Lando Norris has left championship leader and title rival Oscar Piastri trailing in his wake, storming to pole position at the Mexican Grand Prix.

Norris ended his six-race run without a pole, his last coming in Belgium in July, by dominating the field and beating Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc by 0.262 seconds.

It was a significant boost to his title hopes as rivals Max Verstappen and Piastri struggled to fifth and eighth respectively.

Piastri will start seventh due to a grid penalty for Williams’ Carlos Sainz but the Australian has been well off the pace all weekend and was almost six tenths adrift.

Lewis Hamilton claimed third on another impressive day for Ferrari and he will be hopeful of landing his first podium for the Scuderia on Sunday.

Verstappen arrived in Mexico City as the man

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