Race weekend · 2026

Mexico City Grand Prix

Circuit

Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez

Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Length: 4.304 km
Corners: 17

Track guide

Session schedule (UTC)

Free Practice 1 ↓
Fri, 30 Oct 2026 18:30:00 UTC
Free Practice 2 ↓
Fri, 30 Oct 2026 22:00:00 UTC
Free Practice 3 ↓
Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:30:00 UTC
Qualifying ↓
Sat, 31 Oct 2026 21:00:00 UTC
Race
Sun, 01 Nov 2026 20:00:00 UTC

Free practice

Leclerc tops rookie-filled Mexico City FP1; Crawford stops, Slater's debut derailed

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Pos	Driver	Team	Best time
P1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:18.128
P2	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:18.787
P3	Frederik Vesti	Mercedes	1:18.861
P4	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:18.866
P5	Ayumu Iwasa	Red Bull Racing	1:19.113
P6	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:19.210
P7	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:19.357
P8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:19.376
P9	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	1:19.412
P10	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	1:19.478

Unofficial: compiled from session timing reports (these times are not in the official results feed). Session pace is indicative, not predictive.

Mexico City GP FP2 Results: Leclerc tops, Verstappen hits Lawson in red-flag incident

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Pos	Driver	Team	Best time
P1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:17.827
P2	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:17.930
P3	George Russell	Mercedes	1:17.933
P4	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:18.044
P5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:18.138
P6	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	1:18.237
P7	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	1:18.389
P8	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:18.407
P9	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:18.455
P10	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:18.469

Unofficial: compiled from session timing reports (these times are not in the official results feed). Session pace is indicative, not predictive.

Norris Edges Antonelli by 0.001s in Ultra-Tight Mexico City FP3

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Pos	Driver	Team	Best time
P1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:17.600
P2	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:17.601
P3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:17.717
P4	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:17.795
P5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:17.951
P6	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:18.069
P7	George Russell	Mercedes	1:18.107
P8	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	1:18.109
P9	30		1:18.113
P10	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	1:18.137

Unofficial: compiled from session timing reports (these times are not in the official results feed). Session pace is indicative, not predictive.

McLaren's late charge: Norris tops FP3 as practice-long Ferrari lead wavers

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Lando Norris led FP3 by 0.001s over Kimi Antonelli, with Charles Leclerc third after topping both Friday sessions. McLaren emerged as the strongest package by day's end, while ten rookie drivers fulfilled mandatory FP1 o...

Qualifying result

Pos	Driver	Team	Best time	Gap
P1	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:16.514	pole
P2	George Russell	Mercedes	1:16.523	+0.009
P3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:16.633	+0.119
P4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:16.692	+0.178
P5	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:16.707	+0.193
P6	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:16.824	+0.310
P7	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	1:16.900	+0.386
P8	Liam Lawson	RB F1 Team	1:17.029	+0.515
P9	Arvid Lindblad	RB F1 Team	1:17.117	+0.603
P10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	1:17.153	+0.639
P11	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	1:17.306	+0.792
P12	Franco Colapinto	Alpine F1 Team	1:17.640	+1.126
P13	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:17.646	+1.132
P14	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	1:17.680	+1.166
P15	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	1:18.083	+1.569
P16	Carlos Sainz	Williams	1:18.885	+2.371
P17	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:18.630	+2.116
P18	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:18.908	+2.394
P19	Ryo Hirakawa	Haas F1 Team	1:18.958	+2.444
P20	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:19.072	+2.558
P21	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac F1 Team	1:19.105	+2.591
P22	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac F1 Team	1:19.852	+3.338

Gap is to pole. Times are each driver's session best (Q3 for the top 10, then Q2, then Q1), so a Q2 lap can read quicker than a red-flag-compromised Q3 lap. Official classification via the Jolpica-F1 (Ergast) API.

Strategy & analysis

Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit guide

Layout, lap record, corners, pit lane characteristics.

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