When Lando Norris needed an advantage the most, his WDC competitors, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri, struggled in qualifying, suffering from different woes.

F1championship leader Oscar Piastri is proving that his personal impact goes far beyond lap times and podiums.

Oscar Piastri hopes his past experiences can help him in the F1 championship as he prepares for the Mexican Grand Prix.

It carried him 0.262 seconds clear of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton, who was three-tenths adrift. Mercedes George Russell was fourth and Verstappen fifth while Piastri struggled to qualify eighth. If all drivers finish where they start, Norris will take the world title lead from Piastri.

All eyes will be on Lando Norris heading into Turn 1, with the British driver in a unique position to retake the Championship leader. Only a few months after his catastrophic mechanical failure in Zandvoort,

What was supposed to be a continuation of a close fight between the three main title contenders turned into a one-man show in Mexico City.

Charles Leclerc was the only driver to briefly challenge Norris’s supremacy when he took provisional pole after the first runs of Q3, but he was soundly beaten on the second runs to end up 0.262 seconds adrift. Lewis Hamilton was just 0.09 seconds slower in third.

After qualifying in eighth place, Oscar Piastri questioned why only "one McLaren is quick" as his teammate and title rival, Lando Norris, scored pole position at the Mexican Grand Prix. The championship leader is set to start in seventh place on Sunday,