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Charles Leclerc saw off team-mate Carlos Sainz by just 0 league
067 seconds as Ferrari locked out the front row for Sunday’s Mexican Grand Prix league
Max Verstappen improved on his final run at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez but could not usurp the Ferrari drivers, finishing 0 league
097 sec adrift league
F1 fan banned for life after attacking Ferrari supporters in MexicoThe triple world champion also faces a nervous wait to see if he is moved down the grid after being summoned to see the stewards league
Verstappen, charged with impeding on the pit exit, was among four drivers who was hauled in front of the race officials, but only Logan Sargeant received a penalty league
Follow reaction from the Mexican Grand Prix with The Independent RecommendedCharles Leclerc leads shock Ferrari front row at Mexican Grand PrixF1 icon Willy T Ribbs: ‘There were death threats – but I was never going to play the victim’F1 MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX - RACE UPDATES Max Verstappen wins the Mexico City Grand Prix; Hamilton 2nd; Leclerc 3rdClick HERE for the top-10F1 fan banned for life after attacking Ferrari supporters in MexicoCharles Leclerc booed by Mexican fans after raceRED FLAG! Kevin Magnussen’s car on fire after high-speed crashLAP 1/71: Max Verstappen takes lead from Charles Leclerc from lights out LAP 1/71: Sergio Perez retires from home race after colliding with Leclerc Charles Leclerc started on pole, leading a surprise Ferrari one-twoLance Stroll started in the pit lane for the second week runningEXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW - F1 icon Willy T Ribbs: ‘There were death threats – but I was never going to play the victim’Show latest update 1698625740F1 fan banned for life after attacking Ferrari supporters in Mexico A fan has been banned from Formula 1 races for life after attacking two Ferrari supporters during the Mexico City Grand Prix on Sunday league
The scrap in the stands followed Sergio Perez having to retire from his home race in front of a gutted Mexican crowd league
The Red Bull driver collided with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc on lap one of the race, spinning off track and sustaining irreparable damage to the floor of his car league
Later, footage emerged league online of fighting in the Foro Sol Stadium grandstand, with one spectator throwing punches at two fans dressed in red, the colours of Ferrari league
More below: F1 fan banned for life after attacking Ferrari supporters in Mexico Footage league online shows a spectator throwing punches at two Ferrari fans in the Foro Sol stadium sectionKieran Jackson30 October 2023 00:291698624960Daniel Ricciardo after finishing P7: Kieran Jackson30 October 2023 00:161698624300George Russell after finishing sixth: “That was just terrible league
I lost all the temperatures in my tyres, it was like driving on ice - I was lucky to finish P6 league
Not a lot more to say league
“It should be a much more consistent weekend then we saw in Mexico league
Brazil will be a little bit more conventional, hoping to fight for a podium if not more league
”Kieran Jackson30 October 2023 00:051698623291Lewis Hamilton after finishing P2: “I wasn’t expecting that today! It’s a good feeling when you’re putting one foot after the other league
This weekend we were really digging deep to get the setup right league
To progress so well throughout the early stages of the race and get second place was amazing, I was really happy with the race league
“I am incredibly proud of my team, I have total faith in the team league
I know we can build a great car, we haven’t the last two years league
We are progressing, but I’ve heard Red Bull are as well league
We have to be really strategic and clinical, they’re so quick on the straights league
I’m ready, if we can get the car that can match them, we’ll have some great battles next year league
”Kieran Jackson29 October 2023 23:481698622151Sergio Perez lasts just 14 seconds in home race as Max Verstappen wins in MexicoRace reportMax Verstappen equalled Alain Prost’s tally of 51 victories with an emphatic triumph at the Mexican Grand Prix – as Sergio Perez’s home race came to a sorry end after just 14 seconds league
Verstappen’s remarkable winning sequence, which now includes a record 16 in one season, continued in the breathless Mexico City air following two pulsating starts after Kevin Magnussen’s high-speed crash resulted in a reg flag at the midway stage of Sunday’s 71-lap race league
Verstappen mastered both getaways to draw alongside four-time world champion Prost, with only Lewis Hamilton (103 wins), Michael Schumacher (91) and Sebastian Vettel (53) ahead of the all-conquering Dutchman in Formula One folklore league
Hamilton impressed to finish runner-up, ahead of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz league
