The 2023 Mexico City Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Gran Premio de la Ciudad de México 2023) was a

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motor race held on 29 October 2023 at the

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. It was the nineteenth round of the

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took

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and finished third in the race.

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finished in second behind

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, who took his sixteenth victory of the season, a record in Formula One.

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, driving for

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, qualified in fourth and finished in seventh, the team's best results of the season for both sessions.

Background

The event was held across the weekend of 27–29 October. It was the nineteenth round of the

, the 23rd Formula One Grand Prix at this circuit, and the third held under the name of the

Mexico City Grand Prix The Mexican Grand Prix ( es, Gran Premio de México), currently held under the name Mexico City Grand Prix ( es, Gran Premio de la Ciudad de México), is a motor racing event held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City. It first a ...

, having previously been titled the Mexican Grand Prix.

Championship standings before the race

Coming into the weekend,

led the Drivers' Championship with 466 points. He led his teammate

Sergio Pérez Sergio Michel "Checo" Pérez Mendoza (; born 26 January 1990), is a Mexican Auto racing, racing driver who races in Formula One for Red Bull Racing, having previously driven for Sauber, McLaren, Force India, and Racing Point. He won his first ...

by 226 points and

by a further 39 points. Hamilton was ahead of

Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso Díaz (; born 29 July 1981) is a Spanish racing driver currently competing for Alpine in Formula One. He won the series' World Drivers' Championship in and with Renault, and has also driven for McLaren, Ferrari, and Mi ...

in fourth by 18 points, with

Carlos Sainz Jr. Carlos Sainz Vázquez de Castro (; born 1 September 1994), otherwise known as Carlos Sainz Jr. or simply Carlos Sainz, is a Formula One drivers from Spain, Spanish racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Scuderia Ferrari. He is th ...

in fifth, 8 points behind Alonso.

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led the Constructors' Championship with 706 points, 362 points ahead of

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and a further 22 points ahead of

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McLaren McLaren Racing Limited is a British motor racing team based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, England. McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor, the second oldest active team, and the second most successful Formul ...

, in fourth, was behind Ferrari by 80 points and ahead of

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, in fifth, by 6 points.

Entrants

The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with the exception of

, who replaced

Nyck de Vries Hendrik Johannes Nicasius "Nyck" de Vries (; born 6 February 1995) is a Dutch racing driver who is currently serving as the reserve driver for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team. He is confirmed to be driving full-time in Formula 1 at Scuderia ...

starting at the

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. During the first practice session, five teams fielded alternate drivers who had not raced in more than two Grands Prix, as required by the Formula One regulations: *

Théo Pourchaire Théo Jérôme Julien Pourchaire (born 20 August 2003) is a French racing driver, who most recently competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for the ART Grand Prix team and the reigining Formula 2 vice-champion. He is currently a member of the ...

for

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in place of

Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Viktor Bottas (; born 28 August 1989) is a Finnish racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Alfa Romeo, having previously driven for Mercedes from to and Williams from to . Bottas has scored race wins and podiums. H ...

. *

Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman (born 8 May 2005) is a British racing driver. He was the 2021 Italian and ADAC Formula 4 champion and is a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy. He most recently competed for Prema Racing in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship, en ...

for Haas in place of

Kevin Magnussen Kevin Jan Magnussen (born 5 October 1992) is a Danish racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Haas F1 Team. He is the son of four-time Le Mans winner and former Formula One driver Jan Magnussen. Kevin Magnussen came up through McLa ...

. *

Frederik Vesti Frederik Vesti (born 13 January 2002) is a Danish racing driver who is set to compete in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Prema Racing. He is a member of the Mercedes Junior Team and the inaugural champion of the Formula Regional European Ch ...

for

in place of George Russell. * Jack Doohan for

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in place of

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. *

Isack Hadjar Isack Alexandre Hadjar (born 28 September 2004) is a French-Algerian racing driver who most recently competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for Hitech Grand Prix. He was the 2021 Formula Regional European rookie champion and is a member of ...

for

in place of

Yuki Tsunoda Yuki Tsunoda ( Japanese: 角田裕毅, ''Tsunoda Yūki'', ; born 11 May 2000) is a Japanese racing driver who is racing for Scuderia AlphaTauri in Formula One. Supported by Honda since 2016 through the , he was the 2018 Japanese F4 champion ...

. Bearman, Vesti and Hadjar made their Formula One practice debut.

