Lando Norris wins Mexico GP to take F1 championship lead - ESPN

Lando Norris moved ahead of McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri to lead Formula 1's championship for the first time since April with a dominant win at an entertaining Mexico City Grand Prix.

Norris brilliantly led from start to finish to take a one-point title lead over Piastri, who had been on top of the standings for 15 races since winning the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix early in the season.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc held off title outsider Max Verstappen in the closing laps for second position. Verstappen's late charge was thwarted by a virtual safety car period just as he appeared to be in range of the Ferrari driver — he has moved to within 36 points of the title lead.

Piastri could only manage fifth, struggling to get past Haas driver Oliver Bearman late on. Bearman held on for fourth position — the best result of his rookie year and equaling the best result in Haas' nine-year tenure on the grid.

Holding the position also ensured Norris will leave Mexico with the championship lead with four rounds and one sprint race to run.

«Beautiful weekend. Well done everyone. Incredible result,» Norris said on the radio after one of the most complete performances of his career.

After the race, Norris was interviewed in front of the old baseball stadium which makes up the final section of the track. He said: «It's one weekend at a time. I'm happy, I'm focused on myself. I keep my head down, I ignore all of this. It's working at the moment so I'm happy.»

The Mexico race was chaotic from the beginning, with Norris, Leclerc, Hamilton and Verstappen going four-wide into Turn 1 and Leclerc and Verstappen were forced to go wide across the chicane.

From that point, Norris disappeared into the distance, a perfect result for a driver who is