In the round-up: Yuki Tsunoda was unimpressed with Daniel Ricciardo’s overtaking attempt which put him out of the race.
In brief
Tsunoda frustrated by race-ending collision
Ricciardo was given a 10-second time penalty for colliding with Tsunoda in today’s race. The AlphaTauri driver said his afternoon was going well until they made contact.
“Until then it was [looking] super-good,” he said. “I managed well, especially the first stint on soft tyre.
“It’s just so shocking how he overtake, like, [it was] almost impossible. He just send it in there. I don’t know if he had damage but it’s pretty shocking what I had. It’s so frustrating.”
Magnussen cleared, Latifi warned
Kevin Magnussen and Nicholas Latifi were investigated by the stewards for driving too slowly on their reconnaissance laps. No action was taken against the Haas driver, while Williams’ man received a warning.
The stewards accepted Magnussen was forced to slow by a technical problem. Latifi, who briefly followed the Haas driver before overtaking and proceeding, was given a formal warning for exceeding the maximum time allowed for the lap.
Latifi’s suspicion of damage proves correct
Latifi was unhappy with the handling of his Williams during the race and asked his team whether he had damaged. It turned out he did.
“We had some car damage from early on in the race which was confirmed by the team,” Latifi said afterwards. “At the beginning it didn’t seem too bad but as the race went on our pace seemed to deteriorate.
“We need to see what the damage specifically was but unfortunately, we had no pace today.” He finished 18th and last, two laps down.
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Links
Motor racing links of interest:
Verstappen shrugs off rival Hamilton’s antagonism (Daily Mail)
‘‘People have told me that he doesn’t use my name,’ said Verstappen, with a smile.’
Guenther Steiner: ‘Today, our car just didn’t have the speed and therefore we ended up where we ended up. Hopefully Brazil suits our car better and we can get back to where we want to be.’
Honda hybrid IndyCar engine tests at IMS (Racer)
‘Based on the success of the hybrid package’s debut, another test — possibly in the middle of December at Sebring — is under discussion.’
IndyCar president talks off-season, open test (IndyCar)
‘Right now, the racetracks at Thermal are ready to go. Some of the things we need them to do are more from a safety perspective, such as runoff areas and tire barriers because our cars go quicker than most of the cars that currently run there. That work will be done before the open test, and Thermal will end up being an FIA Grade 2 facility, which is the same certification level we race on everywhere except IMS, which is FIA Grade 1.’
Super Formula round 10: Suzuka (Super Formula via YouTube)
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|@NicholasLatifi met a young fan who now owns a signed ‘Goatifi’. #F1 #MexicanGP #MexicoGP #RaceFans pic.twitter.com/SWEfFWAMfM
— RaceFans (@racefansdotnet) October 30, 2022
Arriving at the track. Cars, people, people wearing Checo hats, more cars, police, police with machine guns, officials shouting directions, more cars, more people, more Checo hats, and mariachi music. Mexico City is just bonkers, I love it! ❤️ #MexicoGP #MexicoGP60 #F1ESTA 🇲🇽
— Sean Kelly (@virtualstatman) October 30, 2022
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The two fastest pit-stops of the race and one UNDER TWO SECONDS!!! 👏#MexicoGP pic.twitter.com/jFKNYJakZV
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) October 30, 2022
|@PierreGASLY didn’t know he’d collected his tenth penalty point – leaving him two away from a ban – until @Cla_Cottingham told him in the media pen. Here’s what he had to say:https://t.co/BSoRzfd40F #F1 #MexicanGP #MexicoGP #RaceFans
— Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) October 30, 2022
I have to give it to @LewisHamilton , even getting booed he kept it classy .
— Tony Kanaan (@TonyKanaan) October 30, 2022
The noise from the crowd today at the track was incredible. But I’m sad to learn some of that may not have been positive, that there were boos and worse for Lewis after the race. These guys are our heroes and deserve nothing but respect. Always.
— Will Buxton (@wbuxtonofficial) October 31, 2022
“Congratulations to Max” says @LewisHamilton on the podium.@Max33Verstappen gave an interview published over the weekend in which he said: “People have told me that he doesn’t use my name.” #F1 #MexicanGP #MexicoGP #RaceFans
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