In Pictures: Mexico 2019
A masterful drive by Lewis Hamilton, managing wonderfully his tires to win the 2019 Mexican Grand Prix.
QUOTES FROM THE PODIUM
“Yeah, I think considering what happened yesterday it was a good day and I think it was a good race from my side personally. Where I started, with a bad start, still could recover into third – obviously with an ideal strategy from the team – but the pace was good on both stints and we could manage the tyre well. I was really trying everything I could but couldn’t get close enough [to Vettel]… I think third was the maximum for me from where I started”
“We didn’t get is so wrong today. It was simply a case of not believing that the hard tires could last so long, considering how early in the race Lewis pitted. He took a risk and it paid off. For our part, we tried both strategies; two stops for Charles and one for me and the final result proves that both of them were good. On Friday, we had a lot of graining, while today there was none and that made the difference, helping those who decided to take the risk.
Obviously, we can’t be pleased with this result, because when you start from the front row, as a team, you expect to win. In the closing laps we lacked the speed to try and go for the win. For Lewis and Valtteri, everything went really perfectly, while maybe we were just a bit unlucky.”
“Today is an incredible result... we came here thinking we were on the back foot and it was a difficult race for us, but we pulled through!”
JOMA