Lando Norris will have a golden opportunity to eat into his championship deficit to Oscar Piastri on Sunday after storming to pole position in Mexico, leaving his title rivals trailing in his wake. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen – who has won three of the last four grands prix to surge back into title contention – was only able to claim fifth on the grid.

McLaren's Lando Norris stormed to a dominant pole position for the Mexico City Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday and his teammate Oscar Piastri was set to start seventh with his championship lead at risk.

Lando Norris gave a significant boost to his championship chances by taking pole position for the Mexican Grand Prix while his title rivals qualified in fifth and eighth, respectively.

Oscar Piastri’s six-month grip on the Formula One world drivers’ championship is in danger of being instantly wiped away after he only qualified eighth for the Mexican Grand Prix.

Championship leader Oscar Piastri was at a loss to explain his gap to McLaren teammate Lando Norris during qualifying for the Mexican Grand Prix.

Lando Norris dominated the battle for pole position at the Mexico City Grand Prix on another difficult day for championship leader Oscar Piastri, who will start seventh.

Lando Norris was top in final practice for the Mexico City Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday with championship-leading McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri fifth and Red Bull rival Max Verstappen sixth.