F1 GP Mexico City 2026: Analisi Post-Gara, Passo Gara e Pagelle Team

Per McLaren, il Messico si conferma una gara dal sapore agrodolce. Lando Norris ha lottato con le unghie per tutto il weekend, ma la difficoltà intrinseca nel sorpassare su questo circuito ha relegato l’inglese in quinta posizione, nonostante un ritmo gara superiore a chi lo precedeva. La strategia di allungare il primo stint non è stata premiata dall’ingresso della bandiera rossa, che ha neutralizzato il vantaggio di gomma costruito. Ancora più sfortunato Oscar Piastri: dopo una strepitosa rimonta dal dodicesimo posto, è stato vittima di un contatto con Lindblad che, oltre a danneggiare il fondo della sua vettura, lo ha penalizzato pesantemente nel finale, privandolo di punti che avrebbe ampiamente meritato per la grinta mostrata in pista.

La Scuderia Ferrari HP chiude il Gran Premio con un retrogusto amaro. Nonostante il 13° podio stagionale di Lewis Hamilton, arrivato secondo, e il quarto posto di Charles Leclerc, resta il rammarico per il contatto fratricida in curva 4 al primo giro, che ha spalancato le porte al comando della gara a Verstappen. Entrambi i piloti hanno mostrato un passo gara di assoluto spessore, ma la gestione tattica dopo la ripartenza ha visto Hamilton prevalere sul compagno, frenato da un spiattellamento in curva 1. Nonostante il consolidamento del secondo posto nella classifica costruttori – consultabile qui: classifica F1 – il team di Maranello deve fare i conti con un’occasione persa per contendere la vittoria fino all’ultimo metro.

È stato un weekend trionfale per Max Verstappen, autore di una prestazione che ha rasentato la perfezione. Partito quinto, l’olandese ha costruito il suo successo con un primo giro da manuale, risalendo fino alla seconda piazza già alla seconda tornata. La vittoria ottenuta oggi è la sesta sul tracciato di Città del Messico, un record che consolida ulteriormente la sua posizione di forza in campionato. Una giornata che ha visto anche il recupero di Liam Lawson, autore di una rimonta prodigiosa dopo la partenza dalla pit-lane: con un ritmo forsennato e una gestione impeccabile, ha chiuso al settimo posto, portando punti vitali alla scuderia. Meno fortunato Arvid Lindblad, il cui weekend si è interrotto anzitempo in un contatto di gara che ha vanificato la sua solida condotta, mentre Isack Hadjar ha mostrato grande carattere risalendo fino alla 12ª posizione dopo un testacoda iniziale. Potete approfondire l’analisi delle performance stagionali consultando la nostra analisi F1.

Il 2026 segna l’inizio dell’era Kimi Antonelli. Con il terzo posto odierno, il giovane pilota Mercedes si laurea campione del mondo a soli 20 anni e 68 giorni, una prestazione di maturità assoluta. Antonelli ha gestito magistralmente il primo stint su gomme Soft, allungando la vita del compound oltre i 40 giri prima dell’interruzione con bandiera rossa. Anche dopo il riavvio, non ha tremato, siglando il sorpasso decisivo su Leclerc per riprendersi il podio che valeva il titolo. La giornata agrodolce del team si completa con George Russell, vittima di un guasto al deployment in avvio che lo ha costretto a una gara in rimonta, condizionata anche da una penalità di 10 secondi per un contatto con Hadjar. Nonostante le difficoltà, Russell ha tenuto un ritmo solido, chiudendo sesto e confermando la superiorità tecnica della monoposto di Brackley.

Nel corso del GP di Mexico City 2026, le rilevazioni sul team ASTONMARTIN evidenziano dettagli fondamentali: “It has been a disappointing day, especially as Fernando showed very good pace all weekend.”.

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Nel corso del GP di Mexico City 2026, le rilevazioni sul team ALPINE evidenziano dettagli fondamentali: 2026 Formula One Mexico City Grand Prix, Sunday

Today in numbers

Pierre started from P9 on New Softs, finished P10*
Pit-Stops on Lap 17 for New Mediums, Lap 44 for Used Softs and changed tyres to Used Softs under red flag conditions on Lap 45. giro veloce: 1min 20.754secs
*Classified P17 after a 10-second stop and go time penalty applied after the race for a yellow flag infringement

Franco started from P11 on New Mediums, finished P8*
Pit-Stop on Lap 34 for New Softs and changed tyres to Used Softs under red flag conditions on Lap 45. giro veloce: 1min 20.750secs
*Classified P15 after a 10-second time penalty applied after the race for a yellow flag infringement

