Race
F1 2024
Round 20
Verstappen finishes P6 in Mexico City GP
Autodromo Hermanos RodriguezRound 20 of the season, Mexico City Grand Prix took place at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Max Verstappen of Oracle Red Bull Racing, supported by Honda as a Team Partner, finished in P6, with Liam Lawson of Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team finishing P16.
Oracle Red Bull Racing's Sergio Perez finished in P17, and Yuki Tsunoda, belongs to Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team, retired.
Max Verstappen
1
Oracle Red Bull Racing It was a tough weekend. The start was good but after that we had no pace, we struggled on both compounds for the rest of the race. Because of the penalties we had a long pitstop, and it was a recovery drive to score as many points as possible after that. It is what it is. We need to understand what went wrong this weekend but there was not much else we could have done today. There’s a lot of things that we want to do better, and we will need to work hard to come back stronger in Brazil.
It was a tough weekend. The start was good but after that we had no pace, we struggled on both compounds for the rest of the race. Because of the penalties we had a long pitstop, and it was a recovery drive to score as many points as possible after that. It is what it is. We need to understand what went wrong this weekend but there was not much else we could have done today. There’s a lot of things that we want to do better, and we will need to work hard to come back stronger in Brazil.
Liam Lawson
30
Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team A frustrating race, not the result we wanted. With the speed we had this weekend we could have scored points. It’s very disappointing to come away with nothing this weekend, especially when we had a package that was strong. We needed that clean air and unfortunately spent the whole race behind the gear box of another car. We had incidents all throughout and we tried the strategy that worked last week but it just didn’t work today. We’ll learn from that, and we’ll try and do a better job next week.
A frustrating race, not the result we wanted. With the speed we had this weekend we could have scored points. It’s very disappointing to come away with nothing this weekend, especially when we had a package that was strong. We needed that clean air and unfortunately spent the whole race behind the gear box of another car. We had incidents all throughout and we tried the strategy that worked last week but it just didn’t work today. We’ll learn from that, and we’ll try and do a better job next week.
Sergio Perez
11
Oracle Red Bull Racing It was a very difficult one today, we were recovering well in the race, we had a really good start and although we unfortunately got the time penalty, I think we were making progress and were going to score good points. Then I had the incident with Liam, he was the first hard tyre and we were a lot faster, we targeted the inside, we had the corner and I wasn’t expecting him to be there, I had the position going into turn five, he was off the track, came back on and I wasn’t expecting him to carry on straight. He took the whole side of the car off, he damaged my whole sidepod and my floor. I don’t really get it, it was totally avoidable, he just went for the incident and it ruined both our races. I am very frustrated at how this weekend went, and I am very sorry for my Team and my people, it was simply the worse GP I have had at home.
It was a very difficult one today, we were recovering well in the race, we had a really good start and although we unfortunately got the time penalty, I think we were making progress and were going to score good points. Then I had the incident with Liam, he was the first hard tyre and we were a lot faster, we targeted the inside, we had the corner and I wasn’t expecting him to be there, I had the position going into turn five, he was off the track, came back on and I wasn’t expecting him to carry on straight. He took the whole side of the car off, he damaged my whole sidepod and my floor. I don’t really get it, it was totally avoidable, he just went for the incident and it ruined both our races. I am very frustrated at how this weekend went, and I am very sorry for my Team and my people, it was simply the worse GP I have had at home.
Yuki Tsunoda
22
Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team There just wasn’t enough space. It was a racing incident. It was very tricky. If I had qualified where our true pace was, we wouldn’t have been in that position. I’m very sorry to the Team. They did a fantastic job to prepare everything from yesterday. I want to make it up to them in Brazil.
There just wasn’t enough space. It was a racing incident. It was very tricky. If I had qualified where our true pace was, we wouldn’t have been in that position. I’m very sorry to the Team. They did a fantastic job to prepare everything from yesterday. I want to make it up to them in Brazil.
