This article was originally published on www.si.com/fannation/racing/f1briefings as Mexico City Grand Prix 2025: F1 Qualifying Results And Report. The Formula 1 championship battle took another huge twist as Lando Norris took a scintillating pole position for the Mexico City Grand Prix.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is chasing McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Norris for the title, and he will start P5. As for the championship leader, Piastri could only manage to qualifying P8. Here is how we’re expecting the grid to line up for tomorrow’s race — taking into account Carlos Sainz’s five-place grid penalty from Austin.

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

Max Verstappen has been steadily closing the gap on McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris in the F1 title race.

McLaren's Lando Norris scored a dominant pole position for the 2025 Mexico City GP, with his F1 title rivals struggling behind

Mercedes driver George Russell used a Lucha Libre mask to sneak into the crowd Friday during opening practice ahead of the Mexico City Grand Prix.

Lando Norris won his fifth pole of the season while Oscar Piastri was a distant seventh in Saturday qualifying.

Another important qualifying session coming up... Welcome to our live coverage for qualifying for the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix from the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. We head into the final five races of the season with great uncertainty over who will ...