Sainz takes pole ahead of Verstappen for Mexico GP
26th October 2024Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz has taken pole position for the Mexico Grand Prix, at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen alongside him.
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Sainz has taken his sixth career pole position, his first since he took pole for the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix – which he won – and it also marks his first pole in Mexico City.
Ferrari has looked strong and looked to be the ones to beat this weekend with Sainz taking the fastest time in the extended FP2. The Spaniard has converted this strong performance into pole position with his teammate, Charles Leclerc starting down in fourth.
In between the two drivers stand the championship contenders, Verstappen and McLaren’s Lando Norris in second and third respectively. The Mercedes duo of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton completed their session down in fifth and sixth, making it an all-Mercedes third row behind the championship contenders.
Haas’ Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg completed qualifying inside the top 10, occupying seventh and 10th overall. Alpine’s Pierre Gasly and Williams’ Alexander Albon squeezed in between the two Haas cars, in eighth and ninth respectively.
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Visa Cash App RB’s Yuki Tsunoda brought out a late red flag in Q2 as he crashed into the barrier, with 10 seconds on the clock the session was not resumed. The Japanese driver finished 11th ahead of teammate Liam Lawson in 12th.
The Aston Martin duo of Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll finished 13th and 14th and were also caught out by the red flag stop. Kick Sauber’s Valtteri Bottas rounded out the top 15.
Williams’ Franco Colapinto missed out on a Q2 appearance in Mexico as the Argentinian occupied 16th at the end of Q1. Two big hitters Oscar Piastri (McLaren) and Red Bull’s home hero Sergio Perez suffered shocking Q1 eliminations and qualified 17th and 18th respectively.
Alpine’s Esteban Ocon finished the first third of qualifying in 19th ahead of Kick Sauber’s Zhou Guanyu who occupied 20th.
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