McLaren’s Lando Norris clinched a dominant win at the Mexico GP. With his teammate Oscar Piastri only managing a P5 result, Norris now re-takes the 2025 F1 championship lead, albeit just by a single point.
Charles Leclerc fended off a charging Max Verstappen to take second place, while Haas’ Oliver Bearman finished P4, scoring his best F1 result to date.
- Norris wins, 30.325 sec ahead of Leclerc
- Verstappen completes podium
- Piastri finishes P5; loses championship lead
F1 Mexico GP: Norris takes dominant win
McLaren’s first Mexico GP win since 1989 with Ayrton Senna
Momentum has certainly been on Norris’ side in the last few rounds, and the Mexico GP further confirmed that. Starting from pole position, the Brit found himself alongside Verstappen, Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton at Turn 1, as all four cars fought for the lead. Leclerc emerged as the leader, but had to hand the place back to Norris since he did so after cutting the corner.
From there on, it was smooth sailing for Norris, who crossed the chequered flag with a mammoth 30.324 sec advantage to take this sixth win of the season. He also hands McLaren its first Mexico GP win since 1989 with Ayrton Senna.
“What a race! It’s awesome to win here! Good start, good first lap, and I could go from there. Eyes forward, focused on what I was doing. The launch was really the key thing,” Norris said.
He added, “The focus doesn’t change now, I’ll just keep pushing to deliver results like this and keep doing my best every weekend.”
Verstappen closed in on Leclerc in the final few laps, but a late Virtual Safety Car (VSC) prevented him from pulling off a pass. Leclerc held on to second place as a result, just 0.725 sec ahead of Verstappen.
F1 Mexico GP: Bearman scores career-best P4 finish
Hamilton handed costly penalty
Starting from ninth on the grid, Bearman gained three places on the opening lap itself. After a few opportune overtakes, including one on Verstappen, he soon found himself running in the top three.
While he couldn’t hold on to a podium position, Bearman was still running P4 towards the end of the race. Behind him, Piastri (who started P7) was keen to limit the damage to his championship hopes. The McLaren driver turned up in the pressure in the closing laps, but the VSC’s timing helped Bearman hold on to fourth place to take a career-best finish.
The Mercedes duo of Kimi Antonelli and George Russell finished P6 and P7, respectively. Hamilton ended up P8 after being handed a 10-second penalty for gaining an advantage by leaving the track (on Lap 6). Esteban Ocon was P9, handing Haas a double points finish, while Gabriel Bortoleto rounded out the top 10.
2025 F1 championship standings
Heading into the Mexico GP, Piastri held a 14-point advantage over Norris at the top of the standings. However, Mexico has changed the championship picture, with Norris now re-taking the lead for the first time since the Saudi Arabian GP in April.
With four more rounds to go, Piastri is second, just a point behind his teammate. Verstappen also remains in title contention – 36 points behind Norris.
Up next is the Sao Paulo GP on November 7-9, 2025.
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