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Mexican Grand Prix - Quotes of the weekend

F1i looks back at some of the best quotes from the Mexican Grand Prix weekend, including Lewis Hamilton's party plans

“Really happy to be here in Mexico, it’s my first time and the last few days have been relaxed, not too hectic, a little bit of partying but obviously conscious that we have the race this weekend, so couldn’t do too much damage. So I plan for more the end of the year to really go in.”

Lewis Hamilton admits he still has some partying to do at the end of the season after winning the world championship

“In the first 20 laps I think in nine of them was quicker than Lewis and this didn’t happen for the past two years and a half!”

Small wins for Fernando Alonso as he pulls out some stats from the previous race in Austin

“There should be champagne and tequila on the podium and sombreros.”

Hamilton feeling in a party mood ahead of the weekend. He got two of the three, but the tequila was missing

“Sure, if the FIA feels that an engine should cost six or seven million euros, this gives me a little foot in the door to request my friend Toto for a discount.”

Vijay Mallya sees an opportunity to bring down the cost of his power units despite having a deal with Mercedes until 2020

“Clearly there is an issue with Red Bull which was created by Red Bull and not by anybody else and we are not a charity foundation so we are not here to help.”

Eric Boullier makes McLaren’s stance on Honda supplying Red Bull with power units very clear…

Rosberg: “It’s no different, you know, it’s always going to be a battle and what’s in the past is in the past and now we move forward, it doesn’t change.”

Hamilton: “The same as he’s just said.”

Vettel: “Can you make sure you take both of you out so I can go through? Yes? No? I tried.”

Sebastian Vettel doesn’t manage to get a reaction out of the Mercedes drivers in the post-qualifying press conference

“I actually wouldn’t have a clue!”

Even Jenson Button didn’t know how many positions he was set to drop on the Mexican GP grid. (It was 70)

“I was there, but it’s pointless to go through it, because I’m sure everyone will have their views. You guys always try somebody to blame, but that doesn’t help anybody.”

Just when Kimi Raikkonen thought he’d dealt with the last of the Valtteri Bottas collision questions in Austin…

“The first lap was enjoyable… for the first three corners.”

Alonso sums up his race rather succinctly

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.