It was really a day to remember for Lando Norris, who took a lights-to-flag victory at the Mexico City Grand Prix on Sunday (October 26, 2025). With this victory, the McLaren driver became the new Drivers’ Championship leader by just one point after sealing the win ahead of Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen in an action-packed race. Norris now has 357 points to Piastri's 356 with Verstappen on 321.
The Briton avoided early mayhem to earn a dominant Mexico City Grand Prix victory from pole position and take the Formula One championship lead from McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri by a single point on Sunday.
=Norris, the McLaren driver, become the new Drivers’ Championship leader by just one point after sealing the win ahead of Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen in an action-packed race.
Australian Piastri, who had begun the race in seventh place and 14 points clear of the Briton Norris, finished fifth after a late virtual safety car denied him a shot at fourth after a thrilling chase.
For Ferrari, Charles Leclerc was runner-up for Ferrari, 30.3 seconds adrift of Norris, while Red Bull's reigning champion Max Verstappen took his sixth successive podium in third place after a nail-biting last lap left him just 0.7 behind the Monegasque.
Oliver Bearman was fourth for Haas in a career-best result for the Briton, who was 1.1 seconds clear of Piastri at a chequered flag waved by former heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield.
Hamilton was given a 10-second penalty after starting third. Kimi Antonelli was sixth for Mercedes, with teammate George Russell seventh and Lewis Hamilton eighth for Ferrari after a 10-second penalty dropped him from third.
Esteban Ocon was ninth for Haas and Sauber's Gabriel Bortoleto took the final point. Ferrari moved back into second place, a point ahead of Mercedes, in a constructors' championship already won by McLaren.
Norris made a clean start from pole when the lights went out but was caught in a four-way tussle down the long run to turn one, with Verstappen cutting the corner and bumping over the grass run-off.
Verstappen and third-placed Hamilton then made contact on lap six as they went side by side with the Red Bull driver trying to go past at turn one but ending up cutting the next corner. Hamilton went off at turn four, cutting back across the grass, and was handed a penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. The collision resulted in no further action.
Bearman meanwhile had climbed to fourth, from ninth at the start, and was in the podium places once Hamilton took his penalty on lap 24, with the Ferrari driver coming back out in 14th and having to fight back through the field.
Norris was by then 11.5 seconds clear of Leclerc and enjoying a calm afternoon in the sunshine, steadily extending his lead.
The Briton avoided early mayhem to earn a dominant Mexico City Grand Prix victory from pole position and take the Formula One championship lead from McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri by a single point on Sunday.
=Norris, the McLaren driver, become the new Drivers’ Championship leader by just one point after sealing the win ahead of Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen in an action-packed race.
Australian Piastri, who had begun the race in seventh place and 14 points clear of the Briton Norris, finished fifth after a late virtual safety car denied him a shot at fourth after a thrilling chase.
For Ferrari, Charles Leclerc was runner-up for Ferrari, 30.3 seconds adrift of Norris, while Red Bull's reigning champion Max Verstappen took his sixth successive podium in third place after a nail-biting last lap left him just 0.7 behind the Monegasque.
Oliver Bearman was fourth for Haas in a career-best result for the Briton, who was 1.1 seconds clear of Piastri at a chequered flag waved by former heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield.
Hamilton was given a 10-second penalty after starting third. Kimi Antonelli was sixth for Mercedes, with teammate George Russell seventh and Lewis Hamilton eighth for Ferrari after a 10-second penalty dropped him from third.
Esteban Ocon was ninth for Haas and Sauber's Gabriel Bortoleto took the final point. Ferrari moved back into second place, a point ahead of Mercedes, in a constructors' championship already won by McLaren.
Norris made a clean start from pole when the lights went out but was caught in a four-way tussle down the long run to turn one, with Verstappen cutting the corner and bumping over the grass run-off.
Verstappen and third-placed Hamilton then made contact on lap six as they went side by side with the Red Bull driver trying to go past at turn one but ending up cutting the next corner. Hamilton went off at turn four, cutting back across the grass, and was handed a penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. The collision resulted in no further action.
Bearman meanwhile had climbed to fourth, from ninth at the start, and was in the podium places once Hamilton took his penalty on lap 24, with the Ferrari driver coming back out in 14th and having to fight back through the field.
Norris was by then 11.5 seconds clear of Leclerc and enjoying a calm afternoon in the sunshine, steadily extending his lead.
