The 2023 Mexico City Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Gran Premio de la Ciudad de México 2023) was a

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motor race held on 29 October 2023 at the

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. It was the nineteenth round of the

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took

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and finished third in the race.

Lewis Hamilton Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver who competes in Formula One for Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari. Hamilton has won a joint-record seven Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles—tied with M ...

finished in second behind

Max Verstappen Max Emilian Verstappen (; born 30 September 1997) is a Dutch and Belgian racing driver who competes under the Dutch flag in Formula One for Red Bull Racing. Verstappen has won four Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he w ...

, who took his sixteenth victory of the season, a record in Formula One.

Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Joseph Ricciardo ( , ; born 1 July 1989) is an Australian racing driver, who most recently competed in Formula One from to . Ricciardo won eight Formula One Grands Prix across 14 seasons. Born and raised in Perth to Italian-Australi ...

, driving for

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, qualified in fourth and finished in seventh, the team's best results of the season for both sessions.

Background

The event was held across the weekend of 27–29 October. It was the nineteenth round of the

, the 23rd Formula One Grand Prix at this circuit, and the third held under the name of the

Mexico City Grand Prix The Mexican Grand Prix (), currently held under the name Mexico City Grand Prix (), is a motor racing event held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City. It first appeared as a non-championship event in 1962 before being held as a ...

, having previously been titled the Mexican Grand Prix.

Championship standings before the race

Coming into the weekend,

led the Drivers' Championship with 466 points. He led his teammate

Sergio Pérez Sergio Michel "Checo" Pérez Mendoza (; born 26 January 1990) is a Mexican racing driver, who most recently competed in Formula One from to . Pérez was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in with Red Bull, and won Gr ...

by 226 points and

by a further 39 points. Hamilton was ahead of

Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso Díaz (; born 29 July 1981) is a Spanish racing driver who competes in Formula One for Aston Martin in Formula One, Aston Martin. Alonso has won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in and with ...

in fourth by 18 points, with Carlos Sainz Jr. in fifth, 8 points behind Alonso.

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led the Constructors' Championship with 706 points, 362 points ahead of Mercedes and a further 22 points ahead of

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, in fourth, was behind Ferrari by 80 points and ahead of

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, in fifth, by 6 points.

Entrants

The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with the exception of

, who replaced

Nyck de Vries Hendrik Johannes Nicasius "Nyck" de Vries (; born 6 February 1995) is a Dutch racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota Gazoo Racing, Toyota and in Formula E for Mahindra Racing, Mahindra. In formula racing, ...

* Aldebaran, also known as Alpha Tauri (� ...

starting at the

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. During the first practice session, five teams fielded alternate drivers who had not raced in more than two Grands Prix, as required by the Formula One regulations: *

Théo Pourchaire Théo Jérôme Julien Pourchaire (; born 20 August 2003) is a French people, French racing driver who currently competes in the 2025 European Le Mans Series with Algarve Pro Racing. He is the 2023 Formula 2 Championship, 2023 Formula 2 champion, ...

for

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in place of

Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Viktor Bottas (; born 28 August 1989) is a Finnish racing driver, who serves as a reserve driver in Formula One for Mercedes. Bottas competed in Formula One from to , and twice finished runner-up in the World Drivers' Championship in ...

. *

Oliver Bearman Oliver James Bearman (; born 8 May 2005) is a British racing driver who competes in Formula One for Haas F1 Team, Haas. Born in London and raised in Chelmsford, Bearman began competitive kart racing aged seven, winning several national and cont ...

for Haas in place of

Kevin Magnussen Kevin Jan Magnussen (; born 5 October 1992) is a Danish racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for W Racing Team, WRT and the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, RLL as a factory driver f ...

. *

Frederik Vesti Frederik Vesti Stamm (; born 13 January 2002) is a Danish racing driver, who competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Action Express Racing, Cadillac Whelen and serves as a reserve driver in Formula One for Mercedes-Benz in Formula One, M ...

for Mercedes in place of George Russell. *

Jack Doohan Jack Doohan ( ; born 20 January 2003) is an Australian racing driver who serves as a reserve driver in Formula One for Alpine F1 Team, Alpine. Doohan competed in Formula One at seven Formula One Grands Prix, Grands Prix from to . Born and ra ...

for

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in place of

Pierre Gasly Pierre Jean-Jacques Gasly (; born 7 February 1996) is a French racing driver who competes in Formula One for Alpine. Gasly won the 2020 Italian Grand Prix with AlphaTauri. Born and raised in Normandy, Gasly began competitive kart racing age ...

. *

Isack Hadjar Isack Alexandre Hadjar (, ; born 28 September 2004) is a French and Algerian racing driver who competes Formula One drivers from France, under the French flag in Formula One for Racing Bulls. Born and raised in Paris to an Algerian family, Hadj ...

for

* Aldebaran, also known as Alpha Tauri (� ...

in place of

Yuki Tsunoda is a Japanese racing driver who competes in Formula One for Red Bull Racing. Born in Sagamihara and raised in Tokyo, Tsunoda began competitive kart racing aged nine. Supported by Honda since 2016 through the , Tsunoda graduated to junior formu ...

. Bearman, Vesti and Hadjar made their Formula One practice debut.

