The F1 championship leader will start the Mexican Grand Prix down in seventh after his McLaren team-mate qualified on pole

During his career, Norris has built a reputation as a very strong driver in slow corners, which is confirmed not only by this season’s results, but also by those from previous years. With this in mind, the logical assumption before arriving in Mexico was that he would be the stronger McLaren F1 Team driver this weekend.

Lando Norris's massive Mexican Grand Prix qualifying lap gives him a major buffer to his championship competitors, with Max Verstappen starting on the third row and Oscar Piastri on the fourth.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton will start second and third respectively. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Lando Norris set a blistering pace in final practice for the Mexican Grand Prix to send out a message to his title rivals. The British driver ended the final running before qualifying 0.345 seconds clear of Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton.

Impressive Lando Norris leads Lewis Hamilton and George Russell in British one-two-three in Practice Three; Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen 0.5s off pace; watch Qualifying later on Saturday at 10pm with Sundays race at 8pm,

Pato O’Ward, who replaced Lando Norris for the first practice session at the Mexican Grand Prix on Friday, nearly pulled out of the session due to food poisoning. The IndyCar sensation reportedly spent three hours in the medical centre after his fourth career F1 outing.