2025 Mexico City Grand Prix

Championship standings before the race

Going into the weekend, Oscar Piastri led the Drivers' Championship with 346 points, 14 points ahead of Lando Norris in second, and 40 points ahead of Max Verstappen. McLaren, who won the Constructors' Championship at the Singapore Grand Prix, were ahead of Mercedes and Ferrari, who were second and third with 341 and 334 points, respectively.^[5]

Entrants

Patricio O'Ward

Frederik Vesti

Antonio Fuoco

Luke Browning

Ryō Hirakawa

Paul Aron

Ayumu Iwasa

Arvid Lindblad, Jak Crawford, and the seven drivers pictured above drove during the first free practice session, with Fuoco and Crawford making their Formula One practice debuts.

The drivers and teams were the same as published in the season entry list with two exceptions;^[6] Yuki Tsunoda at Red Bull Racing held the seat originally occupied by Liam Lawson before Lawson was demoted back to Racing Bulls from the Japanese Grand Prix onward,^[7] and Franco Colapinto replaced Jack Doohan at Alpine from the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix onward on a race-by-race basis.^[8]

During the first practice session, nine teams fielded alternate drivers who had not raced in more than two Grands Prix, as required by the Formula One regulations:^[9]

• Patricio O'Ward for McLaren in place of Lando Norris.^[10]
• Frederik Vesti for Mercedes in place of George Russell.^[11]
• Antonio Fuoco for Ferrari in place of Lewis Hamilton.^[12]
• Arvid Lindblad for Red Bull in place of Max Verstappen.^[13]
• Luke Browning for Williams in place of Carlos Sainz Jr.^[14]
• Jak Crawford for Aston Martin in place of Lance Stroll.^[15]
• Ryō Hirakawa for Haas in place of Oliver Bearman.^[11]
• Paul Aron for Alpine in place of Pierre Gasly.^[11]
• Ayumu Iwasa for Racing Bulls in place of Liam Lawson.^[11]

Fuoco and Crawford made their Formula One practice debuts.^[11]

Tyre choices

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C2, C4, and C5 tyre compounds designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively, for teams to use at the event.^[16]

Penalties

Carlos Sainz Jr. of Williams carried a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli at the preceding United States Grand Prix.^[17]

Qualifying report

Q1 saw Gabriel Bortoleto, Alexander Albon, Pierre Gasly, Lance Stroll, and Franco Colapinto eliminated. Yuki Tsunoda, Esteban Ocon, Nico Hulkenberg, Fernando Alonso, and Liam Lawson were eliminated in Q2. Lando Norris took pole position, 0.262 seconds ahead of Charles Leclerc in second. Norris' title rivals Verstappen and Piastri qualified in fifth and eighth respectively. Piastri's starting position was seventh after Carlos Sainz Jr.'s 5-place grid penalty was applied.^[18]

Qualifying classification

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Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:16.899	1:16.252	1:15.586	1
2	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:17.024	1:16.658	1:15.848	2
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:16.736	1:16.458	1:15.938	3
4	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:16.895	1:16.537	1:16.034	4
5	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:17.076	1:16.605	1:16.070	5
6	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:17.291	1:16.773	1:16.118	6
7	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams-Mercedes	1:17.171	1:16.607	1:16.172	121
8	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:17.158	1:16.737	1:16.174	7
9	6	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT	1:16.733	1:16.804	1:16.252	8
10	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas-Ferrari	1:17.040	1:16.787	1:16.460	9
11	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:17.234	1:16.816	N/A	10
12	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas-Ferrari	1:16.948	1:16.837	N/A	11
13	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	1:17.251	1:17.016	N/A	13
14	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:17.232	1:17.103	N/A	14
15	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT	1:16.961	1:18.072	N/A	15
16	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	1:17.412	N/A	N/A	16
17	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	1:17.490	N/A	N/A	17
18	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	1:17.546	N/A	N/A	18
19	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:17.606	N/A	N/A	19
20	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine-Renault	1:17.670	N/A	N/A	20
107% time: 1:22.104
Source:[19][20]

