Losers

Fernando Alonso

It w🐓as another frustrating day for Fernando Alonso in Mexico after his latest retirement cost him seventh-place.

Alonso was running comfortably in the points on Sunday until h𓄧e encountered another engine-related issue.

It was clear that he was struggling when teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Esteban Ocon powered past him a few laps before his eventua⛄l retirement.

"Unbelievable. What a season, what a season," Alonso said over team radio w🌺hen retiring from the race on Lap 65.

Remarkably, 𓂃it was Alonso’s fifth retirement of the year, six if 💜you include an issue which meant he couldn’t start the sprint in Austria.

Let’s not forget the mechanical issue that cost him a top five position on the ꦓgrid in Australia.

A cruel run🐲 of baꦰd luck which according to Alonso has cost him around “60 points” this season.

Ferrari

Ferrari endured their worst weekend of the season in terms of outright performance as 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz finished over 40 seconds off the lead in fifth.

F🅷errari have often performed best at hi🅠gh downforce circuits so it was surprising to see them struggle so much for pace.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc hinted after the race that they wen🍸t in the wrong direction setup wise, while there were murmurings that Ferrari were forced to turn their engine down due it struggling with the high altitude.

A poor weekend overall and one which would have left the whole team con⭕fused.

Alfa Romeo

After starring in qualifying, it was a missed opportunity for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Valtteri Bottas and𒁃 Alfa Romeo at the Autodromo Hermanos♈ Rodriguez.

A sluggish start dropped him behind Alonso, who he was unable to pass in the first ꦺstint despite being clearly quickꩵer. 

Bottas was one of a handful of midfield drivers to switch to the hard 😼tyre, and he struggled more than most to get them up to temperature.

He was overtaken by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Daniel Ricciardo🌌, Ocon 🌜and Lando Norris, nearly losing out to Pierre Gasly on the final lap.

Bottas ended his own points drought, but it shouꩵld have been a lot more for him and Alfa Romeo.

Given that they had the fourth fastest car༺ꦚ in Mexico, to come away one point is incredibly disappointing.

Pierre Gasly 

Pierre Gasly must be counting🉐 down the days before his Alpine switch.

It was another ♑difficult afternoon for the Frenchman, who narrowly missed out on a points finish by just 0.6s.

Had it not been for hi♔s five-second time penalty, he probably woul𝓀d have beaten Bottas to finish inside the top 10.

W🗹hile the result wasn’t too bad on paper, the repercussions of his latest penalty are more severe.

Gasly is now just two penalty points away from a race ban, with none of his existing super licence 𒀰points expiring until May 2023.

Winners 

Max Verstappen

Max Verstappen continues to break records in F𝔍1 as he claimed his 1🌠4th victory of the year.

He was kept honest by Lewis Hamilton in the opening stint of the race but once Mercedes opted to switch to the hard tyre during the pit stop phase, the race was done and duꦜsted.

V🌠erstappen also broke the record for 🅺the most points scored in a single season - 416 to Hamilton’s 413 in 2019.

Another incredible weekend for Verstappen - unstoppable.&nbsꦫp;

Mercedes 

🐲It was a strong day for Mercedes as Hamilton finished second, while George Russell picked up fourth-place with the fastest lap.

The main positive for Mercedes is that they w꧒ere clearly the second-fastest car in Mexico and haဣd the pace to challenge Red Bull had they been on the correct strategy.

Mercedes simply got it wrong with strategy.

Toto Wolff told Sky Sports F1 ahead of the race that Mercedes plan to be “aggr🌱essive” with strategꦉy.

Using the two most durable co꧋mpounds wasn’t particularly aggressi༺ve from Mercedes.

In performance terms (and points scored), Mercedes are clear winners, however, they didn’t put up much of a fight when they should have b🌄asedಞ on the first stint of the race.

Daniel Ricciardo and McLaren

Welcome back Daniel Ricciardo!

It wasn’t a perfect race by any means for the Australian✨, colliding with Yuki Tsunoda and picking up a 10-second time penalty in t🌠he process.

However, Ricciardo put in his best drive of the season as he maဣde the most of the soft tyres in the second half of the race.

Granted, the Alpi🍨nes,ꦅ Bottas and teammate Norris struggled on the hard tyre, but Ricciardo made it work.

𒀰Let’s not forget that just over one week ago, Ricciardo was battling Nicholas Latifi at COꦦTA.

Sꦰtrategy did play its part, but that’s the nature of F1.