| 2024 Mexico City Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 20 of 24 in the2024 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | |||||
| Race details[1] | |||||
| Date | 27 October 2024 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1Gran Premio de la Ciudad de México 2024 | ||||
| Location | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 4.304 km (2.674 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 71 laps, 305.354 km (189.738 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Partly cloudy | ||||
| Attendance | 404,958[2] | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||||
| Time | 1:15.946 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |  Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | |||
| Time | 1:18.336 on lap 71 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Ferrari | ||||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Third | Ferrari | ||||
Lap leaders | |||||
The2024 Mexico City Grand Prix (officially known as theFormula 1 Gran Premio de la Ciudad de México 2024) was aFormula One motor race held on 27 October 2024 at theAutódromo Hermanos Rodríguez inMexico City,Mexico. It was the twentieth round of the2024 Formula One World Championship.Carlos Sainz Jr. ofFerrari took pole position, and went on to win the race ahead ofLando Norris ofMcLaren and teammateCharles Leclerc. Sainz's win was the fourth of his career, his final win with Ferrari, and his first in Mexico City. Both Ferrari cars finished on the podium, which allowed the team to take second ahead ofRed Bull Racing in the Constructors' Championship.
The event was held at theAutódromo Hermanos Rodríguez inMexico City for the 24th time in the circuit's history, having previously held twenty editions of theMexican Grand Prix, across the weekend of 25–27 October.[3] The Grand Prix was the twentieth round of the2024 Formula One World Championship and the fourth held under the name of theMexico City Grand Prix, having previously been titled the Mexican Grand Prix.[4][5]
Going into the weekend,Max Verstappen led theDrivers' Championship with 354 points, 57 points ahead ofLando Norris in second, and 79 ahead ofCharles Leclerc in third.McLaren, holding 544 points, entered this round as the leader of theConstructors' Championship fromRed Bull Racing andFerrari, who were second and third with 504 and 496 points, respectively.[6]
The drivers and teams were same as the season entry list with two exceptions:[7]Franco Colapinto, who replacedLogan Sargeant atWilliams from theItalian Grand Prix onwards, andLiam Lawson, who replacedDaniel Ricciardo atRB from the precedingUnited States Grand Prix.[8][9][10] During the first practice session, five teams fielded alternate drivers who had not raced in more than two Grands Prix, as required by the Formula One regulations:[11]
Alonso made his 400th Grand Prix entry, making him the first driver to reach that milestone.[5]
Tyre supplierPirelli brought the C3, C4, and C5 tyre compounds (the softest three in their range) designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively, for teams to use at the event.[13] The second free practice session was dedicated to validating the softer compounds in the2025 range that would be designated C4, C5, and C6.[14]
TheDRS zone leading in to turn 1 was shortened by 75 metres (246 ft).[15]
Threefree practice sessions were held for the event. The first free practice session was held on 25 October 2024, at 12:30 local time (UTC–6),[1] and was topped byGeorge Russell ofMercedes ahead ofCarlos Sainz Jr. ofFerrari andYuki Tsunoda ofRB. The session was red-flagged twice: the first time for debris on track, of whichKimi Antonelli of Mercedes hit, damaging his car's floor, and the second time for an accident involvingAlexander Albon ofWilliams andOliver Bearman of Ferrari.[16] The second free practice session was held on the same day, at 16:00 local time,[1] and was topped by Sainz ahead ofOscar Piastri ofMcLaren and Tsunoda. The session, which was dedicated toPirelli tyre tests with new2025 compounds, was red-flagged due to Russell's heavy crash.[17] The third practice session was held on 26 October 2024, at 11:30 local time,[1] and was topped by Piastri ahead of his teammateLando Norris and Sainz.[18]
Qualifying was held on 26 October 2024, at 15:00 local time (UTC−6).[1]
Notes
The race was held on 27 October 2024, at 14:00 local time (UTC−6), and was run for 71 laps.[1]
As soon as the race began, a collision betweenYuki Tsunoda andAlexander Albon was observed which resulted in both drivers retiring. Albon had started ninth while Tsunoda sat on the grid in 11th behind Albon andNico Hülkenberg. Albon was sandwiched betweenPierre Gasly, who had started eighth, and Tsunoda, causing his car's hub wheel to come off, leaving debris on the track.Carlos Sainz Jr. andMax Verstappen battled for the lead at the start, but Verstappen lost traction of his car and forced Sainz to the grass, of which no further action was taken. Sainz successfully overtook Verstappen on lap 9. However, on lap 10, both Verstappen and championship rivalLando Norris clashed: Verstappen pushed Norris to the grass twice at turns 4 and 7, in a similar move to what he did with Sainz. Verstappen was issued two separate ten-second penalties for leaving the track and gaining an advantage, allowingCharles Leclerc to take second. Verstappen served his penalty during lap 27 on his pit stop.[21] His teammate,Sergio Pérez, endured a sub-par home race: after being penalised for a false start, he came acrossLiam Lawson, a driver for his sister teamRB. As they battled for position, they collided, causing damage to Pérez's sidepod. Lawson stayed ahead and overtook Pérez while performing a middle finger, which resulted in post-race remonstrations fromRed Bull team principalChristian Horner. Pérez finished last out of all the finishing cars.[22]
Leclerc, who had been running in second, made a mistake at the last corner on lap 63, allowing Norris to take second. Three laps later, bothMercedes drivers battled for fourth, withLewis Hamilton taking the place ahead of his teammate,George Russell.[23]
In the closing laps, a collision betweenFranco Colapinto and Lawson resulted in Colapinto received a ten-second time penalty for causing the collision. Lawson received damage to his left-front wing endplate.[24] Sainz, who had been running in the lead since lap 9, won the race comfortably ahead of Norris and Leclerc, who took the fastest lap of the race.[21] Sainz's win was his first since theAustralian Grand Prix, and was the fourth of his career,[21] allowingFerrari to take second ahead ofRed Bull Racing in the Constructors' Championship.[25]
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| Previous race: 2024 United States Grand Prix | FIA Formula One World Championship 2024 season | Next race: 2024 São Paulo Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 2023 Mexico City Grand Prix | Mexico City Grand Prix | Next race: 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix |
