Stoffel Vandoorne reflects on his Mexican Grand Prix weekend, where McLaren's chances of a good result were hindered by a lack of top speed. Even before I arrived at the Mexican Grand Prix, I knew it was not going to be an ideal weekend because we had decided to take some engine penalties for tactical reasons. Although we had only just changed engines in Austin, it was always the plan to get another power unit fitted in Mexico because we thought our competitiveness wouldn't be so good there – and it was important to prepare for the final two races in Brazil and Abu Dhabi, which hopefully should be better for us. Things then did not get off to an ideal start for me in first practice. We...
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