Lando Norris won the Mexico City Grand Prix with a consummate drive from pole to flag that catapulted him into the lead of an intense world championship fight with McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. With Piastri managing only fifth and Verstappen in third at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Norris now has the edge at a crucial juncture, with only four meetings remaining.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was in second, while Britain’s Oliver Bearman took a career-best fourth place with a superb drive for Haas.
For Norris, absolutely dominant and unchallenged from the moment he held the lead through turn one, this was a huge result. It is the first time he has held the lead of the championship since the Saudi Arabian GP in April.
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