Starting from third on th🌟e grid, Verstappen made the most of the slipstream effect to get alongside Mercedes pair Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton.

On the racing line, Verstappen braked in🎃credibly late to swoop around the outside of his two rivals to take the lead of the race.

The Dutchman controlled the pace from then on to ultimately take a comfortable victory in Mexico, over 16 seconds clear of F1 ti♛tle rival Hamilton.

Reflecting on his ‘crucial’ start, Verstappen said: “What stood out was c🌜learly the start, three wide going into Turn 1, it’s quite typical of this track but ܫexciting.

“You have 🔯to be precise, because speeds are high, braking into Turn 1 after the start, tyres are cold, brakes are cold goi𝔍ng into that corner.

“But it was crucial for me to get ahead there and I could do my own pace 🔥from there onwards.”

Explaining the opening lap further, Verstappen was confident of where he was going to brake into Turn 1⭕ once he was on the racing line going into the opening sequence of cornerꦓs.

“I mean of course you can’t re🎉ally practice how a start is going to ꦚgo, right, as you end up left, middle, right, depends what happens,” Verstappen added.

“But once I was on the outside and on the racing line I knew exactly wherඣe I was going to brake.

“It’s always a tricky one, especia✤lly as the car on the inside is fully onto the dirt as nobody is really driving there so they can never brake as much as the car on the outside.

“Also because of the angle going into the corner, and I knew where I was braking was on the edge as I was getting quite close to the white line on the exit. I knew if someboꦗdy would brake later on the inside he would have definitely gone off the track so I went for it and it worked.”