Lando Norris beamed with pleasure on Saturday after turbo-charging his bid for the Formula One drivers’ world championship by grabbing pole position for the Mexico City Grand Prix while rivals struggled in his wake.

The 25-year-old Briton, who is 14 points behind his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri and 26 ahead of third-placed four-time champion Max Verstappen of Red Bull, powered to a stunning fastest lap in one minute and 15.586 seconds.

It carried him 0.262 seconds clear of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton, who was three-tenths adrift. Mercedes George Russell was fourth and Verstappen fifth while Piastri struggled to qualify eighth.

“I’m here to win and I am looking forward to it,” said Norris, who showed a mental edge and performance to give him confi

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