Overall the race itself was enjoyable race to watch. Daniel Ricciardo was on pole for Sunday's race alongside team-mate Max Verstappen for Red Bull's first front row lock out since 2013. At the start of the Mexican Grand Prix, Max Verstappen had the better start and took the lead and took a strong lead over Lewis Hamilton. Verstappen comfortably lead the race throughout, leading all but three of the laps to conclude with a race win at this seasons Mexican Grand Prix for Max Verstappen's second race win of the season.
While, Sebastian Vettel finished second place in the Ferrari, Vettel was seventeen seconds behind Verstappen at the end.
Meanwhile, Kimi Räikkönen finished in third place in the other Ferrari to complete the podium, Räikkönen was fourty-nine seconds behind Verstappen.
Lewis Hamilton finished in fourth place in the Mercedes, Hamilton was seventy-eight seconds behind Verstappen. And enough for Lewis Hamilton to win his fifth F1 World Drivers Championship title and sixty-four points ahead of Sebastian Vettel with two races to go. He also become the third driver in Formula 1 history to join Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher to win five or more drivers' titles. So contractions to Lewis Hamilton for winning his fifth World Drivers' title.
Meanwhile, Mercedes still leads F1 Constructors' Standings, the gap is now reduce from sixty-six points to fifty-five points for Ferrari who are second in the Constructors' Standings with two races to go.
Mercedes could win their fifth Constructors' Championship in São Paulo. Mercedes needs to win the race at the Braxzilian Grand Prix no matter what happen to Ferrari's result at the Interlagos track.
Highlights of the race below, enjoy.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 6
Lewis Hamilton - 7 (finished fourth)
Valtteri Bottas - 6 (finished fifth, lap down, fastest lap)
Ferrari - 8
Sebastian Vettel - 9 (finished second)
Kimi Räikkönen - 8 (finished third)
Red Bull Racing - 9
Daniel Ricciardo - 8 (DNF, Engine)
Max Verstappen - 10 (race win)
Force India - 6
Sergio Pérez- 7 (DNF, Brakes)
Esteban Ocon- 6 (finished eleventh, two laps down)
Williams - 6
Lance Stroll - 6 (finished twelfth, two laps down)
Sergey Sirotkin - 6 (finished thirteenth, two laps down)
Renault - 8
Nico Hülkenberg - 9 (finished sixth, two laps down)
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 7 (DNF, Suspension)
Toro Rosso - 6
Pierre Gasly - 7 (finished tenth, two laps down)
Brendon Hartley - 6 (finished fourteenth, two laps down)
Haas - 4
Romain Grosjean - 4 (finished sixteenth, three laps down)
Kevin Magnussen - 5 (finished fifteenth, two laps down)
McLaren - 7
Fernando Alonso - 6 (DNF, Engine)
Stoffel Vandoorne - 8 (finished eighth, two laps down)
Sauber - 8
Marcus Ericsson - 7 (finished ninth, two laps down)
Charles Leclerc - 9 (finished seventh, two laps down)
Next stop, Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Interlagos, São Paulo in two weeks time for the Brazilian Grand Prix.
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