F1 Analyst Reveals The One Thing That Annoyed Max Verstappen At Mexico Despite His Dominant Victory

Srijon Jana | 31/10/2023
F1 Analyst Reveals The One Thing That Annoyed Max Verstappen At Mexico Despite His Dominant Victory

Max Verstappen continued his dominant run of form and managed to win the Mexico City GP by a comfortable margin over Lewis Hamilton in P2. However, as per F1 analyst Peter Windsor, Hamilton did something towards the end of the race which presumably annoyed Verstappen a lot.

Starting from P3 on the grid, Verstappen managed to take the lead of the race right at the start as Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez tripped over themselves. Hamilton on the other hand also had a good start to the race, climbing up to P4 from his starting position of P6.

By lap 40 of 71, Hamilton had managed to get past Leclerc and get into P2. However, he was never a threat for Verstappen as his medium tyres kept falling off and the Dutchman kept increasing the gap between him and P2. What was a 2.6 second gap on lap 40 had turned into a 14 second plus gap by lap 71.

However, the one thing that would have left Verstappen annoyed was the fact that Lewis Hamilton somehow managed to steal the fastest lap away from the Red Bull star at the very last lap of the race. This meant that Verstappen couldn’t come away with the full 26 points from the weekend

Windsor explained in his latest race analysis video, “That must have annoyed Max a bit, because he always likes to set the fastest lap and at that moment he had the fastest lap in hand.”

Max Verstappen could have had a tougher fight from Hamilton

Peter Windsor was also amazed by the fact had Hamilton had enough tyre life left to set a fastest lap on the last lap. The 71-year-old British analyst believes that Hamilton could have pushed much harder if he knew that his tyres would last enough for him to set a fastest lap.

However, Hamilton’s P2 will be extremely important for him in his quest to second place in the driver’s championship. As of now, Hamilton trails Sergio Perez by 20 points with 3 more races to go.

In the larger scheme of things, it was also important for Mercedes as a team as they are also in the fight for P2 with Ferrari for the Constructors’ Championship. Toto Wolff had already made it extremely clear how important a P2 would be for the Brackley outfit as it would be testament to the fact that if they aren’t championship material yet, things are slowly improving and moving in the right direction.

Post Edited By: Somin Bhattacharjee
Lewis Hamilton Max Verstappen Peter Windsor

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Srijon Jana

Srijon Jana is a Formula 1 writer at The SportsRush. As a medical undergrad with a passion for motorsports, Srijon loves juggling between cadavers and cars with ease. He started watching F1 when he was only 11, and the beautiful cars grabbed his interest. Even now, he religiously follows all the Grands Prix, and when he is not gushing over Charles Leclerc, he likes to dabble in football as well. He is a college quizzer with several state-level and national-level accolades. He is a proud Ferrari fan, and loves to pass his free time reading, watching movies, and spending some quality time with his friends and family.

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