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2025 Mexico City Grand Prix – McLaren Qualifying Report

25 October 2025 23:55 (UTC)

2025 MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX – McLAREN QUALIFYING REPORT

"It's very satisfying for the team to be back on Pole position today"

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Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Saturday, 25 October

Hear from McLaren Formula 1 drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, and Team Principal Andrea Stella, after Qualifying for the Mexico City Grand Prix.

McLaren RacingFormula-1 - 2025 - Mexico-city-grand-prix - Qualifying-report

FP3

1m16.633s

22 laps

1st

Q1

1m16.899s (Soft)

4th

Q2

1m16.252s (Soft)

1st

Q3

1m15.586s (Soft)

1st

"Pole position! I'm very pleased with that. It was a great final lap; it felt very natural, and to come out with Pole by that margin is a very good feeling. We've still got a lot of work to do tomorrow, so we'll get our heads down this evening and get ourselves ready for the race." 

McLaren RacingFormula-1 - 2025 - Mexico-city-grand-prix - Qualifying-report

FP3

1m17.232s (+0.599s)

23 laps

5th

Q1

1m17.158s (Soft)

10th

Q2

1m16.737s (Soft)

7th

Q3

1m16.174s (Soft)

8th

"Not the Qualifying I was after. I’ve been struggling for pace this weekend, and that continued into this session. It’s a long run to Turn 1 tomorrow, so let’s see what we can learn this evening and what we can do to unlock the pace.”

McLaren RacingFormula-1 - 2025 - Mexico-city-grand-prix - Qualifying-report

“It’s very satisfying for the team to be back on Pole position today. In the last few races, we haven’t extracted the full performance potential from the car, but after regrouping and improving our understanding of the car, we are now back to being the reference point for the rest of the grid, at least here in Mexico City. 

“It was a well-deserved Pole position lap from Lando, where he extracted maximum performance, reiterating that we have a strong car which behaved well in the conditions today.

“There is a little bit of work to do on Oscar’s side with some sliding in corners like we saw in Austin. This is something the team will review overnight and look to improve ahead of tomorrow. 

“Looking ahead to the Grand Prix, our race pace looks strong, which should help Oscar recover positions throughout. We will also focus on giving Lando a clean start as we look to maximise our points in Mexico City.” 

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