Tyre choices

Tyre supplier

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brought the C3, C4 and C5 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively), which are three softest compounds in their dry tyre range, for teams to use at the event. The previous iteration of the race had used compounds that were one step harder. Pirelli also provided two sets per driver of an experimental C4 compound that was trialed during the first two free practice sessions.

Practice

Three free practice sessions were held for the event. The first free practice session was held on 27 October 2023, at 12:30 local time ( UTC−6).

topped the session ahead of

Alexander Albon Alexander Albon Ansusinha (; born 23 March 1996) is a Thai and British racing driver who competes under the Thai flag in Formula One for Williams. Born in Westminster and raised in Suffolk, Albon is the son of English racing driver Nigel A ...

and

. The second free practice session was held on 27 October 2023, at 17:00. Max Verstappen topped the session ahead of

Lando Norris Lando Norris (; born 13 November 1999) is a British racing driver who competes in Formula One for McLaren. Norris was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in with McLaren, and has won Formula One Grands Prix, Grands Prix ...

and

. The third free practice session was held on 28 October 2023, at 11:30. Max Verstappen topped the session ahead of Alexander Albon and Sergio Pérez.

Qualifying

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was held on 28 October 2023, at 15:00 local time ( UTC−6).

Qualifying report

took pole position ahead of his teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. and

. Verstappen,

and teammate George Russell were all investigated for impeding, but no penalties were given to them.

spun in Q1, bringing out a yellow flag in the first sector.

Logan Sargeant Logan Hunter Sargeant (born December 31, 2000) is an American racing driver, who most recently competed in Formula One from to . Born and raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Sargeant is the nephew of billionaire business magnate Harry Sargean ...

could not set a lap time; he joined

Lance Stroll Lance Strulovitch (; born 29 October 1998), commonly known as Lance Stroll (), is a Canadian racing driver who competes in Formula One for Aston Martin. Born and raised in Montreal, Stroll is the son of billionaire businessman Lawrence Stroll ...

, and

Esteban Ocon Esteban José Jean-Pierre Ocon-Khelfane (; born 17 September 1996) is a French racing driver who competes in Formula One for Haas F1 Team, Haas. Ocon won the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix with Alpine F1 Team, Alpine. Born and raised in Normandy to ...

in exiting after the first part of the session.

Nico Hülkenberg Nicolas Hülkenberg (, born 19 August 1987) is a German racing driver who competes in Formula One for Sauber. In endurance racing (motorsport), endurance racing, Hülkenberg won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2015 with Por ...

, Alonso, Albon, and

were knocked out of the second session.

had lap times deleted due to track limits, so

Zhou Guanyu Zhou Guanyu (, pronounced ; born 30 May 1999) is a Chinese racing driver, who serves as a reserve driver in Formula One for Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari. Zhou competed in Formula One from to , and remains the only Chinese driver to compete in For ...

appeared in Q3.

qualified in fourth place, the AlphaTauri team's highest qualification of the season. The Ferrari drivers took a front row lockout, with Leclerc claiming pole position.

Qualifying classification

Notes * –

was required to start the race from the back of the grid for exceeding his quota of power units elements and gearbox components. * –

qualified 18th, but he was required to start the race from the pit lane as elements of different specifications from the ones originally used were installed on his car during

parc fermé ''Parc fermé'', literally meaning "closed park" in French, is a secure area at a motor racing circuit where the cars are kept at some times during a race meeting in order to prevent modifications. Area According to the FIA Formula One regulati ...

conditions. * –

failed to set a time during qualifying. He was permitted to race at the stewards' discretion. He also received a 10-place grid penalty for overtaking under yellow flag conditions in Q1. He gained a position following

's penalty.

Race

The race was held on 29 October 2023, at 14:00 local time ( UTC−6), and was run for 71 laps.

Race report

won the race, his record-setting sixteenth win in a season, ahead of

in second and polesitter

in third. Five retirements occurred during the race. On the first turn of the first lap,

turned into Leclerc, resulting in Pérez's retirement and damage to Leclerc's endplate. On lap 5 Leclerc's endplate came off at turn 1 which led to a short

virtual safety car In motorsport, a safety car, or a pace car, is a car that limits the speed of competing cars or motorcycles on a racetrack in the case of a ''caution period,'' such as an obstruction on the track or bad weather. The safety car aims to enable the ...

(VSC) period in order to allow for the marshals to remove the debris from the circuit safely. On lap 33,

had a left rear suspension failure, leading to a heavy crash at turn 9 which left his car a smoldering wreck and initially brought out the safety car. One lap later, the red flag was brought out to allow marshals to repair a section of the barrier.

withdrew due to damage in lap 47, with his

teammate

later also being forced to retire after a collision with

had an issue with his fuel pump, forcing him to retire on the final lap. Starting seventeenth,

gained twelve places to finish in fifth.

finished in seventh, marking the AlphaTauri team's highest finish for the season. This result moved AlphaTauri from last to eighth in the Constructors Championship: 4 points ahead of Haas and level with Alfa Romeo. After the lap-one crash between Pérez and Leclerc, a fan started an altercation between other fans. The instigator was ejected from the venue and given a lifetime ban.

Race classification

Notes * – Includes one point for fastest lap. * –

finished 14th on track, but he received a post-race five-second time penalty for causing a collision with

. * –

and

were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Constructors' Championship standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. * Competitors in bold and marked with an asterisk are the 2023 World Champions.

References

External links

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