MEXICO CITY — Max Verstappen break up the Ferrari entrance row of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz in the beginning to clutch the lead of the Method One Mexico Town Grand Prix through the primary nook, then drove off to his report sixteenth victory of the season on Sunday.

Crimson Bull’s three-time season champion gathered his 3rd consecutive win on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez and broke his personal season victories report set remaining yr.

Verstappen began from 3rd and received from the similar spot as he did in 2021. Again then, he used the slingshot impact of the draft down the lengthy beginning directly to whip to the out of doors and go two automobiles. This time, Verstappen’s fast bolt off the beginning line allowed him to squeeze between the 2 Ferraris and into the lead.

He nonetheless had paintings to do. A difficult crash through Haas driving force Kevin Magnussen on the midway level pressured the race right into a halt and a restart. Verstappen nailed that one as neatly and used to be by no means threatened for the checkered flag.

The Dutch driving force’s 51st profession win tied Alain Prost for fourth maximum in F1 historical past. Mercedes driving force Lewis Hamilton leads with 103.

Hamilton completed 2nd Sunday. Leclerc used to be 3rd.

Leclerc had began on pole place for the second one consecutive race however once more failed to show it right into a win. In 22 profession begins from pole, Leclerc has received simply 4 instances.

House favourite Sergio Perez’s race used to be over briefly. The Mexican driving force, who’s combating to hold directly to 2nd within the championship in the back of Verstappen, used to be taken out within the first nook when his automotive clipped tires with Leclerc and bounced top into the air.

The crackup silenced the large crowd that had greeted Perez with thunderous cheers on each lap all weekend. A lot of the gang left after the crash. Maximum significantly, it allowed Hamilton to near a 39-point hole to Perez to simply 20 with 3 races left.

Perez hasn’t received since April and hasn’t been at the podium within the remaining 5 races.