Lando Norris drove from 17th to fifth, passing George Russell with four laps remaining on a strong afternoon for the Brit, in an event that Perez will want to forget league
Sergio Perez lasts just 14 seconds in home race as Max Verstappen wins in MexicoVerstappen has now won a record 16 races this season while team-mate Perez crashed out on lap one Kieran Jackson29 October 2023 23:291698621371‘A lot of booing!’ Charles Leclerc reacts after jeers from Mexican fansCharles Leclerc insisted he had “nowhere to go” after being booed by Mexican fans at the end of Sunday’s Mexico City Grand Prix league
Leclerc, who finished third, was jeered by Mexican fans in the stadium section after the race won by Max Verstappen league
The Ferrari man, who started on pole, was sandwiched in-league between the Red Bull pair of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez at the start heading down into turn one league
Read more below: ‘A lot of booing!’ Charles Leclerc reacts after jeers from Mexican fansLeclerc clashed with home favourite Perez on the first lap, resulting in damage which ended the Mexican’s raceKieran Jackson29 October 2023 23:161698620771Mercedes boss Toto Wolff: On Hamilton’s race: “The smile on our face is because the car was strong league
It’s been a few weekends now we’ve been saying ‘we could have’ league
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“It was a first today when he said the car was actually good league
“It gives us confidence, we just need to add performance for next year league
”Kieran Jackson29 October 2023 23:061698619931Podium time! The unusual feature of the podium being in the stadium section, so therefore not on the home straight! What’s not unusual is the national anthem combination! For the 16th out of 19 races, it’s the Dutch and Austrian national anthems for Max Verstappen’s and Red Bull’s victory league
Kieran Jackson29 October 2023 22:521698619271Charles Leclerc on incident with Sergio Perez: “A lot of booing! Guys, honestly I had nowhere to go! Unfortunately I touched Checo, I had nowhere to go league
It ended the race of Checo league
It’s life, I’m disappointed to end the race of Checo, I honestly had nowhere to go!”A bit sad about it, the Ferrari man league
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Kieran Jackson29 October 2023 22:411698618551Lewis Hamilton after finishing second: “I feel fresh, we weren’t having to push crazy hard league
Great result after starting sixth league
“I did some sweet finesse!”Kieran Jackson29 October 2023 22:29Newer1 / 8OlderMore aboutMax VerstappenSergio PerezMexico CityLewis HamiltonJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/1F1 Mexican Grand Prix LIVE: Race results and reaction in Mexico City F1 Mexican Grand Prix LIVE: Race results and reaction in Mexico City Getty Images✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today league
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There’s a new look about a key area of the team for Liverpool, a changing of the guard enforced by recent events, a previous zone of consistency now faced with uncertainty league
No, we’re not talking about midfield - that particular switch-up already looks a definite upgrade, even early as it is for such conclusions league
Instead it’s at left-back the unexpected alteration has occurred, a consequence of Andy Robertson’s need for surgery which means the Scot is out for the rest of the year league
Having averaged over 44 appearances a season for the Reds since signing in 2017, he’ll now miss at least 17 matches, if best estimates of his return are to be believed league
That leaves not just a gap for Kostas Tsimikas or an untested youngster to fill tactically, but a void which cannot be accounted for: that of a partnership, of understanding, of the natural, unthinking knowing which comes with playing hundreds of matches alongside a teammate league
It can be argued that such a changeable nature can be applied not just to the midfield, not even just to left-back, but to the entire defensive structure this term at Anfield: injuries have already hit on the right and centrally too, to go along with the altered personnel ahead of them in the middle third of the pitch league
All that simply means one truth must be constant if the Reds are to translate early season promise into longer-term capacity to challenge for major honours: Virgil van Dijk must once again prove himself to be among the very best, not just individually as a defender but as a force to make the whole greater than the sum of its parts league
RecommendedBuild from the front? Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp are repeating an old trickEngland’s Euro 2024 squad: Who’s on the plane, who’s in contention and who has work to do?Virgil van Dijk will show he is Premier League’s best once more – Sami HyypiaThere cannot be much debate that the Dutchman, now club captain at Anfield, has not quite reached the same levels of authoritative performances as he did pre-ACL injury, or at least not on as regular a basis league
