Ferrari
Lewis Hamilton, 2nd
"First of all, congratulations to Kimi (Antonelli) on winning the World Championship. It’s a huge achievement that he deserves and I’m happy for him and his team.
"For us today, it was good to see the pace we had. Everyone has worked hard to improve the car, and we’re seeing that progress on track, which is encouraging. We’ve come away with good points, but I wanted more from the race and felt we had the pace for a win. We’ll look back at it together, understand whats needs to be done better and take that into the next weekend."
Charles Leclerc, 4th
"I am very happy for Kimi (Antonelli). He is so young and has achieved something so incredible, it’s a well-deserved title.
"As for our race, it was not the result we hoped for today. I took a deserved penalty during my pit stop, and we will discuss as a team to avoid such situations in the future. Overall, our pace was really strong on the first stint.
"After the restart, on the dirty side of the track, I struggled, and then had a flat spot which made it really tough to fight off Lando (Norris) for the rest of the race. We will learn from it and come back stronger as a team."
Fred Vasseur, Team Principal
"Congratulations to Kimi (Antonelli) and to Mercedes. Kimi has done a fantastic job from the first race of the season, so it’s a well-deserved championship title.
"From our side, today’s result is very difficult to digest because we have done so much work and made a huge step forward in terms of pure performance over the last couple of rounds. Once again today, as a team, we scored more points than our closest competitors.
"But it was a difficult race and, looking at what happened today on the first lap, I always expect everyone to show respect for the brand, the team, our partners and, above all, the two thousand people working for us back home. They put an incredible amount of effort into what we do, working day and night at the factory to improve the car and bring upgrades to the track. That’s why missing out on a win in this way is difficult to accept.
"We were running one-two on track here in Mexico and, when you are in that position, you have to make the most of the opportunity. We will discuss what happened within the team and make sure everything is clear going forward. Now we head to São Paulo, where we will try to win, and in this respect it is good that the next race comes so soon."
