Pastor Maldonado Secures 2019 Championship, Dean Stoneman Wins Race

Qualifying:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	62	Jules Bianchi		1:06.281
2	63	Diego Álvarez Torrente		1:06.332
3	29	Pastor Maldonado		1:06.398
4	1	Sebastian Vettel		1:06.543
5	30	Dean Stoneman		1:06.665
6	2	Lewis Hamilton		1:06.801
7	34	Valtteri Bottas		1:06.997
8	21	Stoffel Vandoorne		1:07.010
9	27	Dave Cassidy		1:07.312
10	33	Einar Ármannsson		1:07.423
11	28	Daniel Melrose		1:07.738
12	22	Jordan Davies		1:07.786
13	23	Pierre Gasly		1:07.872
14	66	Pascal Wehrlein		1:08.000
15	24	Kevin Magnussen		1:08.100
16	91	Max Verstappen		1:08.247
17	119	Felix Rosenqvist		1:08.475
18	118	Carlos Sainz Jr		1:08.857
19	67	Mike Rockenfeller		1:08.996
20	90	Daniel Ricciardo		1:09.110
21	55	Artem Markelov		1:09.324
22	5	Marvin Kirchhöfer		1:09.367
23	56	Sergey Sirotkin		1:09.524
24	6	Santiago Urrutia		1:09.557

Report:

Venezuela is not a country in a good position; their economy is struggling, their international status has dropped significantly and even their puppet state Tropico is expected to brake away soon. All of this did not stop anyone who even remotely could afford it to make their way to Mexico.

This investment was rewarded, as Venezuela’s greatest sportsman secured the F1 World Championship with a second place. Even though he was gifted the position by a meltdown by the Precisions and nearly spun out of the race near the end of it, costing him the win, he did the job and now has an insurmountable lead.

Dean Stoneman, who won the race and therefore helped Sauber secure their second Constructor’s Championship, was his sole rival and he failed to make up enough ground, needing at least five points difference between himself and the expected #1 driver at the Swiss sports squad.

Precision’s awful late-stage race means that Caterham have made up 18 points on them and with chaotic rainstorms expected to affect the season finale in Brazil, you will have to wonder whether the CWG-owned outfit can steal second in the team’s rankings after all, which would turn Precision’s season into an even bigger disappointment.

Race:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Time/Retired	Points
1	30	Dean Stoneman		42:00.409	15
2	29	Pastor Maldonado		+3.677	12
3	2	Lewis Hamilton		+7.842	10
4	1	Sebastian Vettel		+8.016	8
5	21	Stoffel Vandoorne		+14.488	6
6	27	Dave Cassidy		+27.017	5
7	28	Daniel Melrose		+28.718	4
8	33	Einar Ármannsson		+32.312	3
9	91	Max Verstappen		+56.623	2
10	90	Daniel Ricciardo		+60.727	1
11	24	Kevin Magnussen		+64.499	0
12	119	Felix Rosenqvist		+68.575	0
13	55	Artem Markelov		1 Lap	0
14	23	Pierre Gasly		1 Lap	0
15	6	Santiago Urrutia		1 Lap	0
16	5	Marvin Kirchhöfer		1 Lap	0
DNF	63	Diego Álvarez Torrente		Accident	0
DNF	62	Jules Bianchi		Transmission	0
DNF	67	Mike Rockenfeller		Puncture	0
DNF	56	Sergey Sirotkin		Puncture	0
DNF	34	Valtteri Bottas		Accident	0
DNF	22	Jordan Davies		Accident	0
DNF	66	Pascal Wehrlein		Collision	0
DNF	118	Carlos Sainz Jr		Collision	0

Fastest Lap:

Diego Álvarez Torrente – 1:07.112

Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race:

Calinetic-Judd – once more came close to scoring a point for Red Bull.

Reject Of The Race:

Precision-Mercedes – late failures, both man and machine, hand Sauber the championship and help Caterham.