Mercedes got so close to winning the US GP – and would have won it had they pitted Hamilton one or two laps earlier in the first stint – but it was again Max who took victory in the end. Hamilton and Leclerc ended up being disqualified after the race for technical infringements. Ferrari once again messed up their strategy and managed to bring Leclerc from first in the grid to sixth at the end of the race. All this mess, means that Perez got just a bit safer in the drivers standings while McLaren are now in front of Aston Martin in the constructors championship.

Going to Mexico, I believe that Perez will want to give a good show on his compatriots and he may end up having a good result. Behind the two Red Bulls, six cars will be fighting for the top-scoring positions but I think it will be either Hamilton, Norris or Piastri who takes the last podium position. Exciting times now that we have four teams relatively close to each other!

Driver	Qualifying Prediction	Actual Qualifying Result	Race Prediction	Actual Race Result
Verstappen	1	3	1	1
Hamilton	2	6	5	2
Leclerc	6	1	2	3
Sainz	3	2	3	4
Norris	5	19	13	5
Russell	4	8	7	6
Ricciardo	18	4	8	7
Piastri	7	7	6	8
Albon	17	14	15	9
Ocon	12	16	14	10
Gasly	11	11	11	11
Tsunoda	13	15	16	12
Hulkenberg	14	12	18	13
Zhou	15	10	10	14
Bottas	10	9	9	15
Sargeant	20	20	19	16
Stroll	16	18	17	17
Alonso	9	13	12	R
Magnussen	19	17	20	R
Perez	8	5	4	R