Hamilton & Verstappen are the only current drivers to have previously won in Mexico, Perez scored home podiums in 2021 & 2022 and only four drivers have scored points on every appearance. Here’s everything you need to know about each driver’s history at the Mexico City Grand Prix!
🇳🇱 Max VERSTAPPEN
Max Verstappen has won five of the last six races in Mexico – including victories in all of the last three seasons. He has a 100% points-scoring record at the track, with a worst finishing position of ninth with Toro Rosso in 2015.
Verstappen has qualified in the top three in all of the last seven races at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez and set the fastest time in qualifying at the track in 2019. However, he was demoted to fourth on the grid that year following a penalty for a yellow flag infringement. He took his first real pole position at the track in 2022.
2018 is the only season that Verstappen has been out-qualified by a team-mate at the circuit. He has scored more points here than any other driver.
MAX VERSTAPPEN’S MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX HISTORY
| Quali Battle | Qualified | Grid | Finished | Pos Change | |
| 2015 | WON | 8 | 8 | 9 | -1 |
| 2016 | WON | 3 | 3 | 4 | -1 |
| 2017 | WON | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | LOST | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | WON | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 |
| 2021 | WON | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | WON | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | WON | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
🇲🇽 Sergio PEREZ
In 2021, Sergio Perez became the first Mexican driver to finish on the podium at their home Grand Prix. He followed that up in 2022 with another third place finish.
Perez’s 2023 Mexico City Grand Prix ended in early disappointment with a crash at the first corner that saw him pull into the garage at the end of Lap 1 and retire. It was only the second time, after 2018 when he retired with braking issues, that Perez failed to finish or score points at his home event.
Perez has reached Q3 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez five times. He has a best qualifying result of fourth, recorded in both 2021 and 2022, and has qualified in the top five on all of his last three appearances. 2015 and 2019 are the only times that he has out-qualified his team-mate at the circuit.
Perez has gained at least one position from where he started in all five home races that he has completed.
SERGIO PEREZ’S MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX HISTORY
| Quali Battle | Qualified | Grid | Finished | Pos Change | |
| 2015 | WON | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 2016 | LOST | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 |
| 2017 | LOST | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 2018 | LOST | 13 | 13 | DNF | – |
| 2019 | WON | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| 2021 | LOST | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 2022 | LOST | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 2023 | LOST | 5 | 5 | DNF | – |
🇬🇧 Lewis HAMILTON
Lewis Hamilton won the Mexico Grand Prix for a second time in 2019. He previously won the event in 2016, and finished as runner-up in 2015. After finishing as runner-up again in each of the last three seasons, Hamilton has recorded six podium finishes in total at the track.
Hamilton has a 100% points finishing record at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. The only occasions that he has not finished on the podium here were in 2017 and 2018, when he finished ninth and fourth respectively. Both of those results secured him World Championship victories.
Hamilton has taken pole once at the Mexico City Grand Prix, in 2016, with 2015 and 2021 being his only other front row starts. 2023 was the first time Hamilton qualified outside of the top four at the track. Though he qualified fourth in 2019 and 2022, Hamilton started from the top three those two years, making 2023 the first time he did not start within the top three.
In 2019, Hamilton’s drive from third to the win marked the first time that he has finished the Mexico Grand Prix in a better position than where he started it from. He gained one position in 2022 and gained four in last year’s race.
LEWIS HAMILTON’S MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX HISTORY
| Quali Battle | Qualified | Grid | Finished | Pos Change | |
| 2015 | LOST | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | WON | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | WON | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 |
| 2018 | WON | 3 | 3 | 4 | -1 |
| 2019 | WON | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | LOST | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | LOST | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | WON | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
🇬🇧 George RUSSELL
George Russell finished 16th on both of his first appearances in Mexico City. He scored his first points at the circuit in 2022, finishing fourth and brought home more points in 2023, with a sixth place finish.
While he qualified on the back row in 2019, he reached Q2 in 2021 and qualified on the front row in 2022. His front row start was the first time that Russell has started in the top 15 at the Mexico City Grand Prix, having picked up a five place penalty in 2021 following a gearbox change.
Russell reached Q3 for a second time in 2023, qualifying eighth. It was the first time he was out-qualified by his team-mate at this venue.
GEORGE RUSSELL’S MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX HISTORY
| Quali Battle | Qualified | Grid | Finished | Pos Change | |
| 2019 | WON | 19 | 19 | 16 | 3 |
| 2021 | WON | 13 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| 2022 | WON | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 |
| 2023 | LOST | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
🇲🇨 Charles LECLERC
Charles Leclerc has scored on all five of his Mexico City Grand Prix appearances so far. He finished seventh for Sauber in 2018, and bettered that result with a fourth place finish with Ferrari in 2019. He finished fifth in 2021 and sixth in 2022. In 2023, Leclerc recorded his first podium finish at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, coming home in third place.