Tyre choices

Tyre supplier

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brought the C3, C4 and C5 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively), which are three softest compounds in their dry tyre range, for teams to use at the event. The previous iteration of the race had used compounds that were one step harder. Pirelli also provided two sets per driver of an experimental C4 compound that was trialed during the first two free practice sessions.

Practice

Three free practice sessions were held for the event. The first free practice session was held on 27 October 2023, at 12:30 local time ( UTC−6).

topped the session ahead of

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and

. The second free practice session was held on 27 October 2023, at 17:00. Max Verstappen topped the session ahead of

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and

. The third free practice session was held on 28 October 2023, at 11:30. Max Verstappen topped the session ahead of Alexander Albon and Sergio Pérez.

Qualifying

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was held on 28 October 2023, at 15:00 local time ( UTC−6).

Qualifying report

took pole position ahead of his teammate

and

. Verstappen,

and teammate George Russell were all investigated for impeding, but no penalties were given to them.

spun in Q1, bringing out a yellow flag in the first sector.

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could not set a lap time; he joined

Lance Stroll Lance Strulovitch (born 29 October 1998), better known as Lance Stroll, is a Canadian–Belgian racing driver competing under the Canadian flag in Formula One. He has driven for Aston Martin since , having previously driven for Williams and R ...

, and

Esteban Ocon Esteban José Jean-Pierre Ocon-Khelfane (; born 17 September 1996) is a French racing driver who competes for Alpine in Formula One. He made his Formula One debut for Manor Racing in the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix, replacing Rio Haryanto. He move ...

in exiting after the first part of the session.

Nico Hülkenberg Nicolas Hülkenberg (, born 19 August 1987) is a German professional racing driver who is scheduled to make a full-time racing return to Formula 1 with Haas F1 Team in 2023, after serving as a reserve driver for Aston Martin F1 Team for the yea ...

, Alonso, Albon, and

were knocked out of the second session.

had lap times deleted due to track limits, so

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appeared in Q3.

qualified in fourth place, the AlphaTauri team's highest qualification of the season. The Ferrari drivers took a front row lockout, with Leclerc claiming pole position.

Qualifying classification

Notes * –

was required to start the race from the back of the grid for exceeding his quota of power units elements and gearbox components. * –

qualified 18th, but he was required to start the race from the pit lane as elements of different specifications from the ones originally used were installed on his car during

parc fermé ''Parc fermé'', literally meaning "closed park" in French, is a secure area at a motor racing circuit wherein the cars are driven back to the pits post- and sometimes pre-race. Area For example, according to the FIA Formula One regulations, th ...

conditions. * –

failed to set a time during qualifying. He was permitted to race at the stewards' discretion. He also received a 10-place grid penalty for overtaking under yellow flag conditions in Q1. He gained a position following

's penalty.

Race

The race was held on 29 October 2023, at 14:00 local time ( UTC−6), and was run for 71 laps.

Race report

won the race, his record-setting sixteenth win in a season, ahead of

in second and polesitter

in third. Five retirements occurred during the race. On the first turn of the first lap,

turned into Leclerc, resulting in Pérez's retirement and damage to Leclerc's endplate. On lap 5 Leclerc's endplate came off at turn 1 which led to a short virtual safety car (VSC) period in order to allow for the marshals to remove the debris from the circuit safely. On lap 33,

had a left rear suspension failure, leading to a heavy crash at turn 9 which left his car a smoldering wreck and initially brought out the safety car. One lap later, the red flag was brought out to allow marshals to repair a section of the barrier.

withdrew due to damage in lap 47, with his

teammate

later also being forced to retire after a collision with

had an issue with his fuel pump, forcing him to retire on the final lap. Starting seventeenth,

gained twelve places to finish in fifth.

finished in seventh, marking the AlphaTauri team's highest finish for the season. This result moved AlphaTauri from last to eighth in the Constructors Championship: 4 points ahead of Haas and level with Alfa Romeo. After the lap-one crash between Pérez and Leclerc, a fan started an altercation between other fans. The instigator was ejected from the venue and given a lifetime ban.

Race classification

Notes * – Includes one point for fastest lap. * –

finished 14th on track, but he received a post-race five-second time penalty for causing a collision with

. * –

and

were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Constructors' Championship standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. * Competitors in bold and marked with an asterisk are the 2023 World Champions.

References

External links

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