#mexican gp 2017

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Lewis & Valtteri at the Mexican gp 2017

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from the heart… lewis hamilton, 2017 f1 world champion

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inside the drivers briefing after the 2017 mexican grand prix, aka the one where sebastian vettel and lewis hamilton get into a pissing contest over pretty much nothing, aka seb mocking lewis’ headphones, with appearances by daniel ricciardo and romain grosjean

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Sebastian Vettel during the drivers' parade before the 2017 Mexican GP

watch here

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Countdown to 150 | race 18/150 ¦ 2017 Mexican GP

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HELPP! HOW DID I JUST REALISE THAT GEORGE RUSSELL’S STATS ARE SO FLIPPING IMPRESSIVE!!!!

i meann….

2017 : GP3 Champion 🏆 in his ROOKIE year

2018 : F2 Champion 🏆 again in his ROOKIE year

2019: Signed for Williams Racing. Out-qualifies his teammate in ALL 21 GPs that year.

2020: Raced in Lewis Hamilton’s car at the Sakhir Grand Prix. Lost POLE by 0.026s. Outraced Valterri Bottas. Only for his race to bite the dust from a tyre puncture and bad pit stop beforehand. HE COULD HAVE HAD A MAIDEN WIN AT THE SAKHIR GRAND PRIX IN A MERCEDES 🤯

2021: Still Racing for Williams. Scores his FIRST POINTS. Gets his FIRST PODIUM 🥈at the Belgian GP.

2022: Signs for Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula 1 Team. Racing alongside 7-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton. Keeps a record of 17 Top 5 Race Finishes. 7 Podiums. 1 Pole Position at the Hungarian Grand Prix with NO PURPLE SECTORS. ALL THIS AND COUNTING. (stats are as of Mexican GP)

UPDATE !!!

2022: Brazilian GP: On Saturday, he takes home his FIRST SPRINT VICTORY 🥇On Sunday, GEORGE RUSSELL TAKES HIS FIRST GRAND PRIX WIN 🏆. He is the 113th Formula 1 Grand Prix Winner on November 13 Driving the Mercedes W13. He Gives Mercedes their First 1-2 Of The Season with his teammate Lewis Hamilton coming in P2.

MAN HE IS IMPRESSIVE. MR CONSISTENCY YOU ARE FREAKING AMAZING 🫡😎

and too think this is just the start of what already is an illustrious career. i can’t wait to see how the rest of his story unfolds!!!

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alpine releasing special merch for the mexican gp again, when their line up consists of the guy, who shaded checo every chance he got in their shared time at the red bull family, angering his fans and the dude who's been public enemy number 1 for mexican f1 fans between 2017 and brazil 2022, and just had clash with checo again, while their car has been regularly meh on this track.

so i don't know who is this for, but it's kinda cute nonetheless.

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stats after the season

Ferrari scored their first 1-2 finish since Singapore 2019 at Bahrain.

Ferrari led the every single lap of a GP at Bahrain since Spa 2018.

Zhou Guanyu scored his first F1points of his career and for Alfa Romeo in Bahrain by getting P10 (1 points).

Nico Hulkenberg is still the driver with most points scored without a podium. 

Valtteri Bottas scored his first points for Alfa Romeo at Bahrain by getting P6 (8 points).

Daniel was outqualified by a teammate for the first time at Bahrain. He had previously outqualified all his teammate at that circuit. 

Charles is the first Monegasque to lead the championship.

58 pit stop at Bahrain was the most since 2016 Germany grand prix.

Lewis got out in Q1 for the first time since Brazil 2017 in Saudi Arabia.

Sergio Perez scored the first pole of his career in Saudi Arabia. He is also the first Mexican driver to ever take a pole in F1. Also the 103th driver to get pole.

Saudi Arabia was the first race without a Schumacher or Vettel since Portugal 1994.

Saudi Arabia marked Lewi’s 180th race with Mercedes. The most by any driver with any team. It surpassed Michael Schumacher 179 races with Ferrari. 

Charles got the first pole for ferrari in australia since Kimi 2007 15 years ago. 

Valtteri’s record of 103 Q3 appearances broke in Australia where he failed to get into Q3 by qualifying P12.

