Lewis Hamilton started the 2021 Mexico City Grand Prix from second on the grid and that's where he ended despite a late-race challenge by Sergio Perez that left the Mercedes driver wondering where Red Bull found the extra performance on Sunday. The seven-time F1 World Champion had to dig deep to defend second place from the feisty Mexican, urged on by a partisan home crowd sensing a second place that never came thanks to Hamilton's impenetrable defence for those final ten laps when the Red Bull was in DRS range. With title rival Max Verstappen winning comfortably and Hamilton finishing second means the Mercedes driver drops another seven points to the Dutchman who is now 19 ahead with four...
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