{"id":243705,"date":"2025-10-27T15:28:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T15:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/243705\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T15:28:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T15:28:12","slug":"lando-norris-retakes-title-lead-with-mclarens-first-mexico-win-since-1989","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/243705\/","title":{"rendered":"Lando Norris retakes title lead with McLaren\u2019s first Mexico win since 1989"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Lando Norris didn\u2019t put a foot wrong in Mexico all weekend and the McLaren man\u2019s reward is his name once more atop the championship table. His win generated plenty of fascinating figures, as did the thrilling race behind him around the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Here\u2019s our round-up of the numbers you need to know\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u2022\tNorris\u2019 winning margin of 30.324 seconds was the biggest since Hungary 2023 when Max Verstappen won by 33.731 seconds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u2022\tNorris retakes the championship lead 189 days after losing it at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u2022\tIt was McLaren\u2019s first win in Mexico since 1989 with Ayrton Senna.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u2022\tIt was Norris\u2019 sixth win of the 2025 season, one behind team mate Oscar Piastri&#8217;s seven.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u2022\tWith P2 for Ferrari, Charles Leclerc achieved back-to-back podium finishes for the first time since Monaco and Spain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u2022\tIt was Leclerc\u2019s third consecutive podium finish in Mexico City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u2022\tFerrari have now gone a full year without a Grand Prix victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u2022\tLeclerc is currently winless for the fourth time in seven seasons with Ferrari.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u2022\tFerrari have regained second place in the Teams\u2019 Championship standings from Mercedes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u2022\tVerstappen\u2019s P3 for Red Bull was his first podium finish in Mexico that was not a win (he has five victories here).<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u2022\tIt was Verstappen\u2019s sixth consecutive podium finish this season (he only scored five podium finishes in his first 14 Grands Prix).<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u2022\tOliver Bearman\u2019s P4 tied the Haas team\u2019s best-ever result in their constructor history (Romain Grosjean at the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix).<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u2022\tBearman had never previously completed a lap in the top six of a Grand Prix until this race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u2022\tHaas had only completed 30 laps in a podium position in their entire constructor history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u2022\tBearman\u2019s 2.3-second pit stop was Haas\u2019 fastest of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u2022\tBearman gained five positions in the Drivers\u2019 Championship today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u2022\tP5 was Piastri\u2019s best-ever finish in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u2022\tPiastri lost his championship lead by one point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u2022\tWith P6, Kimi Antonelli beat his Mercedes team mate George Russell in a Grand prix for the first time this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u2022\tP7 was Russell\u2019s worst Mexico result since joining Mercedes in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u2022\tLewis Hamilton\u2019s P8 for Ferrari was his worst Mexico finish since 2018.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u2022\tEsteban Ocon added to Haas\u2019 points haul with P9 and the team move above Kick Sauber for eighth in the Teams\u2019 Championship standings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u2022\tKick Sauber rookie Gabriel Bortoleto finished in P10 for his fifth points finish of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u2022\tAston Martin\u2019s Fernando Alonso failed to finish in Mexico for the third consecutive year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u2022\tNico Hulkenberg\u2019s DNF for Kick Sauber was his first official retirement of the season (he did not start in Italy and was disqualified in Bahrain).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lando Norris didn\u2019t put a foot wrong in Mexico all weekend and the McLaren man\u2019s reward is 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