Verstappen Takes Mexico City Victory as Hamilton Claims Fastest Lap from Second
Max Verstappen claimed victory at the 2026 Mexico City Grand Prix, converting a fourth-place qualifying position into a race win for Red Bull. Lewis Hamilton finished second for Ferrari, having started from pole position with a Q3 time of 1:16.514, and also set the fastest lap of the race — a 1:19.268 on lap 50.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli completed the podium in third for Mercedes, having qualified fifth. Charles Leclerc took fourth for Ferrari, with Lando Norris fifth for McLaren. George Russell brought his Mercedes home sixth, ahead of McLaren's Oscar Piastri in seventh. Franco Colapinto delivered a strong result for Alpine in eighth, with Liam Lawson ninth for Racing Bulls and Pierre Gasly rounding out the points in tenth for Alpine.
In qualifying, Hamilton had led a Ferrari front row alongside Russell's Mercedes, with Leclerc third and Verstappen fourth. The top ten in Q3 also included Antonelli, Norris, Isack Hadjar, Liam Lawson, Arvid Lindblad, and Gasly.
Three drivers did not finish the race. Arvid Lindblad of Racing Bulls, Oliver Bearman of Haas, and Valtteri Bottas of Cadillac all retired. Sergio Pérez, competing for Cadillac, finished seventeenth and last among the classified finishers.
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