If we had raced each other the opportunity to catch Gasly would have been even more difficult. We did very good pit stops with both cars and in the final part of the race I had more pace than Charles, so I believe it was the right call to swap positions and not take unnecessary risks. I was able to immediately retake the position from Giovinazzi at the restart and then my pace was always solid. Starting on the dirty side was, as expected, very difficult and then I was unlucky with the accident in front of me, as I had to slam on the brakes to avoid Bottas and then Ricciardo with a broken front wing, losing some positions. “It was one of my best races this season in terms of pace, as I was very fast for the entire weekend and also in the race on both Medium and Hard tyres. However, as a whole, I think that today was a good day and an example of our team spirit.” Carlos Sainz On my side, I struggled on the Hard tyres on my second stint. We swapped positions but unfortunately, neither of us managed to catch him.
We stopped relatively early for Hards to try and put pressure on Gasly ahead of us, while Carlos went long to create a tyre delta and try to challenge him towards the end of the race. My first stint on the Mediums was strong and my pace was very competitive. “Fifth and sixth is a solid result to take home from this weekend, as the race turned out a bit different to how we had expected. However, the points haul, identical to that in Austin, was enough to put the Scuderia back in third place in the Constructors’ classification by the biggest gap seen so far this season (13.5 points). As had been the case in qualifying, Pierre Gasly and the AlphaTauri had a slight but decisive advantage in terms of pace, which combined with the grid positions and the way the first chaotic moments of the race panned out, produced the order that would stay the same to the chequered flag.Ĭharles and Carlos tried in vain to put Gasly under pressure, pitting at different times and switching positions later in the race, which showed once again the spirit of cooperation between the two Scuderia drivers.
The race result was a pretty accurate reflection of the hierarchy between the teams established earlier in the weekend, with the two teams battling for the world championship having a clear advantage over the rest of the pack, with a close fight in the mid-field. Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow came away from the Grand Prix named after the capital of Mexico with 18 points, courtesy of a fifth-place for Charles Leclerc and a sixth for Carlos Sainz.
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