TrackSims

Kimi Antonelli leads rolling race pace through 19 rounds, 0.084s ahead of Max Verstappen. Leclerc 3rd, 0.198s back. Rolling pace is each driver's race pace this season, with recent races counting the most.

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Max Verstappen opens as the betting favorite for São Paulo after his win in Mexico City, implied to win 37% of the time. He has won 3 of the 7 races here since 2018. Antonelli next at 25%. Leclerc 3rd at 10%.

Lewis Hamilton was the best off the line of the top 6, hitting 100m in 3.98s in Mexico.

Norris was quicker than Piastri in all three phases of the Mexico City race: 0.396s a lap on the opening softs, 0.592s after the red flag. He won 18 of the last 20 laps and finished 5th, Piastri 7th. McLaren vs McLaren 👇

On mediums, Russell was 0.739s a lap quicker than Antonelli until the red flag. The restart flipped it. Back on softs, Antonelli won 19 of the last 20 laps and finished 3rd, Russell 6th. Mercedes vs Mercedes, lap by lap 👇

Max Verstappen was 1.271s a lap quicker than Isack Hadjar on race pace in Mexico City, the widest teammate gap. Colapinto and Gasly the closest at 0.076s. Hamilton 0.156s up on Leclerc 👇

What happened at the 2026 Mexico GP

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Lewis Hamilton was the quickest through the corners in the Mexico City race, a 102.6 kph average apex speed. Verstappen next, 1.05 kph back. Leclerc 6th, 3.17 kph down on his teammate 👇

Leclerc had Hamilton covered for the first 44 laps in Mexico. After the red flag, Hamilton was 0.762s a lap quicker on the softs and won all 20 laps. Every lap, Ferrari vs Ferrari 👇

Lewis Hamilton set four of the eight fastest laps of the Mexico GP, including the fastest, a 1:19.268. The 15 quickest laps 👇

Max Verstappen was fastest on race pace in Mexico City on a median basis, 0.041s up on Leclerc and 0.103s on Hamilton. Mercedes about four tenths back. Every lap from the Mexico GP 👇

The drivers aren't expecting much overtaking in Mexico City. Charles Leclerc -- "It's just very difficult because the overtake mode doesn't do much. So, I think whatever the standing is after Turn 3, it's going to be very difficult then to overtake." George Russell -- "I think the race pace, there's probably going to be a tenth between the top seven or eight drivers. So, I think Turn 1 is going to be crucial. Overtaking is going to be tough, overheating, etcetera." Oscar Piastri -- "Everyone's kind of stuck in this speed limiter on the straight because of the MGU-K rules."

Alpine had the highest median top speed in qualifying in Mexico City, 351 kph. Six teams next at 350. The top speed on every lap from Mexico City.

ICYMI - Here are the race simulation long runs from FP2 in Mexico.

Russell 0.184s clear of Antonelli in Mexico qualifying. Level through sector one. Russell found 0.165 in the middle sector alone.

This is what 0.009s looks like over a lap. Hamilton beats Russell to pole in Mexico. Russell won the middle sector; Hamilton won the other two.

Teammate gaps from qualifying in Mexico 👇

Hamilton by a nose over Russell in Mexico Qualifying, taking pole by 0.009s.