Three-time world champion Max Verstappen, with Red Bull, won this Sunday with overwhelming superiority the Mexican Formula 1 Grand Prix and equaled a record of victories held in the highest automobile division by four-time champion Alain Prost. The 26-year-old Dutch driver set another commendable mark and added his sixteenth victory in a season, out of 19 competitions held. Verstappen, world champion in the 2021, 2022 and 2023 editions, started from the third starting position and took the lead in the first corner, at the same moment in which his teammate, the local Sergio Pérez, was starring a real disaster and plunged the massive attendance at the 4,304 meter long Hermanos Rodríguez racetrack into deep disappointment. The second Red Bull driver, who is fighting to reach the runner-up position, collided with the polesitter, the Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), and had to defect as a result of the blow that damaged the sidepods of his machine. Verstappen, who counted on luck as an ally when averaging the competition, recorded a cumulative time of 1h. 49m. 23s. 531/1000, to complete the 71 laps of the requirement. In second position and confirming a rebound in the mechanical unit during the last competitions came the seven-time world champion, the British Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), at 13s. 875/1000. Third place on the podium went to Leclerc (Ferrari), who arrived at 23s. 124/1000. The Spanish Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) completed a more than acceptable day for the Maranello house with a fourth place, 27s behind. 154/1000. While the Englishman Lando Norris (McLaren) rose to fifth place, at 33s. 266/1000. Further back were the Englishman George Russell (Mercedes), at 41s. 020/1000; the Australians Daniel Ricciardo (AlphaTauri) at 41s. 570/1000; and Oscar Piastri (McLaren) at 43s. 104/1000; the Thai Alexander Albon (Williams), at 48s. 573/1000 and the Frenchman Esteban Ocon (Alpine), at 1m. 02s. 879/1000. Verstappen took over driving at the start, after a good start in which he overtook the two Ferraris. Then, the world champion stayed ahead until he stopped in the pits to change tires and put on soft rubber to attempt a new stop. In this context, Leclerc, Sainz and Hamilton, who were fighting with the Dutchman for victory, had opted for a single stoppage with the inclusion of hard tires.