Leclerc has reached Q3 on every outing in Mexico. He qualified on the front row in the 2019 race here, before inheriting pole position as the result of a grid penalty for Max Verstappen. He went on to take pole position on pace alone at the 2023 Mexico City Grand Prix.
2021 was the first time Leclerc has been out-qualified by his team-mate at the circuit. 2023 was the first time he out-qualified Carlos Sainz at the track during their time as Ferrari team-mates.
CHARLES LECLERC’S MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX HISTORY
| Quali Battle | Qualified | Grid | Finished | Pos Change | |
| 2018 | WON | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 2019 | WON | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 |
| 2021 | LOST | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 2022 | LOST | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 2023 | WON | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 |
🇪🇸 Carlos SAINZ
Carlos Sainz scored in Mexico for the first time in 2021 with a sixth place finish. He bettered that result in 2022, finishing fifth, and bettered it again in 2023, finishing fourth. Prior to 2021, his best result at the track was 13th, recorded in both 2015 and 2019. He retired from the race in both 2017 and 2018.
From 2015 to 2022, Sainz qualified in a position one better than his previous attempt on every visit to the circuit. That streak ended in 2023, when he recorded his first front row qualification at the track. 2015 is the only season in which he has failed to reach Q3 in Mexico.
Sainz is yet to gain a position from where he has started at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. While 2023 was the first time he was out-qualified by Charles Leclerc at this track.
CARLOS SAINZ’S MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX HISTORY
| Quali Battle | Qualified | Grid | Finished | Pos Change | |
| 2015 | LOST | 11 | 11 | 13 | -2 |
| 2016 | WON | 10 | 10 | 16 | -6 |
| 2017 | LOST | 9 | 8 | DNF | – |
| 2018 | LOST | 8 | 8 | DNF | – |
| 2019 | WON | 7 | 7 | 13 | -6 |
| 2021 | WON | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2022 | WON | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2023 | LOST | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 |
🇬🇧 Lando NORRIS
Lando Norris has scored 13 points at the Mexico City Grand Prix. After finishing tenth in 2021 and ninth in 2022, he recorded his best result to date at the track in 2023 with fifth place – despite starting a lowly 17th. He retired from the race on his first appearance in 2019.
2023 was the first time that Norris did not reach Q3 from his four visits to the track so far. He has a best qualifying result here of eighth. He qualified eighth in both 2019 and 2022. He has been out-qualified his team-mate in Mexico in each of the last two seasons.
Prior to his F1 career, Norris made his first outing at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in 2018, when he took part in Free Practice 1 with McLaren.
LANDO NORRIS’ MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX HISTORY
| Quali Battle | Qualified | Grid | Finished | Pos Change | |
| 2019 | LOST | 8 | 8 | DNF | – |
| 2021 | LOST | 10 | 18 | 10 | 8 |
| 2022 | WON | 8 | 8 | 9 | -1 |
| 2023 | LOST | 19 | 17 | 5 | 12 |
🇦🇺 Oscar PIASTRI
Oscar Piastri made his first appearance at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in 2023. After qualifying seventh – well ahead of his team-mate – Piastri finished the race in eighth place, three positions behind Lando Norris.
OSCAR PIASTRI’S MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX HISTORY
| Quali Battle | Qualified | Grid | Finished | Pos Change | |
| 2023 | WON | 7 | 7 | 8 | -1 |
🇪🇸 Fernando ALONSO
From his seven previous Mexican Grand Prix appearances, Fernando Alonso has scored a total of only three points. He finished tenth with McLaren in 2017, before recording a ninth place finish with Alpine in 2021. Alonso has recorded four retirements at the venue, including in each of the last two seasons. He also retired in 2015 and 2018.
Alonso reached Q3 at the Mexico City Grand Prix for the first time in 2022. It remains his only Q3 appearance at the track. Despite that, 2021 is the only time that Alonso has been out-qualified by his team-mate in his seven appearances at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
FERNANDO ALONSO’S MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX HISTORY
| Quali Battle | Qualified | Grid | Finished | Pos Change | |
| 2015 | WON | 16 | 18 | DNF | – |
| 2016 | WON | 11 | 11 | 13 | -2 |
| 2017 | WON | 14 | 18 | 10 | 8 |
| 2018 | WON | 12 | 12 | DNF | – |
| 2021 | LOST | 16 | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| 2022 | WON | 9 | 9 | DNF | – |
| 2023 | WON | 13 | 13 | DNF | – |
🇨🇦 Lance STROLL
Lance Stroll has scored once at the Mexico Grand Prix, with a sixth place finish on his first appearance in 2017. His retirement from the 2023 race brought an end to his 100% finishing record at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
Stroll has progressed past Q1 only once at the circuit, recording a best qualifying position of 12th in 2017. He has started from the back in the last three seasons – starting at the back of the grid in 2021 and 2022 and from the pit lane in 2023.
