Race Report & Results 2025 Mexico City F1 Grand Prix
Event: Mexico City Grand Prix
Track: Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
Weather: dry 27°C
Tarmac: dry 46°C
Humidity : 20%
Wind : 4 km/h West
Pressure: 780 mb
Lando Norris won his 10th F1 race at the 2025 Mexico City F1 GP today. The McLaren driver started from pole position and won on Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez for the first time. It was his 6th win of the season. The McLaren team scored their 202nd race win today.
Mexico City Mayhem: Norris Dominates, Leclerc Resists, Verstappen Recovers, Bearman Shines
A furnace, a flag, and a swing in the title fight
All cars attacking first corner after the start of the 2025 Mexico F1 GP (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images) // Getty Images / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202510260463 // Usage for editorial use only //
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez served up a scorcher — track temp north of 52°C, tempers even hotter — and Lando Norris walked it like a Sunday in the park. The McLaren driver converted pole into a lights-to-flag victory with ruthless calm, reclaiming the Drivers’ Championship lead by a single point. Charles Leclerc clung on to P2 with threadbare tyres and iron nerve, while Max Verstappen scrapped his way to P3 after a bruising early duel with Lewis Hamilton. Behind them, Ollie Bearman delivered the drive of his fledgling career: a superb P4 for Haas that had the paddock grinning and the data analysts double-checking their plots.
Four rounds to go. One point between the McLaren boys. And the champ still very much in the fight. Yes, this is exactly why we watch.
The start: five-wide chaos and a grass-cutting masterclass
Norris nailed the launch, but Mexico’s endless run to Turn 1 turned the grid into a drag strip of boldness and opportunism. Verstappen and Russell went wheel-to-wheel, Leclerc briefly popped out ahead after cutting the corner, then ceded the place back, and we had the first of several lawn-mowing excursions as Verstappen bumped over the grass to stay in it. When the dust settled, it was Norris from Leclerc, with Hamilton and Russell duking it out as Verstappen regrouped.
Piastri’s opening was more graft than glide: stuck behind Yuki Tsunoda on mediums, the Aussie had to get creative with DRS to pick off places, all while nursing softs that hated the heat.
Lap 6–16: elbows, investigations… and a penalty for Hamilton
The headline act came early. Verstappen lunged Hamilton into Turn 1; they touched, Max scampered across the turf and rejoined; Hamilton later tried to take it back and also took to the grass. Cue a cascade of steward notes. The verdict that mattered: a 10-second penalty for Hamilton for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. That torpedoed his podium hopes before the first pit window even opened.
Meanwhile, Bearman coolly held P4 “on merit” — and it looked every inch that way — while Norris stretched into clean air and Leclerc settled into a tyre-saving groove.
Strategy chess: the undercut bites, McLaren splits, Bearman believes
The pit phase was a blender. Piastri and Bearman blinked first (Lap 25), both onto mediums, with Piastri crucially jumping Hamilton as Lewis served his penalty. Leclerc’s Ferrari execution was razor-sharp — a 2.2s stop onto mediums (Lap 32) — while Norris delayed and still rejoined with a cavernous lead after his Lap 35 service.
Red Bull kept Verstappen long on mediums to buy offset later, and it set up the back-end of the race: Max on much fresher softs charging at Leclerc’s ageing mediums. Up front, Norris was already out of radio range — figuratively if not literally.
Mercedes, meet mirror: Russell fumes, Antonelli answers
Inside the silver garage it was spicy. Kimi Antonelli had the early track position; George Russell had the mouthpiece. Russell radioed (colourfully) for a swap to chase Bearman, insisting he had “much more pace.” The team delayed, cooled brakes, then finally flipped them (Lap 41). It didn’t unlock the lap time Russell promised, and later Mercedes reversed the order back (Lap 63) as Antonelli proved the more consistent hand. Net result: Antonelli P6, Russell P7 — points banked, questions lingering.
The Bearman show: big moves, bigger composure
Give Ollie Bearman a clean stint and he’ll give you a statement drive. Quick on both tyre compounds, error-free in traffic, and stout under pressure, the Haas rookie held the line against Russell’s DRS phase, then weathered Piastri’s late charge when the McLaren switched to attack mode. In the end he finished P4 — a career best — and it wasn’t flattered by circumstance. It was earned.
Final act: Verstappen vs Leclerc, Piastri vs Bearman, then… VSC
With about a dozen laps to go, Verstappen’s offset woke up. He carved chunks from Leclerc — half a second here, four-tenths there — bringing the fight for P2 alive (Leclerc’s mediums vs Max’s softs). A few seconds back, Piastri finally unleashed the move of his afternoon: a late, clean dive on Russell into Turn 1 on Lap 60. That put him P5 and released him toward Bearman for P4.
