Hamilton takes first proper pole for Ferrari, Antonelli starts fourth
Hamilton delivered Ferrari’s first pole of the season and his 105th career pole, while Antonelli moved within one top-nine finish of the title.
- On Saturday, October 31, 2026, Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton secured pole position for the Mexico City Grand Prix, marking his first start from the front for the Scuderia.
- The seven-time world champion's achievement ended a 1,197-day drought since Hungary in 2023, with Hamilton admitting the result was "a long time coming" and invoking memories of Michael Schumacher's Ferrari dominance.
- Finishing just 0.009 seconds behind Hamilton, Mercedes' George Russell claimed second, while Ferrari's Charles Leclerc secured third after both drivers benefited from improved setups on the high-altitude circuit.
- Championship leader Kimi Antonelli qualified fourth and remains poised to clinch the title on Sunday, needing only a ninth-place finish to become Formula 1's youngest world champion.
- Max Verstappen will start fifth following a one-place grid penalty for a Friday practice clash with Liam Lawson, setting up Sunday's race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez.
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British driver Lewis Hamilton admitted after winning the best starting position ahead of the Mexican Grand Prix that his first pole position in the red car took him back to his childhood, when he admired the legendary Michael Schumacher. Tonight, Hamilton can crown his success with a victory and thus pay tribute to the memory of the German in the most beautiful way. Whether he will succeed will be clear in the race, which starts on Kanal A and V…
When the past and the present mix in one shot, then yes that even a qualification of F1 can become fascinating. Even more so if in the middle there his two men of destiny signed Mercedes. On the one hand Lewis Hamilton, who after 3 years 3 months and 11 days, in total 1,197 for [...] The article F1, GP of Mexico: Hamilton returns in pole after three years, Antonelli from the second row for the title comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.
Late Saturday evening, qualifying for the Formula 1 round took place in Mexico City, which was won by Briton Lewis Hamilton.
For once, he had a car. Aston Martin promised this weekend and it is news. And so much so that it is. The green car had been the second fastest in the third sector in Libres 2 and the altitude and the drag seemed to overshadow in Mexico the deficiencies of the Honda engine. A few data, such as the little lost in straight, excited Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin. The moment he started playing beans and fighting for something, at the start of the…
At the Formula 1 World Championship round in Mexico, Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton (1.16.514) took the best starting position for the first time since 2023, beating Mercedes colleague George Russell by just nine thousandths in qualifying.
MEXICO CITY Lewis Hamilton, sedmerostruki svjetski prvak u Formula 1, izborio je najbolju startnu poziciju za večerašnju Veliku nagradu Mexico Cityja, što mu je 105. 'pole position' u karijeri, ali prvi koji je osvojio za upravljačem Ferrarija. Učinio […] Objava Lewis Hamilton is shooting first at VN Mexico City. Kimi Antonelli večeras može postati svjetski prvak pojavila se prvi puta na Novi list.
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