Max Verstappen claimed his 14th victory of the season in the 2022 Formula 1 Mexico City Grand Prix, ahead of Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez, after an intriguing strategic battle played out at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Verstappen chose the P Zero Red soft tyre at the start to lead before switching to the P Zero Yellow medium tyres on lap 25 and conceding his advantage. He regained the lead once his Mercedes rivals had made their single stops, and from there, it was a question of managing his medium tyres to the finish: completing a 46-lap stint on the yellow compound to win by 15 seconds. With 12 drivers starting on the soft and eight on the medium, there was a big mix of strategies from the start. This was reflected in the key battle between Red Bull and Mercedes, with Mercedes selecting the P Zero White hard tyre for the second stint after an opening stint on the medium.

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