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Piastri's Mexico disaster: What time is the race?
SEN • October 26th, 2025 8:20 pm
It was not the stuff dreams are made of for Oscar Piastri when it came to qualifying for the Mexico Grand Prix.
The Australian, who leads the world title race by just 14 points, will start from 7th on the grid and that's only thanks to a penalty that Carlos Sainz carried over from last weekend's United States GP.
With mounting pressure of the McLarens to back a No 1 driver, Lando Norris - who sits second in the title standings behind Piastri - will start on poll at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez track with the two Ferraris in second and third.
The only saving grace for McLaren is that their closest threat, Red Bull's Max Verstappen could only manage fifth on the grid.
The four-time world champion is still within reach of claiming a fifth with the gap between him and Piastri 40 points.
If Norris holds onto P1 to win in Mexico, Piastri must finish fourth or higher to retain his lead in the overall standings.
A fifth place finish would see Norris take the a one-point lead heading into the closing stages of the season.
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MEXICO STARTING GRID
1 Lando Norris (McLaren)2 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)3 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)4 George Russell (Mercedes)5 Max Verstappen (Red Bull)6 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)7 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)8 Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls)9 Ollie Bearman (Haas)10 Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull)11 Esteban Ocon (Haas)12 Carlos Sainz (Williams)13 Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber)14 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)15 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)16 Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber)17 Alex Albon (Williams)18 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)19 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)20 Franco Colapinto (Alpine)
