F1 Qualifying Results: Mexican Grand Prix 2023 times - Red Bull suffer HUGE collapse in form

Qualifying is complete for the Mexican Grand Prix and an exciting grid is set for race day after Max Verstappen's dominant start to the weekend came to an abrupt end.

Favourite to take pole position having been fastest in all three practice sessions, the Red Bull star was instead beaten to pole by Ferrari who took a shock front row lockout headed by Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.

It proved to be a dramatic session right from the very start though, with Max Verstappen and George Russell under investigation for pit-lane infringements.

Mercedes had another car under investigation too with stewards looking at Lewis Hamilton for not slowing down enough under yellow flags.

There was a major casualty from the first qualifying session, though with McLaren star Lando Norris out in Q1 after failing to complete a clean lap and then hitting a yellow flag on his final run preventing him from going faster.

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Here is a full rundown on those all-important final qualifying positions.

F1 Qualifying Results: Mexican Grand Prix 2023

A sensational Qualifying session is in the books and here are the results:

1. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 1:17.166

2. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari): +0.067

3. Max Verstappen (Red Bull): +0.097

4. Daniel Ricciardo (AlphaTauri): +0.216

5. Sergio Perez (Red Bull): +0.257

6. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes): +0.288

7. Oscar Piastri (McLaren): +0.457

8. George Russell (Mercedes): +0.508

9. Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo): +0.866

10. Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo): +0.884

Eliminated from Q2

11. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)

12. Nico Hulkenberg (Haas)

13. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)

14. Alex Albon (Williams)

15. Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri)

Eliminated from Q1

16. Esteban Ocon (Alpine)

17. Kevin Magnussen (Haas)

18. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)

19. Lando Norris (McLaren)

20. Logan Sargeant (Williams)

How does F1 Qualifying work?

The 60-minute qualifying session is split into three finite windows which provides a dramatic prelude to Sunday's big race.

The bottom five drivers are eliminated at the end of Q1, with a further five eliminated after Q2.

Then Q3 gives us a shootout between the remaining 10 drivers in the battle for positions at the front of the grid.

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