Lando Norris came closer to a potential victory in the Mexico City Grand Prixafter taking over the pole position to start in the privileged place this Sunday, after conquering the classification today at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.
The pilot of McLaren gave a new pole position to the British team, in what was an intense series, with a final duel between Norris’ papaya car and the two Ferrari of Charles Leclerc y Lewis Hamiltonwho tomorrow will try to overwhelm the British at the start.
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After the first qualifying round in which they were eliminated Gabriel Bortoleto, Alex Albon, Pierre Gasly, Lance Stroll and Franco Colapinto As last on the grid, these five cars did not continue their Saturday activities and were placed in the last starting positions for Sunday.
The initial stage itself had the surprise of Sobbed Hadjar as the fastest in this session, after registering a time of 1:16.733followed by Lando Norris y Liam Lawsonto lead the first part of the general classification.
Already in the second stage, and with Lando Norris at the top of the classification, with the best split of 1:16.252the British began to take over the classification, without making mistakes towards the Q3.
The eliminated
In this second session they were eliminated, Yuki Tsunoda, Esteban Ocon, Nico Hülkenberg, Fernando Alonso and Liam Lawson.
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Already in the final stage and with an intense closing of the classification, it was a last lap for Norris in which the driver of McLaren achieved the final time of 1:15.586to take the privileged place, vital to already think about a potential victory in Mexico for this Sunday.
He top 10 after Norris, Leclerc and Hamilton He was placed with George Russell, Max Verstappen, Kimi Antonelli, Carlos Sainz (who will have a five-place suspension), Oscar Piastri, Isack Hadjar and Oliver Bearman.
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