F1: here is the starting grid for the Mexican GP with Lando Norris on pole and Bortoleto 16th

The McLaren driver was threatened by Charles Leclerc, but managed to set the fastest time of the weekend in the closing moments

Lando Norris will start up front Mexican GP From Formula 1. The pilot of McLaren recorded a time that was the fastest in the qualifying session held this Saturday in the hot Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (25). Charles Leclerc AND Lewis Hamiltonboth from Ferraricompletes the top 3. The Brazilian Gabriele Bortoleto He was eliminated in Q1 and starts in 16th position.

Bortoleto, who had once performed well, did not perform so well in Q1. He beat Max Verstappen by 0.131 seconds in the 3 free practices to take the lead for a few moments in the 3 free practices, in which he finished 10th. But he didn’t have the same luck or the same performance, he ended up injured by Fernando Alonso and suffered with the tyre.

“We were doing well in the first two laps, but I wasn’t thinking about it taken (grip) on the last lap with the new tire, I suffered with the taken rear. I don’t know… I have to look at the data. It wasn’t a good classification,” said Bortoleto after his elimination in Q1.

In the leading group, Max Verstappen, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri continued to fight a battle of the big names. Until there was just over 5 minutes left in Q3, an unlikely protagonist appeared: Charles Leclerc, who set the best lap of the weekend with 1:15:991 and took provisional pole from Norris.

However, Norris took it personally. He clocked 1:15:586 and took the lead over his rival Ferrari. It was a pole position obtained at the last moment, consecrating a performance that had already been formidable in Mexico. Oscar Piastri is punished and it will only be the eighth.

The Mexican GP is scheduled for this Sunday (26th) at 5pm (Brasilia time).

Discover the starting grid of the Formula 1 Mexican GP:

1. Lando Norris (ENG/McLaren), 1:15:586;
2. Charles Leclerc (MON/Ferrari), +0.262;
3. Lewis Hamilton (ING/Ferrari), +0.352;
4. George Russell (ING/Mercedes), +0.448;
5. Max Verstappen (HOL/Red Bull), +0.484;
6. Kimi Antonelli (ITA/Mercedes), +0.532;
7. Carlos Sainz Jr. (ESP/Williams), +0.586;
8. Oscar Piastri (AUS/McLaren), +0.588;
9. Isack Hadjar (FRA/RB), +0.666;
10. Oliver Bearman (ING/Haas), +0.874;
11. Yuki Tsunoda (JAP/Red Bull), +0.564;
12. Esteban Ocon (FRA/Haas), +0.585;
13. Nico Hülkenberg (ALE/Sauber), +0.764;
14. Fernando Alonso (ESP/Aston Martin), +0.851;
15. Liam Lawson (NZL/RB), +1,820;
16. Gabriel Bortoleto (BRA/Sauber), +0.679;
17. Alexander Albon (TAI/Williams), +0.757;
18. Pierre Gasly (FRA/Alpine), +0.813;
19. Lance Stroll (CAN/Aston Martin), +0.873;
20. Franco Colapinto (ARG/Alpine), +0.937.

Source: Terra

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