The UK’s Lando Norris claims convincing Formula 1 win in front of 150,000 in Mexico City

British aviator Lando Norris climbed atop the Formula 1 Drivers’ Championship person committee with a convincing 30-second triumph successful beforehand of astir 150,000 fans astatine Mexico City’s Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez for Sunday’s Mexican GP.

Norris started successful the rod presumption and held disconnected challenges successful the frenetic aboriginal stages of the race, fending disconnected moves by 4 cars astatine the archetypal turn. He stayed retired successful front, extended his pb and was unchallenged thereafter. 

Norris finished successful 1:37:58.574, good up of Ferrari’s Charles LeClerc and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, the victor of the past 4 Drivers’ Championships.

Norris joins a prime database of winners astatine Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez implicit the past decade, including Verstappen (five wins), Lewis Hamilton (two), Nico Rosberg and Carlos Sainz Jr.

With the 25 points earned for winning Sunday, Norris leapfrogged McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri successful the drivers’ standings. He present has 357 points, 1 much than stablemate Piastri (who finished fifth), and good up of third-place Verstappen (321 points).

Verstappen astir chased down LeClerc for second, but the Frenchman responded good to assertion the metallic by conscionable 0.725 seconds. In his archetypal afloat play arsenic an F1 pilot, 20-year-old Ollie Bearman staved disconnected a determination by Piastri to transverse the enactment successful 4th place, a career-best finish.

The results further confirmed McLaren’s dominance this season. McLaren had already clinched its 2nd consecutive Constructors Championship, and Sunday’s show by Norris and Piastri steered McLaren to a whopping 357-point pb implicit Ferrari (713 to 356).

Verstappen tips headdress to Checo Pérez

During the pre-race drivers parade, the Belgian-born Verstappen paid tribute to erstwhile teammate Checo Pérez, striking a conciliatory code with the Mexican nationalist erstwhile asked astir his erstwhile concern with the Guadalajara driver.

Verstappen expressed restitution that Pérez, 35, volition instrumentality to F1 adjacent year.

“He’ll beryllium backmost adjacent year; I’m truly blessed for Checo,” helium said. “For present … I’m enjoying my clip successful Mexico. It’s ever unthinkable to spot however passionate the assemblage is.”

Verstappen has had a testy narration with Mexican fans successful caller years arsenic helium and Pérez experienced friction portion partnered astatine Red Bull.

As Red Bull’s No. 2, Pérez helped Verstappen triumph the Drivers Championship each twelvemonth from 2021-2024. Red Bull besides won the Constructors’ trophy successful 2022 and 2023 arsenic Pérez finished 3rd successful 2022 and 2nd wide successful 2023.

Last twelvemonth was a hard 1 for Pérez, who complained that the squad prioritized Verstappen’s car astatine his expense, and the Mexican aviator was fto spell astatine the extremity of the season.

With reports from Anadolu Agency, Formula1.com, ESPN and SkySports