Max Verstappen was head and shoulders above the rest at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez as he dominated the 2022 Mexican Grand Prix, winning comfortably from Mercedes‘ Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez.
The Ferrari drivers of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz were way off the pace and that allowed Hamilton to jump Sainz in the Driver Standings, while Perez moved into second place above Leclerc.
With Fernando Alonso retiring for Alpine and Daniel Ricciardo putting in a Driver of the Day performance for McLaren allowed the Woking based team to reel in their French counterparts.
F1 2022 Drivers’ Standings after Mexican GP
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 416 |
| 2 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 280 |
| 3 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 275 |
| 4 | George Russell | Mercedes | 231 |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 216 |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 212 |
| 7 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 111 |
| 8 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 82 |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 71 |
| 10 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 47 |
| 11 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 36 |
| 12 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 35 |
| 13 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 24 |
| 14 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 23 |
| 15 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 13 |
| 16 | Mick Schumacher | Haas | 12 |
| 17 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 12 |
| 18 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 6 |
| 19 | Alex Albon | Williams | 4 |
| 20 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 2 |
| 21 | Nyck De Vries | Williams | 2 |
| 22 | Nico Hulkenberg | Aston Martin | 0 |
F1 2022 Constructors’ Standings after Mexican GP
Meanwhile in the 2022 Constructor Standings, Mercedes finishing second and fourth, mean the Silver Arrows have further reduced the gap to Ferrari to 40 points in the fight for the runners’ up spot with Red Bull having already secured the title.
| Pos. | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Bull | 696 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 487 |
| 3 | Mercedes | 447 |
| 4 | Alpine | 153 |
| 5 | McLaren | 146 |
| 6 | Alfa Romeo | 53 |
| 7 | Aston Martin | 49 |
| 8 | Haas | 36 |
| 9 | AlphaTauri | 35 |
| 10 | Williams | 8 |
