
Vettel |
0 |
|
Stroll |
4 |
Norris |
0 |
|
Ocon |
3 |
Perez |
0 |
|
Ricciardo |
2 |
Hamilton |
0 |
|
Giovinazzi |
1 |
Verstappen |
-15 |
See how this affected your Losers Team here.
RACE POINTS IN MEXICO: CONSTRUCTORS
Race Finish: Williams 13 | Haas 8 | Mercedes 5 | Aston Martin 4 | Alpine 3 | McLaren 2 | Alfa Romeo 1
Did Not Finish: AlphaTauri 10 | Haas 10Race Win: Red Bull –25
Beige Flag: Alfa Romeo 10 (for the collapsed deal^ between Andretti and Alfa's owners Sauber)
Beige Flag: AlphaTauri 10 (see below)
Beige Flag: Aston Martin 10 (see below)
Beige Flag: McLaren 10 (see below)
Beige Flag: Alpine 10 (these four constructors get Beige Flags for their back-of-grid penalties^)
In summary:
|
AlphaTauri |
25 |
McLaren |
12 |
|
Haas |
23 |
Alfa
Romeo |
11 |
|
Aston
Martin |
14 |
Mercedes |
10 |
|
Williams |
13 |
Ferrari |
0 |
|
Alpine |
13 |
Red
Bull |
-25 |
See how this affected your Losers Team here.
MORE POINTS
Here are the Losers Team scores for Mexico.
And here's how it's affected the Standings.
Access your personal team page here.
WHAT'S NEXT?
We're hurtling towards the end of the F1 season, like a lemming towards a cliff edge. We've just released our last lot of Pitlane Punts. The Brazil (Nov 14th) and Qatar (Nov 21st) grands prix will be on us quicker than a flesh-eating supervirus. And on December 1st, all unpressed Boost Buttons will get automatically pressed resulting in climactic carnage in the last two races.