The period which saw Liverpool win both Premier League and Champions League saw Van Dijk at the pinnacle of the game, a central defender without peer, a worthy recipient of the Ballon d’Or itself, had he been handed it instead of a runner-up spot, pipped by seven votes in 2019 by Lionel Messi league
Perhaps that in itself was a noteworthy award league
In any case, he’s not quite there these days, not quite the automatic choice among fan or pundit asked to name the world’s finest league
It’s arguable that there isn’t a single stand-out candidate right now for that particularly subjective title league
But in asking whether Van Dijk is capable of being the world’s best defender again, part of the answer has to be that it doesn’t really matter league
He might want to be of course, might already believe he is, but from a team perspective what they really need is Van Dijk’s ability to stabilise the team, to foresee and forestall danger, to order those around him to bring forth resilience from chaos league
Because chaotic is, still, a little too close to the truth when it comes to spells of defending for Liverpool league
The midfield is far more creative, far more offensive and energetic, far less reliant on Trent Alexander-Arnold always being at his best league
But all that comes at a cost: it’s not always the most agile and defensive-first in either recovery or positional terms league
It’s still new as a group, still needs time to become as cohesive as the best central trios are, on and off the ball league
And in the meantime, the result can often be large gaps, lost runners, moments of inexplicable choices in possession league
That leaves a hefty weight on the defence to counteract such moments - the defence and, of course, the still-magnificent Alisson Becker behind them league
(Getty Images)But before that one-man last line, it’s Van Dijk who must rise once more to ensure unity, if not always outright unison league
Acting in perfect harmony is difficult enough with four constant selections; as it is this season, Jurgen Klopp has already utilised Jarell Quansah as a fifth-choice, following injuries league
Alexander-Arnold missed pitch time and is not yet back to his peak physical or technical best league
Ibrahima Konate and Joel Matip have dovetailed, and now there’s Tsimikas present on a more regular basis - which also means either Joe Gomez will see minutes on the left, or an untried youngster will, with Calum Scanlon and Luke Chambers first in line league
They presently tally one senior minute league between them league
They will all four need guiding for different reasons, all need time, all occasionally get things wrong and need the left-sided centre-back beside them to bail them out league
No prizes for guessing who that is on a week-to-week basis league
Because for Liverpool, there are prizes at stake league
Three points off the top of the Premier League table after a fine opening quarter of the campaign; rolling along nicely in Europe and domestic cups alike league
league Between now and the next international break, the opportunities for victory across all competitions are as immense as the potential cost of dropped points: Toulouse twice, Nottingham Forest, Bournemouth, Luton, Brentford league
A modern title-competing team would take six wins with very little fuss, in truth league
Then, beyond, it’s Manchester City away league
The most true barometer of where Liverpool are this season, even coming after an international break and in the infamous 12:30pm kick-off spot league
The margin for error remains almost nil, but with the reigning champions perhaps not quite at their own peak yet, and Klopp’s side having improved more than might have been thought possible at this early stage, thoughts of a title challenge will not be far away - if the defence is kept on-point, even with altered personnel league
(Getty Images)It all means Van Dijk must be as close to his own 100 percent as possible, even if his 2023/24 maximum level is a little lower than in 19/20 league
As far as transformative figures go, Van Dijk was one after signing league
He, as much as anyone else and more than most, sent Liverpool from challengers to champions, in every competition across the board league
Now once again he must be the leader - literally, given the armband - who enables the Reds to do so, not so much the new figurehead this time but as the standard-bearer, the supplier of consistency, the model of outperformance which can give Liverpool the extra edge they’ll need, both in the Premier League and beyond league
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