Carlos loses a 33 race finish streak in Australia where is the first one to retire. Eifel 2020- Saudi Arabia 2022

Carlos also lost a 17 point scoring streak in Australia. Styria 2021- Saudi Arabia 2022.c

Alex got his first points for Williams in Australia by getting P10 (1 points)

Charles scored his first grand slam in Australia. The first for Ferrari since Alonso in Singapore 2010.

Charles the first driver to win from pole in Australia since Lewis Hamilton in 2014.

George’s first podium for Mercedes comes in Australia where he got P3.

Zhou first DNF at a race came in Miami though he had one in sprint race at Imola the weekend before.

Charles’s took Ferrrari’s first pole in Cota.

Abu Dhabi was Lewis’s 200th race with Mercedes.

this year is the first time since 1979 that most drivers (Checo, Carlos, George and Kevin) scored their maiden pole in a single year. it has been 43 years since then.

It took Haas 142 Grand Prix to get their first pole.

Kevin’s pole put Denmark as the 24th Nation on pole.

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max taking the lead in the 2017 mexican gp and just saying “simply simply lovely” 😭

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Lewis Hamilton at the Mexican gp 2017 (after winning his 4th World Championship)

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sebastian vettel, p1, and lewis hamilton, p3, during the post-qualifying press conference, mexico - october 28, 2017 📷 mirko stange / motorsport images

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lewis hamilton, p3, and sebastian vettel, p1, chat after qualifying, mexico - october 28, 2017 📷 mark sutton / motorsport images

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Mexico City pole-sitter Verstappen expects good fight for victory as home hero Perez rues costly qualifying issue

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen is readying himself for a scrap with Mercedes pair George Russell and Lewis Hamilton during the Mexico City Grand Prix, after beating them to pole position in qualifying. Verstappen and the Mercedes drivers were closely matched after the first Q3 runs at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, but the reigning world champion pulled three-tenths clear with an impressive final lap of 1m 17.775s. Admitting that he found it difficult to get into a rhythm ahead of his pole-setting effort, Verstappen reflected: “I think every session it got a little bit better and, in Q3, we finally could push a little bit more with the car and [deliver] two decent laps. READ MORE: Verstappen fends off Mercedes pair for maiden Mexico City pole “I’m very happy, as around here, for me at least, it’s very hard to nail a lap – it’s always very low grip. There are a few kerbs you have to perfectly hit to actually gain time, so it’s definitely not the easiest of qualifying [sessions] – it’s the same with the tyre warm-up. But it seems like in Q3 we had it under control.” 2022 Mexico City GP Qualifying: Max Verstappen seals pole position ahead of Mercedes pair Verstappen will be looking to make it four wins from five races in Mexico on Sunday, having claimed victory there in 2017, 2018 and 2021 – the 2020 event cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Assessing his chances of keeping Russell and Hamilton at bay, Verstappen said: “I’ve started everywhere except pole here, and we won the races! It’s always important to have a good start here. I think our top speed is not too bad to defend at least with people who are in the draft, so we just need to focus on that. READ MORE: ‘It was our pole to have’ says Russell as he and Hamilton rue Q3 mistakes in Mexico City “I think if we have good race pace, it will be a good fight [for the victory]. Of course, we’ll try to stay ahead [of Russell and Hamilton] into Turn 1.” While Verstappen stormed to pole position, Perez had to make do with P4 in front of his home fans Verstappen’s team mate, home favourite Sergio Perez, was unable to join in the fight for pole position after encountering technical problems in the grid-deciding session, with the Mexican having to settle for P4, and left to ponder what might have been. “It was a big shame. We had an electrical issue throughout quali, and with DRS we were struggling and so on. It was important to make sure we got everything right, but I was pretty much blind through quali – I had no reference lap time, I had no information on my brake balance or times, so it was just a mess,” he explained. FACTS AND STATS: Verstappen starting P1, but no pole-sitter has finished on the podium here since 2016 “When I look back at my quali, I nearly got knocked out in Q1, and in Q2, so to be P4 is not the end of the world, but I really believe we could have fought for pole position.” via Formula 1 News https://www.formula1.com

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Drivers' Briefing Shenanigans - 2/2: Mexico, 2017