Max Verstappen scored a dominant victory at the 2023 Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix, taking the lead at the start of the race to finish ahead of Lewis Hamilton, as he sealed his fifth win at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez – and his 16th victory of the season. However, at the same corner, Leclerc collided with the fast-starting Sergio Perez, knocking the home favourite out of the race. Leclerc was in second ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Carlos Sainz when Kevin Magnussen crashed into the barrier at Turn 8 halfway through. At the subsequent restart, Verstappen kept a hold of the lead, with Hamilton – on the mediums – overtaking Leclerc for second a few laps later. The race was run in the highest temperatures seen all weekend, the track being at 52 °C at the start, dropping to 45 °C at the end.

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