F1 Results Today Mexican Grand Prix 2025: Max Verstappen robbed as Lando Norris claims win

Norris, McLaren, Mexico — Photo: © IMAGO

Mexican Grand Prix

F1 Results Today: Max Verstappen robbed as Lando Norris claims Mexican Grand Prix win

Here's how all the chaos unfolded at the F1 2025 Mexican Grand Prix

Kerry Violet F1 News Editor

F1 editor and journalist covering motorsport since 2024.

Sunday 26 October 2025 22:52 Updated: 01:05

Four-time F1 champion Max Verstappen was robbed of the opportunity to claim P2 in Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix after late drama with a virtual safety car prior to Lando Norris taking the race win.

With just two laps to go, yellow flags were waved and a VSC was called after Carlos Sainz’s Williams came to a standstill. Though the VSC ended just before the race did, Verstappen had been robbed of the opportunity to catch up to Charles Leclerc, with the Dutchman crossing the line in third.

Norris crossed the line in Mexico City way ahead of the rest of the pack, having led every lap from pole position.

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His team-mate Oscar Piastri had to finish fourth or higher to remain in the lead of the championship in the instance of Norris taking the win, but he only crossed the line in fifth, so McLaren’s British star now leads the title race Norris for the first time since the Saudi Arabian GP back in April.

Sunday's race in Mexico City was littered with FIA investigations and penalties from the stewards, many of which stemmed from the chaos on the opening laps.

On lap 15, Hamilton was handed a 10-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage at Turn 4, which Sky F1’s Karun Chandhok felt was ‘poorly communicated’ to the champion over team radio.

On lap 20, it was then announced the stewards were also investigating an incident at Turn 1 between the Ferrari star and Max Verstappen, but no further action was taken.

Hamilton served his 10-second penalty during his pit stop on lap 24 and came back out on track way down in 14th, leaving him chasing the pack leaders for the majority of the race.

Three drivers didn't make it to the chequered flag at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Liam Lawson's race ended after just nine laps after picking up damage from his opening lap contact with Carlos Sainz. Nico Hulkenberg was forced to retire with a power unit issue on lap 28 and on lap 36, two-time champion Fernando Alonso also retired.

F1 Results: Mexican Grand Prix 2025

Position	Driver	Team	Gap
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	—
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+30.324sec
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+31.049sec
4	Oliver Bearman	Haas	+40.955sec
5	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+42.065sec
6	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	+47.837sec
7	George Russell	Mercedes	+50.287sec
8	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+56.446sec
9	Esteban Ocon	Haas	+75.464sec
10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	+76.863sec
11	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull	+79.048sec
12	Alex Albon	Williams	+1 LAP
13	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	+1 LAP
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+1 LAP
15	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+1 LAP
16	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	+1 LAP
DNF	Carlos Sainz	Williams	+4 LAPS
DNF	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+37 LAPS
DNF	Nico Hulkenberg	Kick Sauber	+46 LAPS
DNF	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	+66 LAPS

Who is the current F1 world champion?

Max Verstappen is the reigning F1 champion, and won his fourth drivers' championship last year.

2025 rule change removes fastest lap point

Fastest lap points have been banished from F1 for 2025. Since 2019, drivers have picked up an extra point if they finish in the top 10 and achieve the fastest lap.

However, this resulted in some drivers abandoning their races to pit and fit a set of new tyres at the end of an event in order to claim the fastest lap point, or to stop a rival from getting the extra point.

The most famous example of this last season came during Daniel Ricciardo's final F1 race, when the Australian finished last but claimed the fastest lap on the final lap of the Singapore GP, taking the extra point away from Lando Norris and helping Max Verstappen's title bid.

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Kerry Violet - F1 News Editor

Having graduated from the University of Sheffield with a 2:1 in Journalism in 2022, Kerry continued her pursuit of finding a full-time position in motorsport through work with the F1 Arcade in London, where she got to meet true fans of the sport and make a live grand prix watch party memorable for them. It was here she realised her background in journalism and love of motorsport could be combined, going on to volunteer with the female-led platform Empoword Journalism. Having completed stints as a screen editor and sports editor, Kerry landed her first F1-specific editorial role with GPFans and has thoroughly enjoyed continuing to work more closely with the sport ever since. The access GPFans offers Kerry has allowed her to interview big names such as Naomi Schiff and David Coulthard and given her experiences she could only have dreamt of as a young F1 fan which she hopes to build on.

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Mexican Grand Prix Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez