Verstappen made up for bad Saturday: 'The disaster was forgotten'

Max Verstappen is still enjoying his victory at the Mexican Grand Prix. The Dutchman overtook Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas at the first corner and had no problem staying ahead of the Brit. Marko Hughes enjoyed the race.

The journalist felt it was a strong performance from Verstappen on Sunday night. "Just like that, the disaster of Mexican Grand Prix qualifying was forgotten," he writes at The Race. "Clean into the lead, he checked out. His Formula 1 title rival Lewis Hamilton wouldn’t see him again until the podium ceremony. Unlike at Austin, Verstappen had the faster car in the lead from the start and so it was a much less tension-filled race."

Battle between Perez and Hamilton

While Verstappen and Hamilton failed to put up a good fight, the excitement behind the Dutch driver was palpable. Sergio Perez tried hard to get past Hamilton in front of his home crowd, but he was unsuccessful.

"The excitement instead came from Verstappen’s team-mate and local hero Sergio Perez’s pursuit of Hamilton for second on much newer tyres at the end. He got within lunge distance on the final lap at Turn 4 but not quite close enough. That was enough to keep the crowd cheering."