2018 is the only time that the Canadian has out-qualified his team-mate at the track. Stroll has gained at least four positions from where he started on all five of his finishes in Mexico so far.
LANCE STROLL’S MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX HISTORY
| Quali Battle | Qualified | Grid | Finished | Pos Change | |
| 2017 | LOST | 12 | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| 2018 | WON | 19 | 17 | 12 | 5 |
| 2019 | LOST | 16 | 16 | 12 | 4 |
| 2021 | LOST | 20 | 20 | 14 | 6 |
| 2022 | LOST | 18 | 20 | 15 | 5 |
| 2023 | LOST | 20 | PIT | DNF | – |
🇫🇷 Esteban OCON
Esteban Ocon has appeared six times previously at the Mexico Grand Prix: in 2016 with Manor, in 2017 and 2018 with Force India and in 2021, 2022 and 2023 with Alpine. He has a 100% finishing record at the track but has scored only thee times, with a best result of fifth place back in 2017. He has scored points here in each of the last two seasons.
Ocon reached Q3 at the Mexico City Grand Prix for the second time in 2022. He recorded his best qualifying result at the circuit in 2017 with sixth place. 2016 was the only time that Ocon has been eliminated in Q1 in Mexico until 2023. Those two years are also the only ones in which he has been out-qualified by his team-mate at the track.
ESTEBAN OCON’S MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX HISTORY
| Quali Battle | Qualified | Grid | Finished | Pos Change | |
| 2016 | LOST | 20 | 20 | 21 | -1 |
| 2017 | WON | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 2018 | WON | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 2021 | WON | 15 | 19 | 13 | 6 |
| 2022 | LOST | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| 2023 | LOST | 16 | 15 | 10 | 5 |
🇫🇷 Pierre GASLY
Pierre Gasly recorded his best result so far at the Mexico Grand Prix in 2021 with a fourth place finish. He holds a 100% finishing record at the track and has scored three times in total from his six appearances – with a tenth place finish in 2018 and ninth in 2019. He’s finished 11th in each of the last two seasons.
2019 marked the first time Gasly appeared in Q3 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. He went on to record his best qualifying result at the circuit in 2021 with fifth place. Gasly was eliminated in Q2 in 2018, 2022 and 2023, and was out in Q1 in 2017.
2021 was the first time Gasly out-qualified his team-mate at this track. He did so for a second time in 2023. He finished where he started in 2023 – marking the first time he did not finish in a better position than where he started.
PIERRE GASLY’S MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX HISTORY
| Quali Battle | Qualified | Grid | Finished | Pos Change | |
| 2017 | LOST | 20 | 20 | 13 | 7 |
| 2018 | LOST | 15 | 20 | 10 | 10 |
| 2019 | LOST | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| 2021 | WON | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 2022 | LOST | 14 | 14 | 11 | 3 |
| 2023 | WON | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
🇹🇭 Alex ALBON
On his first appearance at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in 2019, Alex Albon finished the race in fifth place. He started where he finished, having also qualified fifth. In 2022, he qualified on the back row in 19th place. He moved up to 17th place on the grid and finished the race in 12th place.
Albon reached Q2 in 2023, out-qualifying his team-mate mate for a second Mexico City appearance in succession. He scored two points, finishing the race in ninth place.
ALEX ALBON’S MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX HISTORY
| Quali Battle | Qualified | Grid | Finished | Pos Change | |
| 2019 | LOST | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2022 | WON | 19 | 17 | 12 | 5 |
| 2023 | WON | 14 | 14 | 9 | 5 |
🇦🇷 Franco COLAPINTO
This will be Franco Colapinto’s first appearance at the Mexico City Grand Prix.
🇯🇵 Yuki TSUNODA
Yuki Tsunoda failed to finish on either of his two appearances at the Mexico City Grand Prix. He was out of the race on Lap 1 on his first appearance in 2021 and he was the first retirement from the race on Lap 51 in 2022. In 2023, he finally crossed the finish line for the first time, coming home in 12th place.
Tsunoda reached Q3 in 2021, qualifying ninth. He reached Q2 in 2022, where he qualified in 13th place, out-qualifying his team-mate at the circuit for the first time. He was out-qualified by his team-mate in 2023 and again exited in Q2, this time setting the 15th fastest lap time.