Pierre Gasly: “In the end, it’s a disappointing afternoon and a race where we have not capitalised on some opportunities in front of us. I am sorry to the team for the yellow flag infringement, it is my error which has obviously stopped us from scoring points. In terms of the race, I had a really good launch off the line but then lost power on the straight, which cost us a number of places and left us to play catch-up in the midfield. We were back in the mix after the red flag, fighting for the points, but again we had some power issues at the restarts and that put us back too much meaning we could not really compete further up the field. There are a few things for us to look at on our side as I felt we could have been much higher up had we not had some of the issues. It’s not been a great day for me, a lot to reflect on, but we look ahead as a team to São Paulo next weekend to round off the triple header. Finally, congratulations to Kimi [Antonelli] on winning the world championship. I really like Kimi, he’s a great person, an amazing driver and he has been solid all year, so I am very pleased for him.”

Franco Colapinto: “It’s a very bitter end after what had been a nice feeling to be back in the points after a run of races where I have not finished. I am sorry to everyone at the team for what happened under the yellow flag. While it is difficult to really understand, it is my mistake in the car. I feel like it was generally a very well-executed race from the team in difficult circumstances but unfortunately, due to a yellow flag infringement, we were given a time penalty and lost the points we deserved to score. There were multiple restarts and safety cars, but I think as a team we dealt with it well and made the right calls. That makes me feel proud, as the team did a big effort these past few races to change around some of our recent misfortune so I’m happy with our performance today, even if we lost our reward. Also, a big congratulations to Kimi [Antonelli]. He really deserves it after the season he has had, and what better way to celebrate than with Max [Verstappen] and Lewis [Hamilton] on the podio. He now joins that list of great champions, and I’m happy for him.”

Flavio Briatore: “I’m happy with the performance and the pace we showed in the race compared to qualifica, but I’m less happy with the final result. After the penalties applied post-race, we leave Mexico City without any points, which is a pity after having both cars finish in the points. Franco drove a very good and consistent race, which he needed after a run of bad luck in recent races. Pierre also drove well and had some power issues off the line, so did a good job to recover. Therefore, it’s frustrating not to come away with anything from this race.

“Also, congratulations to Kimi Antonelli on winning his first World Drivers’ Championship. He has had an impressive season, especially at such a young age, performing well and dealing with the pressure. He has represented Italy fantastically and I’m personally very happy for him to achieve this milestone so early in his Formula One career. Bravo Kimi!”.

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Nel corso del GP di Mexico City 2026, le rilevazioni sul team HAAS evidenziano dettagli fondamentali: Hirakawa made his maiden grand prix getaway from 18th position on Pirelli P Zero Yellow medium tires and gained a place on the opening lap, before battling against the Racing Bulls of Liam Lawson. Hirakawa pitted on lap 36 for Red soft tires – and shortly afterwards the race was suspended due to barrier damage following Valtteri Bottas’ high-speed accident. The Japanese driver took the standing restart on lap 47 from 17th place, on softs, and pitted again for a used set of softs on lap 57 during a Safety Car period caused by Arvid Lindblad crashing at Turn 2. Hirakawa restarted from 15th and passed both Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon during the closing laps to classify in 13th place at the checkered flag.



Bearman took the start from 14th position on soft tires and moved up to 12th place, before he overhauled Gabriel Bortoleto into Turn 1 for 11th after 19 laps. Bearman came into the pits on lap 40 for Yellow medium tires, before the race was halted due to Bottas’ accident. The Briton took the standing restart from 11th position, on soft tires, but was rear-ended into Turn 4 by Audi’s Nico Hulkenberg – who was issued a time penalty. The damage sustained to Bearman’s VF-26 was too significant for him to continue in the race and he was forced to retire..

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Nel corso del GP di Mexico City 2026, le rilevazioni sul team RB evidenziano dettagli fondamentali: )
“A long and tough day today. Arvid drove an absolutely superb race and has had a fantastic weekend overall. He nailed the start and continued to chip away gaining two, three, even four tenths a lap, all while managing his tyres. The crash with Piastri was an unfortunate end to an exemplary weekend and it’s a small consolation that Oscar received a penalty.
“Liam also had a challenging race. The penalty from qualifica put us on the back foot, but we took the opportunity to fit a fresh power unit, which he would have needed to take at some point this season anyway. With Alpine’s penalty, Liam ultimately finished seventh, having started from the pitlane, which is an incredible effort and a great result for the team.
“We leave today with some valuable points and plenty of positives to take.

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