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Carlos Sainz seized pole position for Sunday’s Mexico City Grand Prix for Ferrari in Saturday’s qualifying session, outpacing Red Bull’s defending champion Max Verstappen.

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The Spaniard, who leaves the team at the end of the season, clocked one minute and 15.946 seconds to beat series leader and three time champion Verstappen, whose first and fastest lap in the top 10 shoot-out was deleted, by 0.225 seconds.

This left McLaren’s Lando Norris, who is 57 points behind Verstappen in the drivers’ title race, to take third ahead of Charles Leclerc in the second Ferrari and the Williams of George Russell and seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton.

It was Sainz’s sixth career pole and completed a run of qualifying fourth, third and second in the last three Mexican events.

Verstappen, who had an engine change on his car following problems on Friday, said: “I felt under pressure and I was playing catch-up especially after losing my first lap time.

“That just gave more pressure and I am very happy to be on the front row. I didn’t think it was possible. This is one of the hardest tracks to get things right.”

Kevin Magnussen was seventh for Haas, the team’s best qualifying result in Mexico, ahead of Alpine’s Pierre Gasly, Williams’ Alex Albon and Nico Hulkenberg in the second Haas.

As a reminder, the 2023 Mexico Grand Prix was won by Red Bull’s world champion Max Verstappen with Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton in second.

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc finished third.

MEXICO GRAND PRIX GRID

Front row

1. Carlos Sainz (ESP) Ferrari

Max Verstappen (NED) Red Bull

2nd row

Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren

Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari

3rd row

George Russell (GBR) Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes

4th row

Kevin Magnussen (DEN) Haas

Pierre Gasly (FRA) Alpine

5th row

Alexander Albon (THA) Williams

Nico Hülkenberg (GER) Haas

6th row

Yuki Tsunoda (JPN) RB

Liam Lawson (NZL) RB

7th row

Fernando Alonso (ESP) Aston Martin

Lance Stroll (CAN) Aston Martin

8th row

Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Sauber

Franco Colapinto (ARG) Williams

9th row

Oscar Piastri (AUS) McLaren

Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull

10th row

Esteban Ocon (FRA) Alpine

Zhou Guanyu (Sauber)

Standings ahead of the Mexico Grand Prix

Drivers

Rank Driver Points
1 Max Verstappen 354
2 Lando Norris 297
3 Charles Leclerc 275
4 Oscar Piastri 247
5 Carlos Sainz 215
6 Lewis Hamilton 177
7 George Russell 167
8 Sergio Perez 150
9 Fernando Alonso 62
10 Nico Hulkenberg 29
11 Lance Stroll 24
12 Yuki Tsunoda 22
13 Alexander Albon 12
14 Daniel Ricciardo 12
15 Kevin Magnussen 8
16 Pierre Gasly 8
17 Oliver Bearman 7
18 Franco Colapinto 5
19 Esteban Ocon 5
20 Liam Lawson 2
21 Zhou Guanyu 0
22 Logan Sargeant 0
23 Valtteri Bottas 0

Constructors

Rank Constructor Points
1 McLaren 544
2 Red Bull 504
3 Ferrari 496
4 Mercedes 344
5 Aston Martin 86
6 Haas 38
7 RB 36
8 Williams 17
9 Alpine 13
10 Sauber 0

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