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Lando Norris avoided early mayhem to win the Mexico City Grand Prix from pole position and take the Formula One world championship lead from McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri by a single point on Sunday.
Australian Piastri, who had started the race in seventh place and 14 points clear of the Briton, finished fifth after a frustrating race.
Charles Leclerc was runner-up for Ferrari, 30.3 seconds behind Norris, while Red Bull’s reigning champion Max Verstappen took his sixth successive podium in third place after a nailbiting finish just 0.7 behind the Monegasque.
Oliver Bearman was fourth for Haas in a career best result for the Briton, a late virtual safety car ending Piastri’s hopes of getting past. Lewis Hamiton was hit with a costly 10-second penalty, and finished eighth.
Here’s how the standings look after the Mexico City GP
F1 driver standings after Mexico GP
1. Lando Norris (McLaren) – 357 points
2. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) – 356 points
3. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) – 321 points
4. George Russell (Mercedes) – 258 points
5. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) – 210 points
6. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) – 146 points
7. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) – 97 points
8. Alex Albon (Williams) – 73 points
9. Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber) – 41 points
10. Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) – 39 points
11. Carlos Sainz (Williams) – 38 points
12. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) – 37 points
13. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) – 32 points
14. Ollie Bearman (Haas) – 32 points
15. Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) – 30 points
16. Esteban Ocon (Haas) – 30 points
17. Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull) – 28 points
18. Pierre Gasly (Alpine) – 20 points
19. Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber) – 19 points
20. Franco Colapinto (Alpine) – 0 points
21. Jack Doohan (Alpine) – 0 points
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Lando Norris leads the drivers’ championship for the first time since April (Moises Castillo/AP) (AP)
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Norris now leads by one point to Oscar Piastri (Getty Images)
F1 constructor standings after Mexico GP
1. McLaren – 713 points (champions)
2. Ferrari – 356 points
3. Mercedes – 355 points
4. Red Bull – 346 points
5. Williams – 111 points
6. Racing Bulls – 72 points
7. Aston Martin – 69 points
8. Haas – 62 points
9. Sauber – 60 points
10. Alpine – 20 points
