Key stats and record-breaking moments defined the 2024 Mexico Grand Prix, marking another memorable race for drivers and teams alike.
As with every Grand Prix, it’s time to delve into the standout statistics, records broken, ongoing streaks, and those abruptly halted over the latest race weekend.
Qualifying Highlights
Carlos Sainz continues to excel in qualifying sessions at the Mexican Grand Prix. Each year on this circuit, he’s shown steady progress: from 11th, 10th, 9th, 8th, 7th, 6th, 5th, and 2nd, now reaching pole position (1st place) in Mexico. His last pole position dates back to Singapore in 2023, where he went on to win the Grand Prix.
This was Ferrari’s fourth pole in the last seven Mexican Grands Prix—yet the team has not managed a win there since 1990.
Verstappen secured 2nd in qualifying for the third consecutive Grand Prix…
Norris qualified in 3rd, marking McLaren’s best starting position in Mexico since 1991, when Ayrton Senna also qualified 3rd.
George Russell now leads 15 to 5 over Lewis Hamilton in fast-lap contests.
For the second consecutive Grand Prix (and the second time this year), Kevin Magnussen reached Q3.
Pierre Gasly qualified 8th, marking Alpine F1/Renault’s best qualifying result in Mexico since 2018.
Alexander Albon brought Williams F1 into Q3 in Mexico for the first time since Felipe Massa in 2017.
Nico Hülkenberg has now reached Q3 nine times this season.
Fernando Alonso qualified 13th, just as he did in Mexico in 2023. This marks only his second miss from Q3 in the past nine races, the other being Monza.
For the first time in his career, Valtteri Bottas failed to make Q3 in Mexico. However, he did manage his first Q2 appearance in five races, comfortably outperforming Zhou once again.
Oscar Piastri qualified 17th, despite setting the fastest time in FP3 (where his lap was 1.1 seconds quicker than in Q1).
Esteban Ocon suffered his eighth Q1 elimination of the season, marking his second consecutive year with a Q1 exit in Mexico.
Sergio Pérez has now faced five Q1 exits this year in his Red Bull. This is more than:
— Yuki Tsunoda (4)
— Lance Stroll (4)
— Nico Hülkenberg (3)
— Alex Albon (3)
Only the Stake drivers, Alpine drivers, Logan Sargeant, Kevin Magnussen, and Daniel Ricciardo have fared worse.
Race Highlights
Sainz has now secured first and second places in the last two races. Previously, he hadn’t finished higher than third in his past 14 races.
This marks the first season in Carlos Sainz’s career where he has won multiple Grands Prix (having already triumphed in Australia in 2024), bringing his career win total to six.
Ferrari had previously won in Mexico only twice (with Jacky Ickx in 1970 and Alain Prost in 1990).
This is only the third race won from pole position in the last 12 Grands Prix (Lando Norris achieved this in the Netherlands and Singapore).
Sainz becomes the first Spanish-speaking driver to win in Mexico, the largest Spanish-speaking city in the world. This marks his first podium finish at the Mexican Grand Prix.
Lando Norris achieved McLaren’s first podium on this circuit since Ayrton Senna’s third-place finish in 1991.
This was McLaren’s 19th podium of the year, the team’s highest tally since 2007.
Ferrari came within eight laps of securing a second consecutive one-two finish for the first time since Bahrain/Spain in 2008.
Leclerc finished third in Mexico for the second year running.
Hamilton has yet to secure a podium finish since the summer break.
Max Verstappen finished sixth for Red Bull, following his three consecutive victories at the Mexican Grand Prix, each won by a margin of over 13 seconds.
Verstappen has now gone ten races without a win, in stark contrast to last year’s streak of 10 consecutive victories.
He remains at the top of the drivers’ championship with a 47-point lead, the smallest margin since Monaco in May.
With a seventh-place finish, Kevin Magnussen secured Haas’s best result since his fifth-place at Bahrain in 2022, his only other top-seven finish of the 2020s.
It was Haas F1’s best Sunday of the year, marking the third time the team has scored points with both cars.
Piastri finished 8th, just as he did last year in Mexico!
Pierre Gasly notched his sixth points finish of the season.
Fernando Alonso’s 400th Grand Prix weekend (with 397 starts) ended in disappointment, with a retirement. His last technical retirement also occurred at the Mexican Grand Prix in 2023.
In 17th place, Sergio Pérez was the last classified driver in his home Grand Prix.
Red Bull has slipped to third in the Constructors’ Championship standings.
A driver crowned champion while his team finishes 3rd in the Constructors’ standings? This hasn’t happened since Nelson Piquet with Brabham in 1983.
Tsunoda retired on the first lap for the third time in his career and the second time in Mexico, previously exiting at Turn 1 in 2021.
The opening six laps featured the longest Safety Car period of the season.
Streak broken: until now, the winner in Mexico had started from third position in three of the past four races. Lando Norris didn’t have that fortune.
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F1 2024 Statistics: Highlights from the Mexico Grand Prix F1 2024 Statistics: Highlights from the Mexico Grand Prix
