At the start Charles and Lewis pushed hard to try and overtake poleman Norris, but they had to settle for maintaining their second and third grid positions.

• On lap 6 a fight between Lewis and Max Verstappen resulted in the Dutchman cutting across the grass as he tried to pass.
• Later, the two clashed again and the incident was reported to the Stewards, who then handed Lewis a 10 second penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage as he stayed ahead of Verstappen. He took his penalty at his first pitstop on lap 23, rejoining the track in P14 on Mediums.
• After everyone ahead of him pitted, Lewis was up to P7.
• On lap 47 Lewis was called in again for Softs, rejoining ninth.
• In the closing stages, Charles had to fend off Verstappen who had caught up with him, but the Monegasque managed to maintain second place to the chequered flag, also helped by a Virtual Safety Car triggered by Carlos Sainz parking his car at the side of the track.

 This was Charles’ and the Scuderia’s seventh podium of the season, the 50th in total for the Monegasque, the 836th for the Scuderia.

Charles Leclerc #16

It’s been a very positive weekend. We didn’t come here with the expectation of replicating what we did in Austin, and in the end we executed a second great weekend, this time one step higher on the podium. I’m proud of the job our team has done. I was tempted to stop a second time earlier on during the race, but decided to stick with my Medium tyres and make it work. We did have some luck too when the Virtual Safety Car came out in the closing laps, as with Max closing in quickly it would have been more difficult to keep him behind me while losing grip on those tyres.We have to focus on each race as it comes and the standard we have set over the past two weekends has to be our target.It was amazing to feel all the support from our fans here in Mexico City this weekend, the passion in the stadium was just incredible and made us feel at home.

Lewis Hamilton #44

Today didn’t go the way I hoped. I had a strong start, but things changed with a few decisions that were beyond my control and it just wasn’t possible to recover the race after that. The stint on the Medium tyre was challenging as it just didn’t suit the track today, and the final phase lacked the pace we needed. Overall though, the car has felt good all weekend and I’m grateful for the progress we’ve made as a team. I’m looking forward to Brazil - it’s one of my favourite places to race and I can’t wait to be there in red for the first time.

Fred Vasseur - Team Principal

Overall this has been a strong weekend for us. We had a good quali and today we had strong race pace, not compared to McLaren, but to everyone else. Lewis’ penalty was very harsh as he was unable to keep on the line and had to use the grass, which cost him four or five positions. It was always our plan to make just one pit stop with both cars. I was not too nervous at the end, when Max closed in on Charles, also because it’s very difficult to overtake here, so I’m not sure the VSC made much difference. Now we must already focus on the next race in Brazil and we have good momentum right now, although I remember that last year Sao Paulo was not our best weekend. However, we have learnt a lot over the past few weeks. Finally, well done to Ollie Bearman, part of our family as a member of our Driver Academy. He has been quick all season, occasionally making some mistakes, but he has had a perfect weekend here. We are very pleased for him and for his team who did a good job getting both cars in the points.