2016 Mexican Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton won the race to narrow the Championship gap between him and teammate Nico Rosberg surviving a scare at the start when he ran wide at the first corner, before there was a brief Safety Car period after Pascal Wehrlein was punted off at the same corner. Both Max Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel were stripped of third place podium finishes when penalised post-race. Verstappen crossed the finish line in third, followed 0.99 seconds later by Vettel, himself followed 3.55 seconds later by Verstappen's teammate Daniel Ricciardo. Before the trophy presentation, Verstappen was penalised five seconds for cutting a race corner and unfairly maintaining his narrow lead over Vettel on lap 68. While Vettel attended the podium ceremony as the revised third-place finisher, he was soon given a ten-second penalty for driving dangerously on lap 69, for moving under braking to block Ricciardo as he attempted a pass, under new rules introduced at the United States Grand Prix the previous week. This meant that Ricciardo was promoted to third which also sealed third place in the championship for him, while Verstappen was relegated from third to fourth and Vettel was moved from fourth to third to fifth once the stewards had reviewed all incidents.[4]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Nico Rosberg* 349 2 Lewis Hamilton* 330 3 Daniel Ricciardo 242 4 Sebastian Vettel 187 5 Kimi Räikkönen 178 Source: [7]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Mercedes* 679 2 Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 427 3 Ferrari 365 4 Force India-Mercedes 145 5 Williams-Mercedes 136 Source: [7]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for the sets of standings.
• Bold text and an asterisk indicates competitors with a theoritical chance of being World Champion.