![]() In the Constructors’ Championship, Mercedes was declared the champion at last weekend's United States Grand Prix. Vettel is second with 277 points and Bottas is third with 262 points. Hamilton’s tally in the 2017 Drivers’ Championship extends to 333 points. Other retirements included Renault’s Carlos Sainz and Nico Hulkenberg due to electric gremlins, Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo due to a broken turbocharger, and Sauber’s Marcus Ericsson due to cooling problems. The incident resulted in the virtual safety car which led to a number of drivers pulling into the pits. He managed to pull over and get out just before the car caught fire. There was bad luck for Toro Rosso’s Brendon Hartley who had to retire on the 31st lap after his car suffered power unit troubles. Rounding out the top five was Force India’s Esteban Ocon. Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas finished second, close to 20 seconds behind the winner, while Ferrari’s Kimi Räikkönen finished third, 54 seconds behind. Thus the German was able to recover to fourth by the end of the race while the Briton could only finish ninth.Īhead of them was Verstappen who drove brilliantly to cross the line first. Hamilton crawled back to pits for fresh tires while Vettel was able to race back and have a new nose installed. While still on the first lap, Vettel came into contact with Hamilton which saw the drivers drop to the back and Hamilton suffer a tire puncture. Vettel started at pole position but was soon passed by Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen. Nevertheless, the race at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City was far from smooth. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel needed to come first and Hamilton lower than fifth in order for the championship fight to stay alive. Going into the Mexican race, it was clear the championship arithmetic favored him. He also said he was keen to add a fifth title to his tally, suggesting he has no plans to slow down just yet. “There is all this energy from the people around you…I am incredibly grateful when I think about everything that was going on this year and everything that had to be in place to produce this result.” ![]() “To be honest, this fourth world title is not even registering right now,” Hamilton said after the race. ![]()
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