Formula One’s top teams remained consistent at the Mexico Grand Prix over the weekend, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen claiming his fourth straight win and Mercedes’s Lewis Hamilton capturing another podium position. Ferrari came home to finish P3 and P4 after Charles Leclerc qualified in P1 and Carlos Sainz qualified in P2. McLaren’s Lando Norris made up 14 positions in the race to come home P5 after a mistake in qualifying, while Red Bull’s Sergio Perez crashed out at the first turn of his home race. There was quite a bit of movement in the standings, even though both the drivers’ and constructors’ championships have been clinched already.

Verstappen broke another record in Mexico City this weekend, and this time, it was one he already held. With his 16th victory, he beat his previous record of 15 from last season, and with three more races this season, there is a very real possibility that he’ll finish with 19. This season’s Red Bull car (RB19) has a chance at becoming one of Formula One’s most successful car designs in history, even though Perez continues to struggle with the new upgrades that are primarily built around Verstappen.

Perez qualified P5 on Saturday before Sunday’s race and got off to an incredible start on the first straight, but made an ambitious move on Leclerc that cost him his race. If he pulled off the overtake, he would’ve led the race ahead of Verstappen for the first time since Miami back in May. To add to the drama surrounding Perez at Red Bull, his rumored 2024 replacement, Daniel Ricciardo, qualified ahead of him in P4 in what may be the worst car on the grid this season. Perez’s home race did not go to plan for him, but he still has three races to prove he can be a reliable second driver to Verstappen. With the McLaren drivers outscoring Red Bull over the past few weekends, the constructors’ championship is not a guarantee for Red Bull next season.

After Leclerc’s disqualification in Austin last weekend, he claimed his fourth podium position this season, just one more than Sainz. He still finds himself behind in the standings to Sainz, in which Sainz holds fourth to Leclerc’s seventh by less than 20 points. Both drivers’ qualifying pace was exceptional on Saturday when Charles claimed the pole position in front of Carlos’ P2, but the RB19 of Verstappen is still unbeatable in race pace. Along with other teams, they benefited from the red flag that stopped the race and allowed them to change their tires for a second time. Ferrari’s season has consisted of strategy blunders and mistakes, and the red flag allotted them an easy pit stop to finish the race without a chance of a questionable strategy call. They gained a nice bag of points on Sunday, but it was equal to the points Mercedes were able to get.

For the second straight week, Hamilton finished P2 behind Verstappen, even though last weekend’s result ended up as a disqualification along with Leclerc for the same offense. The upgrades on Mercedes’ car have clearly been working, and Hamilton is closing in on Perez for second in the drivers’ standings. His fellow countryman Lando Norris is climbing up the standings, having jumped above Leclerc and George Russell in the past couple of weekends. The McLaren driver has his sights set on Fernando Alonso, and after a string of bad performances for Aston Martin, it looks likely that Norris will pass him by the end of the season. McLaren has moved into fourth place, while Mercedes and Ferrari are battling for second.

For the final race in a triple-header on the Western side of the Atlantic, the teams will travel to São Paulo, Brazil, for the Brazilian Grand Prix this weekend. It will mark the final sprint weekend of the season, making the constructors’ standings fight more interesting with more points available for the taking.