(5) Mexican Formula One Grand Prix: Kimi Antonelli aims to seal title – live
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Beau will be here shortly. In the meantime, here’s Giles Richards on how qualifying went down on Saturday: Even as Formula One’s young gun Kimi Antonelli remains on course to claim his first world championship on Sunday it was…
Beau will be here shortly. In the meantime, here’s Giles Richards on how qualifying went down on Saturday:
Even as Formula One’s young gun Kimi Antonelli remains on course to claim his first world championship on Sunday it was the veteran, seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton who gave a salutary reminder that there is very much fight left in the old dog yet as he claimed a spectacular pole position for the Mexico City Grand Prix.
Hamilton delivered a superb lap for Ferrari to secure his first pole for the team and just beat Mercedes’ George Russell into second. World champion in waiting Antonelli was in fourth place but remains in position to close out the title on Sunday, although Hamilton and Russell, who must win the race to have any hope of keeping the fight alive, have at least locked out the front row.
It was clearly a hugely emotional moment for Hamilton at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez to finally nail the top spot for Ferrari in his second season with the team, with the 41-year-old’s 105th pole also his first since 2023.
“Thank you so much, that’s been such a long time coming,” he said. “That feels good. I’m lost for words. My first pole with Ferrari. 105 poles, I like that number.
“Where there’s a will, there’s a way. It’s all in the mind. For sure, you might feel aches and pains, luckily I don’t, I do all those different things to keep myself young and fit. But I love what I do, and love is not gone.”
You can read the full report below:
And the top 10 on the grid are:
The top 10
1 Lewis Hamilton 🇬🇧 Ferrari 1:16.514
2 George Russell 🇬🇧 Mercedes +0.009
3 Charles Leclerc 🇲🇨 Ferrari +0.119
4 Max Verstappen 🇳🇱 Red Bull +0.178
5 Kimi Antonelli 🇮🇹 Mercedes +0.193
6 Lando Norris 🇬🇧 McLaren +0.310
7 Isack Hadjar 🇫🇷 Red Bull +0.386
8 Liam Lawson 🇳🇿 Racing Bulls +0.515
9 Arvid Lindblad 🇬🇧 Racing Bulls +0.603
10 Pierre Gasly 🇫🇷 Alpine +0.639