2025 Mexico City Grand Prix

2025 Mexico City Grand Prix
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Layout of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Race details
Date	26 October 2025
Official name	Formula 1 Gran Premio de la Ciudad de México 2025
Location	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.304 km (2.674 miles)
Distance	71 laps, 305.354 km (189.738 miles)
Weather	Sunny
Attendance	401,326
Pole position
Driver	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:15.586
Fastest lap
Driver	George Russell	Mercedes
Time	1:20.052 on lap 50
Podium
First	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes
Second	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
Third	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Lap leaders

The 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Gran Premio de la Ciudad de México 2025) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 26 October 2025 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the twentieth round of the 2025 Formula One World Championship. Lando Norris of McLaren converted pole position into a win, giving his team their first victory in Mexico since 1989. Championship leader and teammate Oscar Piastri finished in fifth, allowing Norris to take the lead of the Drivers' Championship, the first time he led it since the season's fourth round at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Charles Leclerc of Ferrari and Max Verstappen of Red Bull rounded out the podium; Oliver Bearman recorded a joint-best finish for Haas in fourth, matching Romain Grosjean's result at the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix.

Background

The event was held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City for the 25th time in the circuit's history, having previously held twenty editions of the Mexican Grand Prix, across the weekend of 24–26 October. The Grand Prix was the twentieth round of the 2025 Formula One World Championship and the fifth held under the name of the Mexico City Grand Prix, having previously been titled the Mexican Grand Prix.

Championship standings before the race

Going into the weekend, Oscar Piastri led the Drivers' Championship with 346 points, 14 points ahead of Lando Norris in second, and 40 points ahead of Max Verstappen. McLaren, who won the Constructors' Championship at the Singapore Grand Prix, were ahead of Mercedes and Ferrari, who were second and third with 341 and 334 points, respectively.

Entrants

See also: 2025 Formula One World Championship § Entries

Patricio O'Ward

Frederik Vesti

Antonio Fuoco

Luke Browning

Ryō Hirakawa

Paul Aron

Ayumu Iwasa

Arvid Lindblad, Jak Crawford, and the seven drivers pictured above drove during the first free practice session, with Fuoco and Crawford making their Formula One practice debuts.

The drivers and teams were the same as published in the season entry list with two exceptions; Yuki Tsunoda at Red Bull Racing held the seat originally occupied by Liam Lawson before Lawson was demoted back to Racing Bulls from the Japanese Grand Prix onward, and Franco Colapinto replaced Jack Doohan at Alpine from the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix onward on a race-by-race basis.

During the first practice session, nine teams fielded alternate drivers who had not raced in more than two Grands Prix, as required by the Formula One regulations:

• Patricio O'Ward for McLaren in place of Lando Norris.
• Frederik Vesti for Mercedes in place of George Russell.
• Antonio Fuoco for Ferrari in place of Lewis Hamilton.
• Arvid Lindblad for Red Bull in place of Max Verstappen.
• Luke Browning for Williams in place of Carlos Sainz Jr.
• Jak Crawford for Aston Martin in place of Lance Stroll.
• Ryō Hirakawa for Haas in place of Oliver Bearman.
• Paul Aron for Alpine in place of Pierre Gasly.
• Ayumu Iwasa for Racing Bulls in place of Liam Lawson.

Fuoco and Crawford made their Formula One practice debuts.

Tyre choices

Further information: Formula One tyres

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C2, C4, and C5 tyre compounds designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively, for teams to use at the event.

Penalties

Carlos Sainz Jr. of Williams carried a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli at the preceding United States Grand Prix.

Practice

Three free practice sessions were held for the event. The first free practice session was held on 24 October 2025, at 12:30 local time (UTC–6), and was topped by Charles Leclerc ahead of Kimi Antonelli and Nico Hülkenberg. The second free practice session was held on the same day, at 16:00 local time, and was topped by Max Verstappen ahead of Leclerc and Antonelli. The third practice session was held on 25 October 2025, at 11:30 local time, and was topped by Lando Norris ahead of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 25 October 2025, at 15:00 local time (UTC–6), and determined the starting grid order for the race.

