00:00Hamilton's never won a world title when he's not been leading the championship with fewer than six races to go
00:05It's lights out and away we go here
00:07Bottas and Hamilton getting away ahead of Verstappen and Perez
00:10And the wheel-to-wheel the Mercedes
00:12But what's happening behind? Perez pulls to the inside, Verstappen to the outside
00:16They're three abreast at the moment and there's three abreast behind them
00:18Into two more we go, Verstappen is into the lead ahead of Hamilton
00:22Bottas gets tagged by Daniel Ricciardo
00:25So Perez goes onto the grass and it's an all sorts of kerfuffle going on in that first corner
00:30There's Yuki Tsunoda getting hit in the Alfa Tauri as well
00:34Verstappen leads from Hamilton, Pierre Gasly is challenging Sergio Perez
00:39Perez just stays ahead, then comes the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc
00:43But it's Verstappen the leads, he got the toe, he got the slipstream, he got the lead
00:47And he was brave on the brake pedal, trusted he'd have enough grip when he got there, and he did
00:53This is a nightmare start for Mercedes
00:55And there's more contacts, there's Daniel Ricciardo getting hit I think by George Russell
00:59No front wing there on the McLaren of Ricciardo either
01:02And we have a safety car here, and there is Yuki Tsunoda, as I said, got hit and got caught
01:08up in the carnage
01:09Going on down at turn two, Schumacher is also out of this race
01:14We're on board with Ricciardo, who locks up, then makes contact with Bottas, Perez dives off onto the grass
01:20And then there's all sorts of shenanigans going on behind
01:23Esteban Ocon who makes contact with Haas, and then you see the Alfa Tauri coming into shot on the left
01:28hand side
01:29That was just a three into two doesn't go, wasn't it?
01:33So I might be the back
01:34The safety car is back in the pits again, and as we start lap five of this Mexico City Grand
01:41Prix
01:41Max Verstappen leads them over the line, comfortably ahead of Lewis Hamilton, ahead of Sergio Perez, Gasly Leclerc and Giovinazzi
01:48And you can see the dust that's being kicked up by these cars, as Verstappen weaving around a bit down
01:53that straight
01:53Before the braking zone into turn one, there's a move, Antonio Giovinazzi, opportunist maybe on Carlos Sainz
02:00Who's never scored a point here in Mexico City before, and does well to hang on to that sixth place
02:04that he just pinched off the Alfa Romeo
02:08Oh, that's why he got ahead of two cars, and then went back down below them again, because he had
02:14to go onto the grass to avoid quite a big shunt
02:16And a good little shove there from Daniel Ricciardo, struggling to keep the car in play as well for good
02:25measure
02:27Kimi Räikkönen is going to go around the outside of George Russell into turn one, and he does, very nice
02:33indeed from the Alfa Romeo
02:36George is in tenth now, now that Kimi has breezed past him, George pulls over, unfortunately all that's going to
02:44do is attempt
02:45Fernando to go around the outside, and he's got the grippier line
02:51It's a double pit stop, planned for Lewis Hamilton, and it seems for Sergio Perez
02:55I can't believe it, and I don't believe it, because Red Bull have gone back in
02:58I think Sergio was due to come in, maybe he did the opposite of what Hamilton did, that was a
03:02clean stop for Mercedes
03:032.4 seconds stationary, 22 seconds, the advantage, the stationary time
03:10This is key for Lewis
03:12It's key, and it's not gone his way, because as he came out, after a decent stop, but 22 seconds
03:19he lost, there is the Ferrari, right on the scene to get ahead of him
03:24Races can be won or lost in the pits as well, this needs to be perfect by the Red Bull
03:27boys
03:27Front ties off, front ties on, little tweak in the front wing, absolutely sweet, very sweet
03:32The front Jackman had to get out of the way sharpish, because Max was ready to go
03:37Into the pits he comes
03:39The crowd get on their feet, they're willing him to have a good stop, they want to, he wants to,
03:43the Red Bull guys have delivered once again, sweet stuff again, wow, they are on form, aren't they?
03:49Perez in clear air, finally away from the back mark, it's a 1.19.468, new fastest lap, gap down
03:55to 6 seconds
03:56And they're both in clear air for a little while, so we're going to get a true picture now, between
04:01Hamilton and Perez
04:02We certainly are, yeah, 20.6 for Hamilton, that's his pace, 1.2 seconds taken out of him that lap,
04:08gap down to 6 seconds
04:10Yeah, it's crazy, can't get close, tyres are getting hot
04:14Yeah, he needs to get past Lando Norris, because his tyres are getting very hot, running behind the McLaren
04:23And Norris hasn't had any notification yet of blue flags either, so he's not obliged to jump out of the
04:29way
04:30And that gap is now just a few car lengths, and we're under a second, going into the stadium
04:36And now, they're all on their feet, they're not just cheering, they're all on their feet
04:42There's Valtteri Bottas, into the pit, soft tyres on, they're going for the fastest lap
04:48As round the Perel Tardent, the second and third place drivers come
04:51And Perez, with DRS advantage, 12 miles an hour of extra pace, down this straight, there he goes
04:58Okay, drain the battery, drain the battery, final lap, this is it
05:01It's now or never for Sergio Perez, and he was told a while back, it's going to come down to
05:05the last lap
05:06And it is coming down to the last lap
05:08So last chance then, DRS between turn 3 and 4, here we go
05:12And then I don't see an opportunity for the rest of the lap
05:15And Lewis is not going to make a mistake from here
05:17And there we go, is that the lunge?
05:21It would have been a bit wild if it had have been
05:23And that, I believe, is game over
05:26For the third consecutive race, he's going to extend his lead in the Drivers' Championship
05:31And for the third time here, he wins the Mexico City Grand Prix
05:36Max Verstappen crosses the line, a long, long way clear of the rest
05:42Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Perez, this has been the battle that's captured our attention for the closing stages
05:49Checo gave it everything, as Hamilton finishes second
05:52And for the first time ever, we'll have a Mexican driver on the podium in his home race
05:58Sergio Perez comes home to finish third
06:01And the fastest lap goes to Valtteri Bottas
06:05Mercedes on the last lap
06:06Managed to take a point off Max Verstappen
06:10And they've been singing
06:11Ole Ole Ole Ole Checo
06:14All day long in that part of the stadium
06:16And now the Red Bull mechanics can celebrate and sing along too
06:19These are great scenes
06:22Here in Mexico, it was Mexico today
06:25Vamos Verstappen, I think they'll be shouting
06:28Another win for Red Bull
06:29He increases his championship lead
06:32Four more races to go
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