It was set for a barnstorming dual finale… until Carlos Sainz stopped in the stadium on Lap 70, triggering a Virtual Safety Car. The VSC neutralised most of the chaos, then ended just in time for a last-lap sprint. Leclerc soaked up Verstappen’s DRS to keep P2; Bearman fended off Piastri to lock down P4. Two clasps of defensive driving, two small victories inside the big one.
Chequered flag: Norris, by a mile
“Emphatic” hardly covers it. Norris controlled pace, tyre life, and risk like a seasoned champion, then saluted a delirious Foro Sol as McLaren parked up in the stadium. Maximum points, maximum statement, and the points lead to boot.
Top 10: Norris (McLaren), Leclerc (Ferrari), Verstappen (Red Bull), Bearman (Haas), Piastri (McLaren), Antonelli (Mercedes), Russell (Mercedes), Hamilton (Mercedes, +10s served), Ocon (Alpine), Bortoleto (Kick Sauber).
DNF: Lawson (early damage), Hülkenberg (PU issue), Alonso (brakes). Sainz served a drive-through for pit-lane speeding and later stopped on track, triggering that late VSC.
Title picture: one point, three protagonists, four rounds
If the championship was a tug-of-war, the rope just slid back orange.
- Norris leads on 357.
- Piastri sits on 356.
- Verstappen remains a looming threat on 321.
Brazil next — and it’s a Sprint weekend. Different altitude, same jeopardy.
Winners & not-so-winners
Big Winners
- Lando Norris — Flawless execution. Fast when it mattered, gentle when it counted.
- Ollie Bearman — Career-best P4, measured and tidy. That’s a “remember me” to half the grid.
- Ferrari (Leclerc side) — Picked the right laps, held the nerve. P2 on a day the podium was far from guaranteed.
Mixed Bags
- Red Bull — Better race car than qualy car. Verstappen maximised with P3 and nearly nicked P2; the momentum swing still favours McLaren.
- Mercedes — Good raw pace, muddled intra-team choreography. Points yes, clarity no.
Tough Day
- Hamilton — Had the speed for a podium scrap; the penalty closed that door.
- Williams (Sainz) — Speeding penalty, then a late stoppage that iced the finish.
- Lawson/Hülkenberg/Alonso — Retirements on a day that rewarded simply surviving.
Tech & tyres, the short notes
- One-stop, two stories: Soft→Medium up front; a few midfielders tried alternate offsets. The undercut was potent thanks to overheating in traffic.
- Altitude tax: Cooling and braking margins were knife-edge — ask Alonso’s brake temps.
- Dirty air penalty: Piastri’s long mid-race stall behind traffic showed how brutal the wake is here when temps spike.
What they (basically) said
- Norris kept it zen: focus on himself, one weekend at a time.
- Leclerc admitted the late VSC was a gift with tyres “gone to the canvas.”
- Verstappen called it “hectic,” happy to salvage a strong result after the opening-lap chaos.
- Piastri owned the learning curve: needed to adapt his driving to what the car and tyres wanted this weekend.
Brazil beckons
Interlagos is rarely quiet, and this year it’s loaded: a Sprint, a three-way title chase, and a Red Bull squad desperate to wrest momentum back from Woking. If Mexico City was the reset, São Paulo might be the reveal.
McLaren leads the dance. But the music’s far from over.
Classification 2025 Mexico City GP
Fastest lap 1:20.052 min by George Russell, Mercedes W16 #63 lap 50 @193.554 km/h
Fastest sector times:
- Sector 1: 27.935 sec. by Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari SF-25 #44.
- Sector 2: 31.082 sec. by George Russell, Mercedes W16 #63.
- Sector 3: 20.506 sec. by Carlos Sainz, Williams FW47 #55.
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A relatively decent race in the end, thanks to tyre deltas, although the VSC was unnecessary, given Sainz’s car location.
What a drive by Norris.
Some rather tense & sarcastic radio remarks by Russell & Albon.
Alonso just can’t catch a break in Mexico as he’s now failed to reach the chequered flag in four consecutive editions.
Bearman definitely deserves the DOTD honor, not to mention on pure pace.
The opening-lap shenanigans reminded me of the 2016 opening lap, not to mention the same drivers in question, so some things never change.
The best chase down of the year only spoilt by the vsc
Not to mention a totally unjustified DRS, given the total absence of safety risk involved in handling the situation with localized yellows.
Agreed
Yeah, it was a big shame by the FIA! That VSC proofed FIA really means Ferrari Internal Affaires.
Esspecially, because a few laps later the top 3 parked their car on the same part and stepped out! While other cars were still driving around!
yeah i noticed that , it must be a Mexican Gp thing(the stadium), looked very odd with cars passing by