He does not stop, and has no intention of stopping Max Versappen who climbs on the top step of the podium also in Mexico.
The Dutchman, who starts from pole position in command of the race, also controls his old rival Lewis Hamilton without worries, taking away the satisfaction of winning at home from his Mexican teammate Sergio Perez, third in the end behind the Englishman of Mercedes.
Ferrari all back, with Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc respectively only fifth and sixth at the end of an opaque race for the Maranello team which now has to bow in terms of performance even to the Silver Stars.
George Russell also closes in front of the Reds, in fourth place.
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F1 Mexican Grand Prix
From the first laps the Dutchman sets an almost unsustainable pace for his direct rivals: only Hamilton's Mercedes manages to stay in the wake for a while with two consecutive fast laps, while Perez's other Red Bull and the Russell's Silver Star.
The Ferraris are clearly in difficulty, since at the beginning they are unable to maintain the same pace as the leading 'train': after twenty laps the Reds take a good twenty seconds from Verstappen in the lead without any problems.
Around halfway through the race the pit stop waltz begins with Red Bulls mounting medium tires, same thing for Ferraris, while Mercedes go hard.
At the end of the tire changes the music does not change,
with Verstappen's Red Bull going faster and faster reaching the end of the race with a wide margin on Hamilton's Mercedes and Mexican Perez.
No jolt from the Ferraris and a colorless test that also brings second place in the constructors' championship back into play.