F1 Mexican GP Qualifying Results: Max Verstappen DENIED pole as Red Bull lose out to title rivals

Max Verstappen, Red Bull, Mexico, Mexican Grand Prix, 2024 — Photo: © IMAGO

Mexican Grand Prix Qualifying

F1 Qualifying Results: Verstappen DENIED pole as Red Bull lose out to title rivals

All the times from the Mexican Grand Prix qualifying session

Chris Deeley

Sunday 27 October 2024 00:12 Updated: 13:29

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Carlos Sainz took a brilliant pole position at the Mexican Grand Prix on Saturday, wrangling his Ferrari around the technical track to top the time sheets by more than two tenths of a second – as the constructors' title battle tightens again.

Max Verstappen will start alongside him on the front row after having his first flying lap deleted for exceeding track limits, although his first lap wouldn't have been enough to beat either of Sainz's brilliant flying laps.

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Lando Norris kept the title race alive by putting his McLaren third, giving him a chance of a powerful slipstream down the long run to the first corner.

Home hero Sergio Perez was knocked out of the session at the first time of asking, compounding a miserable season. The Red Bull star had been complaining on team radio earlier in the session that he was struggling to slow his car down into low-speed corners.

Perez wasn't the only big name to be eliminated in the opening runs though, with the McLaren of Oscar Piastri being punted from contention in Q1 despite setting the fastest time in FP3 just hours before.

The Australian had one lap deleted for a track limits violation midway through the session, but even that deleted time wouldn't have been enough to send him through to the final 15.

No surprise names were eliminated in Q2, which was red flagged in the dying seconds when Yuki Tsunoda hit the barriers while winding up for his final flying lap.

Here are the times from qualifying in Mexico:

F1 Qualifying Results: Mexican Grand Prix 2024

1. Carlos Sainz [Ferrari] - 1:15.946sec
2. Max Verstappen [Red Bull] - +0.225sec
3. Lando Norris [McLaren] - +0.314sec
4. Charles Leclerc [Ferrari] - +0.319sec
5. George Russell [Mercedes] - +0.410sec
6. Lewis Hamilton [Mercedes] - +0.705sec
7. Kevin Magnussen [Haas] - +0.940sec
8. Pierre Gasly [Alpine] - +0.946sec
9. Alex Albon [Williams] - +1.119sec
10. Nico Hulkenberg [Haas] - +1.419sec