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Our pick of the best images from the 2025 Mexican Grand Prix, where Norris takes the lead

by Raceteq

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Lando Norris

Another twist shaped the 2025 Formula 1 championship as Lando Norris took the championship lead with victory in the Mexican Grand Prix, while McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri now trails him by just one point heading into the final four races. View our gallery below.

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Norris took pole position and cruised to victory in Mexico while Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc took second place, holding off Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. At the start of the race, Leclerc, Verstappen and the other Ferrari of Lewis Hamilton went three-wide into Turn 1, with Verstappen going wide and off the track.

The Dutchman briefly took the lead after that off-track excursion but handed it back to Norris. Verstappen then clashed with Hamilton later in the race. The Ferrari went off track and was deemed to have gained an advantage, resulting in a 10-second penalty that left Hamilton eighth at the chequered flag.
F1 start Mexico

Verstappen goes wide at the start of the race as Norris leads the Ferraris into Turn 1

F1 start Mexico

Lawson and Sainz clash at the start of the race

F1 start Mexico

A train of cars battles for position in Mexico with the Ferraris leading Verstappen

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Hulkenberg and Gasly go wheel-to-wheel for position behind Alonso

Red Bull and Ferrari F1 cars

Hamilton and Verstappen rekindle their fierce rivalry

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Norris built up a sizeable lead over the Ferraris at the start

Russell and Piastri

Russell goes over the kerbs in an attempt to chase Piastri

Haas F1 car

Ollie Bearman holds off Piastri for P4 in Mexico

Williams F1 cars

Albon drives past the stationary Williams of his team-mate Sainz

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Norris celebrates his win as he takes the championship lead

Ferrari F1 car, Leclerc

Leclerc waves to the crowd as he finishes second

Verstappen and Leclerc

Leclerc and Verstappen congratulate each other on their podium finishes

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Haas’s Ollie Bearman was a surprise fourth having capitalised on the drama around him.

Aforementioned driver Piastri entered Mexico as championship leader but qualified seventh and finished fifth - leaving him one point behind Norris entering Brazil. 

Mercedes duo Kimi Antonelli and George Russell finished sixth and seventh, respectively.

Haas’s Esteban Ocon took ninth ahead of Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto.

Meanwhile, Racing Bulls’s Liam Lawson picked up damage on the opening lap and didn’t finish the race. Nico Hulkenberg’s Sauber was next out of the race with a power unit issue, and then Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso retired with brake problems.

Williams’s Carlos Sainz picked up two pitlane speeding penalties and ended up stopping off track on lap 67 of 71 - ending his race prematurely and bringing out a Virtual Safety Car (VSC) that effectively neutralised the grand prix in its closing stages.

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