LANCE Stroll secured his second top-ten finish for the Grove-based Williams Formula 1 team when he came sixth in the Mexican Grand Prix.

The young Canadian was five places ahead of his teammate Felipe Massa.

It was an encouraging day for the Banbury-based Haas team, who secured an eighth encouraging place for Marcus Ericsson.

A promising day for the Renault team ended in disappointment as Carlos Sainz retired late on, joining teammate Nico Hulkenberg out of the race.

Lewis Hamilton clinched his fourth world title when coming ninth.

His only challenger, Sebastian Vettel, finished fourth, following a collision with Hamilton on the first lap.