F1 Mexican Grand Prix STOPPED after 200mph Valtteri Bottas crash brings out red flag

The F1 Mexican Grand Prix came to a dramatic stop on Sunday after a massive crash for Valtteri Bottas.

Max Verstappen was leading in his Red Bull from the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton when the Cadillac driver was seen deep into the barrier beyond turn one.

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Bottas's big crash

On lap 44 of 71, Bottas was approaching turn one after a long straight doing over 200mph, before his left front suspension exploded under braking.

This left the Finnish driver helpless as his car spun out of control and crashed heavily into the Tec-Pro barrier that thankfully absorbed much of the impact.

Bottas sat in the the car for a few moments before slowly getting out, having likely been winded from the incident.

Due to the nature of the crash, Bottas was taken to the medical centre at the track as a precaution, with the race, stood on lap 46.

The FIA then confirmed the race would get underway again at 15.45 local time (21.35 UK time), representing a delay of 35 minutes.

Hamilton vs Leclerc part two

However, while Hamilton had pitted expecting just a virtual safety car for the Bottas incident, he came out in fourth behind Antonelli - apparently needlessly losing a position as all drivers can change tyres under a red flag.

But the FIA wanted to go back one complete lap for a clean order, seeing Hamilton take back third place ahead of a standing start.

This puts Leclerc and Hamilton head-to-head going into turn one, which had already seen them run each other off the track at the start of the race.

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