McLaren’s Lando Norris gave his title hopes a boost by taking pole position at the Mexico City Grand Prix.
Title rivals Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri will start the race fifth and seventh, with both Ferrari drivers and Mercedes’ George Russell qualifying in front of them.
Norris beat Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc by 0.262 seconds while Lewis Hamilton secured his best grand prix qualifying position of the season in third.
Verstappen, struggling with his Red Bull through the Esses, was 0.484secs off the pace in fifth and beaten by Russell by just 0.036secs.
Piastri, off the pace all weekend, briefly moved up to third with his final lap until he was beaten by a succession of other drivers.
He qualified eighth, behind Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli and Williams driver Carlos Sainz, but is promoted a place on the grid by the Spaniard’s five-place grid penalty for causing a crash in Austin last weekend.
More to follow.
