Mexico City Grand Prix Driver Ratings: How Max Verstappen and Others Performed
Antonelli led McLaren’s Norris by 0.253 seconds as Mercedes also secured fourth, while Russell will serve a five-place grid penalty.
- On Sunday, Max Verstappen won the 2026 Mexico Grand Prix, while 20-year-old Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli finished third to secure the 2026 drivers' championship, becoming Formula 1's youngest-ever title winner.
- A red flag following Valtteri Bottas's high-speed crash at the first corner disrupted the race, while multiple drivers received penalties for collisions and failing to slow under yellow flags, reshaping the final classification.
- Ryo Hirakawa was promoted to P10 and claimed his first championship point on his Formula 1 debut after stewards issued 10-second penalties to Oscar Piastri for a collision, and to Franco Colapinto and Pierre Gasly for speeding under yellow flags.
- Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton finished second, yet the race exposed his team's struggles as he congratulated his former Mercedes team and new champion Antonelli, who is 21 years his junior.
- A record-breaking 405,363 fans attended the three-day weekend at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez to watch Mexican driver Sergio Perez make his 300th Grand Prix start, eclipsing the previous 2025 attendance record.
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Brazilian GP: Antonelli on top ahead of Norris in second Sao ...
Antonelli on top in second Sao Paulo Grand Prix practice
Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli in action during the second practice session of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. (EPA Images pic)SAO PAULO: New world champion Kimi Antonelli topped the times for Mercedes ahead of McLaren's 2025 champion Lando Norris in Friday's second free practice for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.The 20-year-old Italian, who clinched the drivers' title by finishing third in Mexico last Sunday, found his rhythm immediately at the Interlagos…
Two training sessions at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix – and Nico Hülkenberg drives exactly zero metres in his Audi.
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F1 champion Antonelli clocks fastest lap in second practice at Sao Paulo GP
Formula 1 champion Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes has notched the fastest lap in the second practice session at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. The Italian was 0.253 seconds ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was third, only…
Dense fog also made things difficult for Formula 1 drivers on the Interlagos circuit.
Time to celebrate? Apparently Kimi Antonelli does not take part. In Brazil he proves his class again immediately after the World Cup title. For Nico Hülkenberg the training is bitter.
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