Overview
- Lando Norris won the Mexico City Grand Prix from pole by roughly 30 seconds to take a one‑point championship lead, with Max Verstappen 36 points back and four rounds remaining.
- Oscar Piastri finished fifth in Mexico, marking his fourth consecutive race without a podium after an early‑season run of frequent top‑three finishes.
- Team principal Andrea Stella said the high‑altitude, low‑grip surface played to Norris’s driving traits and exposed areas that are less natural for Piastri.
- Norris credited a blunt post‑Singapore debrief for re‑focusing set‑up toward his requirements, saying the car finally gave him the feel he needs to extract pace.
- Online theories alleging McLaren favoritism resurfaced after Mexico, but figures including Kim Keedle and Ralf Schumacher publicly rejected the claims.