Ferrari didn't quite manage a second one-two in a row at the Mexican Grand Prix, but even if it had, it wouldn't have attracted half as much attention as the duel between Formula 1 title rivals Max Verstappen and Lando Norris (twice). for the second time in a week.

They're all featured in our selection of Mexico City's winners and losers, along with a few others whose successes – good or bad – may have been lost in the chaos.

WINNER: CARLOS SAINZ

Sainz makes no attempt to hide the sadness he feels about Ferrari doing so well, just as he is leaving the team and trading in his suddenly dominant car for a car that isn't even close to the podium.

When he puts in such outstanding performances, it certainly seems unfair that he not only gets kicked out, but doesn't even end up with another top team. But this debate has happened often enough this season.

For now, we can only be happy that his hard work and talent is being rewarded in this way, and he can be extremely proud of his role in Ferrari's improbably late title chase.

LOSER: MAX VERSTAPPEN

This time there was no psychological advantage for the championship leader because, with the stewards handing out penalties against him, it was Verstappen who was second best in his last duel with Norris. Will competing against each other be a turning point in how both approach each other?

Probably not.

However, it's easy to believe that Red Bull's poor racing pace bothers him far more than the penalties or other people's opinions of his racing style.

WINNER: LANDO NORRIS

A few more points lost to Verstappen's championship lead, more satisfaction on McLaren's part at the outcome of their latest on-track dispute and an impressive performance towards the end of the race to salvage a seemingly unlikely second place, add up to one more More satisfactory situation It was a more satisfying afternoon for Norris than he probably imagined as he flew across the grass to avoid a charging Red Bull.

LOSER: SERGIO PEREZ

Out in Q1. Last on the street. Consider desired circumstances such as braking feel, hard-to-see grid lines and Liam Lawson's driving tactics. These results – even under extenuating circumstances – are still well below what Red Bull expects from its second driver and what Perez would have dreamed of in his home Grand Prix.

LOSER: LIAM LAWSON (AND RB)

But while it was hard to separate Perez's rant about Lawson's disrespect for his elders from their unofficial fight for a seat in 2025, the fact is that in his first week after taking office, Lawson clashed with Fernando Alonso AND Perez AND had a collision with Franco Colapinto The F1 grid is unkempt at best. And he wasn't particularly fast on race day in Mexico as his strategy unfolded.

He seems a better choice than Perez at the moment, but he needs a cleaner weekend in Brazil to bolster his promotion chances.

And with Haas getting a good result, RB really didn't need an unproductive race for Lawson or Yuki Tsunoda, who ruined qualifying for him and his teammate with an accident and then got shot into the wall on the first lap – especially given the look of the car pretty quickly in practice.

WINNER: HAAS

In contrast to sixth place in the constructors' championship, RB, Haas had a quiet weekend full of traditions.

It helped to get decent final Q2 laps before Tsunoda abandoned the session, and then both Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hülkenberg ran well in their races – initially running encouragingly close to Mercedes and, in Magnussen's case, staying well clear away from the attacking Oscar Piastri to secure seventh place.

LOSER: OSCAR PIASTRI

If Piastri had managed to pull away from Magnussen and especially Verstappen, he would have escaped the losers' column, although he was eliminated in Q1 with a mistake of his own making.

But despite some great moments, his use of the late stop strategy on race day did not prove productive enough for McLaren given Ferrari's good results.

WINNER: PIERRE GASLY

Another quiet overachievement for Gasly, who clearly pulled away from his Alpine teammate Esteban Ocon, sneaking into Q3 and holding his own in the race to score a handy point that pushed the team to within three points of Williams – not one Of the two teams, we will be particularly proud of eighth place in the overall standings, and given the gap to Haas and RB, that seems to be their limit.

LOSER: FERNANDO ALONSO

You've probably noticed a lot of excitement about Alonso reaching the epic milestone of 400 F1 Grand Prix weekends.

You probably didn't notice anything he or Aston Martin actually accomplished on the track before his early retirement due to brake problems.