McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andrea Stella is confident Oscar Piastri can brush off a difficult United States Grand Prix weekend in Mexico

Oscar Piastri has endured a nightmare run that began with a DNF in Baku and was exacerbated by an underwhelming display at the United States Grand Prix last weekend

F1 next heads to Mexico City as the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez hosts the Mexico City Grand Prix and round 20 of the 2025 season. Max Verstappen took maximum points last time out in Austin, winning both the sprint race and the grand prix to narrow the gap to championship leader Oscar Piastri to 40 points.

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Max Verstappen was fastest in second practice for the Mexico Grand Prix, driving Red Bull’s updated Formula 1 challenger, with championship leader Oscar Piastri down in 12th.

The gap from the McLaren man to the next fastest car (Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton) was 0.345sec but from there down there was less than three-tenths separating Hamilton from Kimi Antonelli in seventh. George Russell was third with Charles Leclerc fourth, both more than half a second away from Norris’s ultimate time.

Qualifying follows next with Lando Norris leading after FP3 at the Formula One Mexico Grand Prix today. Red Bull's Max Verstappen is closing in on McLaren's Oscar Piastri and Norris in the title race. Qualifying is next in Mexico City, where we will learn who is on pole for Sunday's Grand Prix.

In a tensely-contested session, the 25-year-old Briton, who is 14 points behind McLaren teammate Piastri in the drivers’ championship, clocked a fastest lap in one minute and 16.633 seconds to outpace seven-time champion Hamilton by 0.345.

Jacques Villeneuve offered a stinging critique of Oscar Piastri following the opening day of practice in Mexico.