In Mexico the pole is worth little: half the wins since 2015 came from elsewhere
Since Formula 1 returned to Mexico in 2015, ten editions have been held and in five of them the winner did not start from pole, on a circuit with the longest run from the grid to the first braking point on the calendar. Max Verstappen is the biggest winner with five victories, three of them from other grid positions.
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O grid do GP do México de Fórmula 1 sai neste sábado (31/10), às 18h, no Hermanos Rodríguez — um traçado onde largar na frente não significa vantagem.
Desde o retorno da F1 ao país, em 2015, dez edições foram realizadas, e em cinco delas o vencedor não saiu da pole. O México ficou sem prova de 1993 a 2014 e também em 2020, por causa da pandemia de Covid-19.
O desenho do circuito ajuda a explicar: ali está a maior reta entre a largada e a primeira freada do calendário, espaço de sobra para usar o vácuo e ganhar posições nos primeiros metros.
Max Verstappen é o maior vencedor, com cinco triunfos (2017, 2018, 2021, 2022 e 2023), e três deles não saíram da pole. Em 2017, largou em segundo e passou Sebastian Vettel de imediato; em 2018, repetiu a posição no grid e superou Daniel Ricciardo ainda na primeira reta; em 2021, partiu do terceiro lugar e assumiu a ponta logo depois da largada; em 2023, também saiu em terceiro e ultrapassou os dois carros da Ferrari na reta inicial. Só em 2022 controlou a prova de ponta a ponta.
Em 2019, Charles Leclerc largou na pole e liderou até a 14ª volta, quando Vettel assumiu; o alemão ficou na ponta até a volta 37, Leclerc retomou, e Lewis Hamilton, terceiro no grid e quinto ao fim da primeira volta, assumiu a liderança na volta 43 e não a deixou até a bandeirada. Foi uma das três vitórias de quem largou em terceiro, ao lado de Verstappen em 2021 e 2023.
Em 2024, Carlos Sainz fez a pole, perdeu a liderança para Verstappen e a recuperou na nona volta. No ano seguinte, Lando Norris manteve a ponta de ponta a ponta.
A corrida será no domingo (1º/11), às 17h.
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