It’s a big weekend of F1 action as the circus arrives in Sergio Perez territory, and there’s plenty of questions left to be answered. Can Perez keep second in the Championship and the Red Bull drive? Will Max win everything again? Will someone else fall victim to an overworked plank? Talking of planking, here is our 2023 Mexican F1 Grand Prix Preview where nothing has been shaved off.
The Gurgler’s 2023 Mexican F1 Grand Prix Preview brings some thoughts on the race itself, a few bold predictions here and there, a more than a few barely interesting stats.
Essentially a quick summary of what a casual F1 fan needs in the shortest possible time for your convenience.
It’s a classic old track that looks like different things from different angles. Flip the above one way and it looks like a seal. Flip is another way and it looks like a fish. And the animal references keep coming as the track has a unique esses section that slithers like a snake.
Sadly the mega fast last corner now goes through a stadium, which has produced zero action from memory since installed, but it does have a cool atmosphere.
The early part of the lap has some nice long straights followed by chicanes, so there will be chances for early ambition, and likely early tangles.
2023 US F1 Grand Prix Preview – Race Rating
The Gurgler does like to use some obscure drivers in our Race previews and report, so who better to use than Teo Fabi to determine a race rating system.
So before each race we give a rating out of ten for four key category that are loosely based on each letter of Teo Fabi’s surname. Don’t know who Teo Fabi is, you should.
FAST? 7/10 – Nice long straights, with the esses section makes the track fast enough. The Stadium section and hairpin slows it down too much.
ACTION? 6/10 – DRS should provide some overtaking down the straights, and hopefully with really only second in the drivers championship and the 2024 Red Bull second seat to be decided the drivers will have a proper crack.
BIG HISTORY? – 6/10 Bit of a stop-start history, with the track hosting over three different periods. The first does go back into the great 1960’s, and often was a title decider. The next period was in the glorious mid to late 80’s and early 90’s with all the fan favourites like Mansell, Prost, Senna and Stefan Johannson. The 1990 edition of the race is one of the best if one is looking for time killing on YouTube.
INCLEMENT WEATHER? – 3/10 20% to 30% chance of rain across the weekend isn’t too bad according to The Weather Channel, so we’ll take those odds.
RACE RATING 55% – An old classic that has long enough straights to produce some action. Prepared for loads of Sergio Perez
Want to know if your favourite driver for this weekend is a master of the track or the track is a master of them? Here then are some barely interesting facts and stats.
- No driver has won a modern Mexican Grand Prix from lower fourth or lower on the grid. Fifth is lowest grid slot for a podium.
- Yuki Tsunoda is yet to finish a Mexican Grand Prix.
- Lewis Hamilton has not qualified lower than third at this race but taken just one pole.
- Lance Stroll has ended qualifying in Q1 for the last four races here.
DRIVER GRID POSITION vs RACE RESULT – CURRENT DRIVERS
TEAM GRID POSITION vs RACE RESULT
HISTORIC DRIVER RESULTS
99 = a DNF. Grid position 20 is overstated as that was also used for cars starting in pitlane.
HISTORIC TEAM RESULTS
99 = a DNF. Grid position 20 is overstated as that was also used for cars starting in pitlane.
RACE RESULTS FROM GRID POSITION
DID NOT FINISH – DNF
We’ve gone about DNFs through this article, so here is the list of DNFs.
- Sergio Perez takes podum on last lap of the race.
- Lando Norris takes pole position.
- Three car pile up on the first lap at turns 4/5, and involves at least one Alpine.
- Point and Q3 for Daniel Ricciardo
- Logan Sargeant bins it into the final corner wall at some stage over the weekend.
ALL RACE RESULTS – MEXICO F1 GRAND PRIX
RECENT RESULTS
ALL TIME RESULTS
