McLaren’s Lando Norris stormed to pole position with an epic lap at the Mexico City Grand Prix, with the Formula 1 lead in his sights after teammate Oscar Piastri qualified seventh.
Lando Norris gets ourt of his vehicle after his stunning lap in qualifying.Credit: AP
Briton Norris, 14 points behind Australian Piastri in the standings with five rounds remaining, beat Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to the top spot by 0.262 seconds after leaving his best to last.
It was the 14th pole of his F1 career, fifth of the season and first since Belgium in July.
“What a lap. Even I don’t know how I did that,” Norris said over the team radio as he realised the time of one minute 15.586 seconds was unbeatable.
“Obviously, it was an incredible lap,” he said after stepping out of the car. “It was one of those laps where everything just came together.”
Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton, the seven-times world champion chasing his first podium for the team he joined in January, will start third, a season’s best, with Mercedes’ George Russell lining up fourth.
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