Lewis Hamilton: second in the Mexico City GP: “Firstly, look at this crowd. We have to acknowledge them, and a huge congratulations to Kimi and the Mercedes team, they’re all here celebrating his success. I’m so grateful to be in the race to witness it.

“I think we had the pace to win it today, but it wasn’t meant to be. We’ll take it offline and figure out what we can do in the background. 

“In drivers’ briefing, we decided if you went off at Turn 1 you have to give the place back. Last year I got 10 seconds for the same thing he did, but ultimately which lost us the win today. I think we have to have some serious talks behind the scenes. But the team is working behind the scenes, we were on the old engine today, but good result and good points. Some you win, some you lose.:”