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Why Charles Leclerc was 'saved' at the end of the Mexico City GP

10272025

Seeing the colours of Max Verstappen's RB 21 closing in monstrously, approaching the final laps, of the Mexico City Grand Prix, Charles Leclerc's stronghold of second place was weakening.

The soft tyres that Verstappen was running were evidently the more competitive compound to be on, and he was using them to great effect after starting on the medium tyres.

Dropping to the lower reaches of the top ten, once he made his pit stop, it seemed there was little stopping the Red Bull driver, as he took advantage of many of his rivals making a second stop. However, after last year's winner Carlos Sainz slipped out of contention, through the stadium section, the Virtual Safety Car was deployed.

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