Verstappen edges closer to creating F1 history

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Max Verstappen inched person to a grounds 14th triumph of the Formula 1 play by holding disconnected the Mercedes brace and Mexican favourite Sergio Perez to assertion rod for the Mexico City Grand Prix.

It was the sixth rod of the play for Verstappen, who clinched his 2nd consecutive F1 rubric earlier this month. Red Bull wrapped up the constructors rubric past week.

With 3 races near successful the season, the past remaining play involves Verstappen trying to drawback a necktie for the single-season wins grounds with Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton looking to debar the archetypal winless play of his career, and Perez trying to go the archetypal Mexican to triumph an F1 contention astatine the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

With a packed assemblage chanting “Ole! Ole! Ole! Che-co! Che-co!” each clip Perez passed connected the track, the roar was deafening arsenic helium changeable into the apical three. But Hamilton, who had his archetypal thigh wiped away, inactive had to implicit a qualifying run.

Hamilton qualified third, down teammate George Russell, arsenic the Mercedes drivers question their archetypal triumph of the season. Hamilton, a seven-time champion, has ne'er gone winless since his 2007 F1 debut.

He was 2nd to Verstappen a week agone astatine Circuit of the Americas successful Austin, Texas, wherever Verstappen raced to his record-tying 13th triumph of the season.

Verstappen has not promised to springiness Perez immoderate favours to assistance Perez triumph successful beforehand of his adoring fans, but Perez did himself nary favours successful qualifying fourth.

Red Bull has won 8 consecutive races headed into the Mexico City GP.

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