Mexico City, Ferrari on pole position with Carlos Sainz

Cityà of Mexico, Ferrari in pole position with Carlos Sainz

Ferrari seems to be continuing its golden moment, with Carlos Sainz taking pole osition at the Mexico City Grand Prix with 225 thousandths ahead of world champion Max Verstappen in the Red Bull. Third at 314 thousandths was Lando Norris in the McLaren, and fourth at 319 was Charles Leclerc in the other Ferrari.

In Q1 Oscar Piastri with the McLaren è seventeenth, with one lap deleted for exceeding the limits of the oista, and therefore è eliminated, as well as the’undisputed local idol Sergio Perez, eighteenth with the Red Bull. Also out were Franco Colapinto in the Williams, Esteban Ocon in the Alpine and Guanyu Zhou in the Sauber.

With 10 seconds left in Q2 the red flag is shown and the mini-session ends early becauseé Yuki Tsunoda crashes without consequences at the’entrance to the baseball stadium area, which has long since replaced the legendary Peraltada curve.

With the Japanese driver, 11th, are eliminated, in’order, his teammate in Racing Bulls Liam Lawson, the Aston Martins of Fernando Alonso, on his 400ª resence in a race weekend, and Lance Stroll, and the Sauber of Valteri Bottas.

Q3 seals the sixth career pole for Sainz, his first of the season. Next to him will start; Verstappen, who è saw his first attempt time erased for cutting a chicane. On the second row are Norris and Leclerc.

In third were the Mercedes of George Russell, fifth, and Lewis Hamilton, sixth, seventh and 10th were Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg in the two Haas, eighth Pierre Gasly in the Alpine, and ninth Alexander Albon in the Williams.