Jules Bianchi Takes Fifth Win This Season

Qualifying:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	62	Jules Bianchi		1:06.202
2	63	Diego Álvarez Torrente		1:06.365
3	29	Pastor Maldonado		1:06.496
4	1	Sebastian Vettel		1:06.702
5	2	Lewis Hamilton		1:06.823
6	34	Valtteri Bottas		1:06.950
7	33	Einar Ármannsson		1:06.957
8	30	Dean Stoneman		1:07.004
9	21	Stoffel Vandoorne		1:07.239
10	22	Jordan Davies		1:07.345
11	28	Daniel Melrose		1:07.597
12	27	Dave Cassidy		1:07.597
13	24	Kevin Magnussen		1:07.650
14	23	Pierre Gasly		1:07.893
15	66	Pascal Wehrlein		1:08.022
16	118	Carlos Sainz Jr		1:08.173
17	55	Artem Markelov		1:08.373
18	119	Felix Rosenqvist		1:08.618
19	91	Max Verstappen		1:08.745
20	67	Mike Rockenfeller		1:08.764
21	5	Marvin Kirchhöfer		1:08.537*
22	56	Sergey Sirotkin		1:08.919
23	6	Santiago Urrutia		1:09.133
24	90	Daniel Ricciardo		1:13.064

* demoted three places for causing an avoidable accident

Report:

Sauber arrived at the Mexican Grand Prix with the goal of securing the world championships for 2019. They did not achieve that goal, but are in a very good position to do so in 24 hours from now.

Jules Bianchi proved to be the best driver on the grid today, leaving the rest to fight for second. This fight was rather entertaining and ended up with Dean Stoneman winning, keeping his dream of being 2019 F1 World Driver’s Champion alive.

Caterham cannot be pleased by losing out again, but thanks due to strategy and Vettel’s great defensive driving they at least were a factor for the majority of the race, staying with Precision and Sauber.

Some awful driving was present as well, Artem Markelov and Einar Ármannsson retired due to mistakes, which is of course a shame, especially for Mansell, who need their drivers to deliver at all times to fight off their backmarker rivals.

Race:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Time/Retired	Points
1	62	Jules Bianchi		42:04.143	15
2	30	Dean Stoneman		+7.415	12
3	63	Diego Álvarez Torrente		+9.348	10
4	29	Pastor Maldonado		+16.971	8
5	1	Sebastian Vettel		+18.091	6
6	34	Valtteri Bottas		+36.649	5
7	2	Lewis Hamilton		+51.990	4
8	21	Stoffel Vandoorne		+58.040	3
9	27	Dave Cassidy		+65.577	2
10	24	Kevin Magnussen		+64.499	1
11	66	Pascal Wehrlein		+83.246	0
12	23	Pierre Gasly		1 Lap	0
13	22	Jordan Davies		1 Lap	0
14	119	Felix Rosenqvist		1 Lap	0
15	118	Carlos Sainz Jr		1 Lap	0
16	67	Mike Rockenfeller		1 Lap	0
17	90	Daniel Ricciardo		1 Lap	0
18	5	Marvin Kirchhöfer		1 Lap	0
19	91	Max Verstappen		2 Laps	0
20	56	Sergey Sirotkin		2 Laps	0
DNF	55	Artem Markelov		Accident	0
DNF	28	Daniel Melrose		Transmission	8
DNF	33	Einar Ármannsson		Accident	0
DNF	6	Santiago Urrutia		Collision	0

Fastest Lap:

Jules Bianchi – 1:07.026

Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race:

Pascal Wehrlein – once more came close to scoring a point for Red Bull.

Reject Of The Race:

Einar Ármannsson – amateurish driving from a former Grand Prix winner resulted in early exit.