{"id":240684,"date":"2025-10-25T21:44:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T21:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/240684\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T21:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T21:44:13","slug":"f1-news-2025-mexico-city-grand-prix-free-practice-3-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/240684\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 news: 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix Free Practice 3 Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/XPB_1381941_HiRes.jpg\" alt=\"Mexico City GP: Free Practice 3 Results\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLando Norris was fastest in final practice at the Mexico City Grand Prix. Image: XPB Images<\/p>\n<p>Lando Norris<a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/f1-news-2025-mexico-city-practice-3-report-lando-norris-tops-fastest-mclaren-oscar-piastri\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> topped final practice for the Mexico City Grand Prix<\/a> with a 1m16.633s, the McLaren driver finishing 0.345s clear of Lewis Hamilton and 0.512s ahead of George Russell.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Leclerc was fourth for Ferrari ahead of Oscar Piastri in fifth, with Max Verstappen sixth for Red Bull. Kimi Antonelli continued his strong weekend in seventh, followed by Racing Bulls driver Isack Hadjar and Red Bull\u2019s Yuki Tsunoda, while Gabriel Bortoleto rounded out the top ten for Sauber.<\/p>\n<p>Liam Lawson was 11th ahead of Esteban Ocon and Lance Stroll, the last of the drivers within a second of Norris\u2019s benchmark. Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon were 15th and 16th respectively, while Fernando Alonso was last after spending time in the garage late in the session.<\/p>\n<p>Qualifying begins at 3pm local time (8am AEDT).<\/p>\n<p>Pos.<br \/>\nNo.<br \/>\nDriver<br \/>\nTeam<br \/>\nTime \/ Gap<br \/>\nLaps<\/p>\n<p>1<br \/>\n4<br \/>\nLando Norris<br \/>\nMcLaren<br \/>\n01:16.663<br \/>\n21<\/p>\n<p>2<br \/>\n44<br \/>\nLewis\u00a0Hamilton<br \/>\nFerrari<br \/>\n+0.345s<br \/>\n28<\/p>\n<p>3<br \/>\n63<br \/>\nGeorge\u00a0Russell<br \/>\nMercedes<br \/>\n+0.512s<br \/>\n18<\/p>\n<p>4<br \/>\n16<br \/>\nCharles\u00a0Leclerc<br \/>\nFerrari<br \/>\n+0.566s<br \/>\n26<\/p>\n<p>5<br \/>\n81<br \/>\nOscar\u00a0Piastri<br \/>\nMcLaren<br \/>\n+0.599s<br \/>\n22<\/p>\n<p>6<br \/>\n1<br \/>\nMax\u00a0Verstappen<br \/>\nRed Bull Racing<br \/>\n+0.609s<br \/>\n29<\/p>\n<p>7<br \/>\n12<br \/>\nKimi\u00a0Antonelli<br \/>\nMercedes<br \/>\n+0.620s<br \/>\n18<\/p>\n<p>8<br \/>\n6<br \/>\nIsack\u00a0Hadjar<br \/>\nRacing Bulls<br \/>\n+0.763s<br \/>\n18<\/p>\n<p>9<br \/>\n22<br \/>\nYuki\u00a0Tsunoda<br \/>\nRed Bull Racing<br \/>\n+0.782s<br \/>\n22<\/p>\n<p>10<br \/>\n5<br \/>\nGabriel\u00a0Bortoleto<br \/>\nKick Sauber<br \/>\n+0.893s<br \/>\n23<\/p>\n<p>11<br \/>\n30<br \/>\nLiam\u00a0Lawson<br \/>\nRacing Bulls<br \/>\n+0.919s<br \/>\n19<\/p>\n<p>12<br \/>\n31<br \/>\nEsteban\u00a0Ocon<br \/>\nHaas F1 Team<br \/>\n+0.941s<br \/>\n25<\/p>\n<p>13<br \/>\n18<br \/>\nLance\u00a0Stroll<br \/>\nAston Martin<br \/>\n+0.965s<br \/>\n22<\/p>\n<p>14<br \/>\n27<br \/>\nNico\u00a0Hulkenberg<br \/>\nKick Sauber<br \/>\n+1.031s<br \/>\n24<\/p>\n<p>15<br \/>\n55<br \/>\nCarlos\u00a0Sainz<br \/>\nWilliams<br \/>\n+1.168s<br \/>\n23<\/p>\n<p>16<br \/>\n23<br \/>\nAlexander\u00a0Albon<br \/>\nWilliams<br \/>\n+1.361s<br \/>\n19<\/p>\n<p>17<br \/>\n87<br \/>\nOliver\u00a0Bearman<br \/>\nHaas F1 Team<br \/>\n+1.413s<br \/>\n22<\/p>\n<p>18<br \/>\n10<br \/>\nPierre\u00a0Gasly<br \/>\nAlpine<br \/>\n+1.779s<br \/>\n23<\/p>\n<p>19<br \/>\n43<br \/>\nFranco\u00a0Colapinto<br \/>\nAlpine<br \/>\n+1.948s<br \/>\n21<\/p>\n<p>20<br \/>\n14<br \/>\nFernando\u00a0Alonso<br \/>\nAston Martin<br \/>\n+1.978s<br \/>\n12<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/4h2VD3d\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"gcafter\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gcafter.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lando Norris was fastest in final practice at the Mexico City Grand Prix. 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