Carlos Sainz claims first pole position of the season after beating Max Verstappen in Mexico qualifying.
Outgoing Ferrari driver Sainz outpaced Red Bull’s Verstappen by 0.225 seconds to land pole at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Verstappen, who leads the championship by 57 points, saw his first lap of Q3 deleted due to track limits. Verstappen’s championshiival, Lando Norris, was third-fastest as he fell 0.314s adrit of pole. Third place on the grid has historically been a good place to start in Mexico due to the slipstream effect down the circuit’s incredibly long run to Turn 1.
The Mercedes pair of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton locked out the third row of the grid in fifth and sixth, with seven-time world champion Hamilton seven tenths off the pace. Yuki Tsunoda crashed at Turn 12 on his way to securing 11th on the grid, one place ahead of RB teammate Liam Lawson.
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