Norris becomes the 13th different polesitter in 14 Mexico races, Hamilton records his best Ferrari Grand Prix qualifying result to date and Sainz records Williams’ best Mexico qualifying result since 2015. Here are the facts and statistics from qualifying at the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix!
NORRIS ON POLE AT THE 2025 MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX
Lando Norris took pole position for the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix, recording the 14th pole position of his career. Norris has secured each of his 14 pole positions at different venues.
This was Norris’ first pole position since the Belgian Grand Prix. Norris equalled team-mate Oscar Piastri for second on the list of most poles this season with his fifth pole of the year – two behind Max Verstappen.
Norris became the 13th different polesitter from the last 14 F1 races in Mexico. This was McLaren’s first pole in Mexico since 1990.
This was Norris’ first front row qualification at the Mexico City Grand Prix. Last year, when he qualified third, is the only other time he has qualified in the top seven at the track.
IN THE TOP TEN
Charles Leclerc joins Lando Norris on the front row of the grid for the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix. This is his third front row qualification in Mexico, after 2019 and 2023.
Setting the third fastest time in qualifying for the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton qualified in the top three for a Grand Prix with Ferrari for the first time.
With Max Verstappen qualifying fifth and Yuki Tsunoda out in Q2, this was the first time in any of Red Bull’s appearances in Mexico that neither driver qualified on the front two rows of the grid.
This was the first time Verstappen did not qualify in the top three since the Hungarian Grand Prix, where he qualified eighth.
Hamilton and Verstappen extended the record for most top ten qualifications in Mexico to ten.
Verstappen, Hamilton and Leclerc continued their 100% Q3 appearance records in Mexico. Nico Rosberg was the only other member of the club – but the quartet have now been joined by Kimi Antonelli, Isack Hadjar and Ollie Bearman.
Though he will serve a five-place grid penalty, Carlos Sainz became the first Williams driver to qualify in the top seven in Mexico since both drivers did so in 2015.
Sainz made this the second year in a row in which a Williams driver qualified in the top ten at the Mexico City Grand Prix.
Having take pole last year, this is the first time in his career that Sainz did not record a better qualifying result in Mexico than on his previous visit.
This was the first time Sainz recorded Q3 appearances at consecutive races since doing so at the Miami and Emilia Romagna Grands Prix.
Oscar Piastri qualified eighth for the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix. He remains yet to qualify in the top six in Mexico.
This was the first time that both McLaren drivers qualified in the top ten in Mexico since 2021 – however, 1992 remains the last time both McLaren drivers qualified in the top seven at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
Ollie Bearman became only the third Haas driver to reach Q3 in Mexico. Both drivers qualified in the top ten for last year’s race.
Mercedes remain the only team who’ve reached Q3 with both cars at every race weekend in Mexico since 2015.
ELIMINATED IN Q2
For the third race weekend in a row, Yuki Tsunoda was eliminated in Q2 at the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix. Liam Lawson and Nico Hulkenberg also recorded a third consecutive Q2 elimination.
Tsunoda became only the second Red Bull driver to fail to reach Q3 in Mexico. Sergio Perez was eliminated in Q1 in 2024.
For only the second time in the team’s history at the Mexico City Grand Prix, neither Haas driver was eliminated in Q1.
Esteban Ocon was not eliminated in Q1 for the first time since the Italian Grand Prix, ending his longest Q1 exit streak since racing with Manor in 2016.
Fernando Alonso exited in Q2, making this the seventh consecutive Mexico City Grand Prix weekend in which neither of the Silverstone-based team’s cars reached Q3.
From his nine appearances in Mexico, 2022 remains the only time that Alonso has reached Q3.
OUT IN Q1
Setting only the 17th fastest lap time in Q1 at the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix, Alex Albon made this the seventh consecutive race weekend in Mexico at which at least one Williams driver has exited in the first stage of qualifying.
Albon recorded consecutive Q1 exits for the first time this season.
This was the first time since his first appearance in 2019 that Albon was out-qualified by his team-mate in Mexico.
With Pierre Gasly qualifying 18th and Franco Colapinto 20th, this was the fourth time in the last five race weekends that Alpine recorded a double Q1 elimination.
Gasly recorded his first Q1 exit in Mexico since his first appearance at the event in 2017.
This was the first time the Enstone team recorded a double Q1 exit at the Mexico City Grand Prix.
Colapinto recorded the slowest lap time in Q1 for the third time this season, after the Monaco and British Grands Prix.
Lance Stroll qualified 19th for the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix, exiting in Q1 for the ninth time in the last 11 race weekends. It’s the first time since the Dutch Grand Prix that he qualified on the back row.
Gabriel Bortoleto qualified 16th, recording his third consecutive Q1 exit. It’s the third race weekend in a row that he has qualified 16th for the Grand Prix.