VALTTERRI BOTTAS will start on pole position in tonight’s Mexican Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver put in a masterful performance during qualifying, with teammate Lewis Hamilton in second and F1 Driver’s Championsip leader Max Verstappen third. Mercedes will start in P1 and P2 today, with championship leader Max Verstappen in P3. TV replays showing Verstappen’s Red Bull has a pit of tape on his rear wing. Latifi, Schumacher and Mazepin, plus Stroll, who crashed, are all out at the first hurdle. Latifi is the first out on track in his Williams, as qualifying gets underway in Mexico. He is told by his race engineer: “P3 at the moment, it’s six-and-a-half tenths to Perez.” The mechanics are working on Verstappen’s car in the team’s garage.

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