YUKI TSUNODA’S MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX HISTORY
| Quali Battle | Qualified | Grid | Finished | Pos Change | |
| 2021 | LOST | 9 | 17 | DNF | – |
| 2022 | WON | 13 | 13 | DNF | – |
| 2023 | LOST | 15 | 18 | 12 | 6 |
🇳🇿 Liam LAWSON
While this will be Liam Lawson’s first time racing in the Mexico City Grand Prix, he did make an outing here with AlphaTauri in Free Practice 1 at the 2022 race weekend.
🇫🇮 Valtteri BOTTAS
Valtteri Bottas took pole position at the 2021 Mexico City Grand Prix but finished only 15th after a spin on the opening lap. It saw him lose his 100% points-scoring record at the event. He has a best finishing position at the track of second, in 2017, and has had two further podium finishes in 2015 and 2019. His tenth place in 2022 is the only time he has scored a point in his last three visits to Mexico.
Bottas has reached Q3 on all eight of his appearances in Mexico, with his pole in 2021 being the first time he qualified in the top three at the venue. Bottas crashed out of the final part of qualifying in 2019, making it the third consecutive year that he was out-qualified by his team-mate.He has out-qualified his team-mate in the last three years.
2021 was the first time Bottas lost a position from where he has started at the Mexico Grand Prix. He also lost four positions over the course of the 2022 Mexico City Grand Prix and five during the 2023 race.
VALTTERI BOTTAS’ MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX HISTORY
| Quali Battle | Qualified | Grid | Finished | Pos Change | |
| 2015 | WON | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | WON | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2017 | LOST | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | LOST | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | LOST | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | WON | 1 | 1 | 15 | -14 |
| 2022 | WON | 6 | 6 | 10 | -4 |
| 2023 | WON | 9 | 9 | 14 | -5 |
🇨🇳 ZHOU Guanyu
Zhou Guanyu finished in 13th place on his maiden appearance at the Mexico City Grand Prix in 2022. While his team-mate progressed to Q3, Zhou was eliminated in Q2 and qualified in 12th place.
Zhou reached Q3 in 2023, qualifying in tenth place – one position behind his team-mate. He also finished the race one place behind Valtteri Bottas, in 15th position.
ZHOU GUANYU’S MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX HISTORY
| Quali Battle | Qualified | Grid | Finished | Pos Change | |
| 2022 | LOST | 12 | 12 | 13 | -1 |
| 2023 | LOST | 10 | 10 | 15 | -5 |
🇩🇰 Kevin MAGNUSSEN
Kevin Magnussen has raced six times in Mexico. He has scored points once, with an eighth place finish in 2017. He brought out the red flags at the Mexico City Grand Prix in 2023, crashing out of the race and recording his first retirement at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
Magnussen has made it out of Q1 here only twice – in 2022 and in 2016, on his only appearance here not with Haas. 14th in 2016 is Magnussen’s best qualifying result at the track, while 2018 and 2023 are the only years that he has not out-qualified his team-mate.
KEVIN MAGNUSSEN’S MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX HISTORY
| Quali Battle | Qualified | Grid | Finished | Pos Change | |
| 2016 | WON | 14 | 14 | 17 | -3 |
| 2017 | WON | 18 | 14 | 8 | 6 |
| 2018 | LOST | 18 | 16 | 15 | 1 |
| 2019 | WON | 17 | 17 | 15 | 2 |
| 2022 | WON | 12 | 19 | 17 | 2 |
| 2023 | LOST | 17 | 16 | DNF | – |
🇩🇪 Nico HULKENBERG
Nico Hulkenberg has scored points on four of his previous six appearances at the Mexico City Grand Prix. His best result here is sixth place in 2018. His only non-points scoring races at the circuit were in 2018, when he failed to finish the Grand Prix and in 2023, when he finished 13th.
In 2019, Hulkenberg failed to reach Q3 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez for the first time. He also exited in Q2 in 2023. His best qualifying result at the track is fifth place, in 2016. That year was the first time Hulkenberg out-qualified his team-mate at the venue. He has not been out-qualified by his team-mate here since.
Aside from his retirement, 2016 and 2023 are the only other times that Hulkenberg has finished a race in Mexico in a worse position than where he started.
NICO HULKENBERG’S MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX HISTORY
| Quali Battle | Qualified | Grid | Finished | Pos Change | |
| 2015 | LOST | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| 2016 | WON | 5 | 5 | 7 | -2 |
| 2017 | WON | 8 | 7 | DNF | – |
| 2018 | WON | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 2019 | WON | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 |
| 2023 | WON | 12 | 12 | 13 | -1 |