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Notes

• ^1 – Carlos Sainz Jr. received a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Kimi Antonelli at the preceding United States Grand Prix.^[17]

Race report

Polesitter Lando Norris had a good start. Going into the first turn, four cars - Norris' McLaren, the two Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, and Max Verstappen's Red Bull - all briefly went into the corner together, with Verstappen pushed into the grass. Verstappen drove around the first three turns as a result. Leclerc briefly gained a position to lead the race, but cut the track and had to give the position back. Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli and George Russell both lost a position on the opening lap.^[21] Norris' teammate Oscar Piastri had a bad start and dropped from seventh to ninth. Liam Lawson was hit by Carlos Sainz Jr. in the Williams and retired the Racing Bulls car shortly after. Verstappen then battled Hamilton, with Hamilton and Verstappen going side by side through turns 1 and 2. Verstappen then cut the third corner. Verstappen slowed to allow Hamtilon back in front at turn 4, with Russell on the outside. Hamilton braked too late and locked up, choosing to cut turns four and five; Hamilton received a ten-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. Hamilton served the penalty, dropping him out of podium contention from his starting position of third. Haas driver Oliver Bearman, who started ninth, took advantage of Verstappen and Hamilton's fight and slid up to fourth.^[22] Russell lost positions after the incident with Verstappen and Hamilton and ended up behind his teammate Antonelli, and Mercedes swapped their drivers for Russell to chase down Bearman. Piastri put the pressure on Russell, and he eventually made it past the Mercedes. Russell gave back the position to Antonelli after the unsuccessful overtake attempt on Bearman, and both of them were passed by Piastri.^[23]

Some time later, Nico Hülkenberg and Fernando Alonso retired their Sauber and Aston Martin cars, respectively, due to mechanical issues.^[24] Contact with Lawson earlier in the race broke Sainz's tyre speed monitor; due to reporting the incorrect speed, he was caught speeding in the pit lane twice. He was given a five-second time penalty the first time, and a drive-through penalty the second time. Following the late-stage pit stops, Verstappen made his way up to third and Piastri, in fifth, attempted to close up to Bearman, who was in fourth. In the closing laps, Verstappen chased Leclerc for second place on a new set of soft tyres while Leclerc remained on the medium tyres.^[25] Sainz brought out the late virtual safety car period: he spun at the stadium section, and attempted to reverse the car into a safe spot, but his car began to smoke, facilitating the virtual safety car. The virtual safety car period ended on the last lap, and Verstappen could not pass Leclerc for second.^[22]

Norris won his sixth race of the season, with a gap of more than thirty seconds to Leclerc and Verstappen, who finished second and third, respectively. Oliver Bearman finished in fourth, which recorded Haas' joint-best finish of fourth, tied with Romain Grosjean in 2018.^[26][27] Oscar Piastri, Kimi Antonelli, George Russell, Lewis Hamilton, Esteban Ocon, and Gabriel Bortoleto completed the top ten points finishers. Norris took the lead of the championship by one point with 357 points, ahead of teammate Piastri with 356 points. Verstappen remained third in the fight for the Drivers' Championship with 321 points.^[26]

Race classification

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Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	71	1:37:58.574	1	25
2	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	71	+30.324	2	18
3	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	71	+31.049	5	15
4	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas-Ferrari	71	+40.955	9	12
5	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+42.065	7	10
6	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	71	+47.837	6	8
7	63	George Russell	Mercedes	71	+50.287	4	6
8	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	71	+56.446	3	4
9	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas-Ferrari	71	+1:15.464	11	2
10	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	71	+1:16.863	16	1
11	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	71	+1:19.048	10
12	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	70	+1 lap	17
13	6	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT	70	+1 lap	8
14	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	70	+1 lap	19
15	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	70	+1 lap	18
16	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine-Renault	70	+1 lap	20
171	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams-Mercedes	67	Accident	12
Ret	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	34	Brakes	14
Ret	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	25	Handling	13
Ret	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT	5	Collision damage	15
Source:[20][28][29]

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Notes

• ^1 – Carlos Sainz Jr. was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.^[28]