Qualifying classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:16.899	1:16.252	1:15.586	1
2	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:17.024	1:16.658	1:15.848	2
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:16.736	1:16.458	1:15.938	3
4	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:16.895	1:16.537	1:16.034	4
5	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:17.076	1:16.605	1:16.070	5
6	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:17.291	1:16.773	1:16.118	6
7	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams-Mercedes	1:17.171	1:16.607	1:16.172	121
8	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:17.158	1:16.737	1:16.174	7
9	6	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT	1:16.733	1:16.804	1:16.252	8
10	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas-Ferrari	1:17.040	1:16.787	1:16.460	9
11	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:17.234	1:16.816	N/A	10
12	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas-Ferrari	1:16.948	1:16.837	N/A	11
13	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	1:17.251	1:17.016	N/A	13
14	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:17.232	1:17.103	N/A	14
15	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT	1:16.961	1:18.072	N/A	15
16	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	1:17.412	N/A	N/A	16
17	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	1:17.490	N/A	N/A	17
18	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	1:17.546	N/A	N/A	18
19	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:17.606	N/A	N/A	19
20	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine-Renault	1:17.670	N/A	N/A	20
107% time: 1:22.104
Source:

Notes

• ^1 – Carlos Sainz Jr. received a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Kimi Antonelli at the preceding United States Grand Prix.

Race

The race was held on 26 October 2025, at 14:00 local time (UTC–6), and was run for 71 laps.

Race report

Polesitter Lando Norris had a good start. Going into the first turn, four cars - Norris' McLaren, the two Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, and Max Verstappen's Red Bull - all briefly went into the corner together, with Verstappen pushed into the grass. Verstappen drove around the first three turns as a result. Leclerc briefly gained a position to lead the race, but cut the track and had to give the position back. Meanwhile Norris' teammate Oscar Piastri had a bad start and dropped to ninth, and Liam Lawson was hit by Carlos Sainz Jr. in the Williams and retired shortly after. Verstappen then battled Hamilton, which ended in him being forced into the grass; shortly afterward Hamilton received a ten-second penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. Hamilton served the penalty, dropping him out of podium contention. Haas driver Oliver Bearman, who started ninth, took advantage of Verstappen and Hamilton's fight and slid up to fourth.

Some time later, Nico Hülkenberg and Fernando Alonso retired their Sauber and Aston Martin cars, respectively, due to mechanical issues. This was Alonso's fourth consecutive retirement at the Mexico City Grand Prix. Meanwhile, Piastri was pressuring George Russell in the Mercedes, and he eventually made it past. Contact with Lawson earlier in the race broke Sainz's tyre speed monitor; due to reporting the incorrect speed, he was caught speeding in the pit lane twice. He was given a five-second penalty the first time, and a drive-through the second. Following the late-stage pit stops, Verstappen made his way up to third and Piastri, in fifth, attempted to close up to Bearman, who was in fourth, but Sainz brought out the late virtual safety car period: he spun at the stadium section, and attempted to reverse the car into a safe spot, but his car began to smoke, facilitating the virtual safety car. The virtual safety car period ended on the last lap, and Verstappen could not pass Leclerc for second. Norris won by thirty seconds to Leclerc and Verstappen, taking the lead of the championship by one point, while Bearman recorded Haas' joint-best finish of fourth.

Race classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	71	1:37:58.574	1	25
2	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	71	+30.324	2	18
3	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	71	+31.049	5	15
4	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas-Ferrari	71	+40.955	9	12
5	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+42.065	7	10
6	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	71	+47.837	6	8
7	63	George Russell	Mercedes	71	+50.287	4	6
8	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	71	+56.446	3	4
9	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas-Ferrari	71	+1:15.464	11	2
10	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	71	+1:16.863	16	1
11	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	71	+1:19.048	10
12	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	70	+1 lap	17
13	6	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT	70	+1 lap	8
14	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	70	+1 lap	19
15	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	70	+1 lap	18
16	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine-Renault	70	+1 lap	20
171	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams-Mercedes	67	Accident	12
Ret	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	34	Brakes	14
Ret	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	25	Handling	13
Ret	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT	5	Collision damage	15
Source:

Notes

• ^1 – Carlos Sainz Jr. was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Championship standings after the race

For full season standings, see 2025 Formula One World Championship § Results and standings.

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
1	1	Lando Norris	357
1	2	Oscar Piastri	356
	3	Max Verstappen	321
	4	George Russell	258
	5	Charles Leclerc	210
Source:

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
	1	McLaren-Mercedes*	713
1	2	Ferrari	356
1	3	Mercedes	355
	4	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	346
	5	Williams-Mercedes	111
Source:

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
• Competitor marked in bold and with an asterisk is the 2025 World Constructors' Champion.