McLaren's Lando Norris won the 2025 Mexican Grand Prix by over 30 seconds, snatching the drivers' championship lead from teammate Oscar Piastri by one point. The race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez featured incidents like Liam Lawson's near-miss with marshals and early retirements.
The 2025 Mexican Grand Prix, held on October 26 at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, saw Lando Norris start from pole and dominate the 71 laps, finishing 30 seconds ahead of Charles Leclerc of Ferrari in second and Max Verstappen of Red Bull in third. Haas's Oliver Bearman achieved his best-ever result in fourth, while Piastri finished fifth after a tough race stuck behind Bearman.
Norris added 25 points to reach 357 in the championship, one more than Piastri (356), with Verstappen 36 points back (321). The Briton called his performance 'my best of the year', praising the 'incredible' car. However, he faced boos from the crowd and chants for Sergio 'Checo' Pérez, absent from the grid; Norris replied: 'If they want to think whatever, let them'.
The race had a chaotic start with contacts, like Liam Lawson's clash with Carlos Sainz, sending the New Zealander to pits for a front wing change. Exiting, he nearly hit two marshals at turn 1, radioing: 'I could have killed them, damn it!'. Lawson retired on lap 5. Other retirements included Fernando Alonso (lap 40), Nico Hülkenberg (lap 28), and Sainz (lap 70, triggering a final Virtual Safety Car that prevented overtakes).
Piastri admitted struggles: 'I must drive the car very differently these last weekends'. Attendance exceeded 400,000, without breaking the record. McLaren has already won the constructors' championship.