Lewis Hamilton suggested after qualifying for the US GP that Ferrari lost some of the power edge they otherwise had in qualifying, in light of Red Bull's queries to the FIA ​​about measuring fuel flow.

Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc have lost the advantage of the straights Ferrari has regularly had on most speed traps in the last few races and in general this season, with all 20 drivers positioned within 7.6 km/h on the speed trap at the end of the longest straight.

Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel set the two highest top speeds in each of the four measurements on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez track  and after Verstappen's penalty for ignoring yellow flags in Q3 they will be able to control the race from the first row with the fastest car on the straights.

Sebastian Vettel believes that Ferrari has been on the upward trajectory in recent years in Mexico although Red Bull was the fastest last year and that decreasing gaps between the top three teams will make the race interesting.

Three Formula 1 drivers became champions od 21st October - Niki Lauda (1984), Ayrton Senna (1990) and Kimi Raikkonen (2007).

Michael Schumacher has taken a pole position and victory on this day in 2004 after a powerful typhoon Ma-on struck Japan and postponed qualifying on Sunday morning.

Ross Brawn warns that Ferrari has a potentially 'explosive combination' of drivers after the latest controversy at the Russian GP in which the Italian team was again struggling to control its drivers.

Valtteri Bottas admits that the virtual safety car that came after Vettel's retirement was 'like a miracle' for Mercedes after they were under a threat of fourth consecutive defeat to Ferrari in Russia.

After another pole position, Charles Leclerc continues to focus on the 'negative' to continue improving and says his pole position lap has been great except for a minor loss of rear end in the last sector.

Max Verstappen says he does not understand recent run of form between Ferrari and Red Bull because Ferrari in Monza had less advantage than expected while in Singapore they were more competitive than expected.