Mexican GP 2019

Mexican GP 2019

Mercedes may have won the previous GP but F1 is heading to Mexico – the circuit with the highest elevation (about 2,300 m above sea level). This means that the air is thinner and this gives the engineers many headaches as they have to adapt the aerodynamics, breaking and cooling to those conditions. The circuit has helped Red Bull win the last two races held there and they will be hoping to get another victory this season.

The model gives Leclerc a 59% over Hamilton in qualifying but Lewis has the edge (56% over Charles) in the race. I would expect Max Verstappen and Albon to get higher than what the model predicts. Let’s see how the race unfolds…

Verstappen has been given a 3-place grid penalty for ignoring the double yellow flags.

Driver Qualifying Prediction Actual Qualifying Result Race Prediction Actual Race Result
Hamilton 2 3 1 1
Vettel 3 2 4 2
Bottas 4 6 5 3
Leclerc 1 1 2 4
Albon 7 5 6 5
Verstappen 6 4 3 6
Perez 10 11 9 7
Ricciardo 12 13 14 8
Gasly 13 10 11 9
Hulkenberg 9 12 13 10
Kvyat 18 9 10 11
Stroll 16 16 15 12
Sainz 8 7 7 13
Giovinazzi 15 15 16 14
Magnussen 17 17 17 15
Russell 19 19 19 16
Grosjean 14 18 18 17
Kubica 20 20 20 18
Raikkonen 5 14 12 R
Norris 11 8 8 R
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