2026 F1 Mexico City GP | Qualifying results

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Qualifying for round 19 of the 2026 F1 season has been completed at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez ahead of the Mexico City GP, view the full results here.

Following the end of Friday running, there was a lot going on. Max Verstappen and Liam Lawson got hit with one-place grid penalties for their collision in the final sector during the second session. Then three hours before FP3, Haas confirmed that Esteban Ocon was removed from his seat, meaning Ryō Hirakawa got an unexpected F1 debut. The Japanese driver had already done FP1 yesterday.

On track, Charles Leclerc was fastest in both FP1 and FP2. In the opening session, he led Kimi Antonelli and Fred Vesti. Come the later afternoon one, it was Lando Norris and George Russell behind him. Lewis Hamilton would have been right in there but he lost power at the end of his qualifying simulation, with Ferrari getting him to stop between Turns 3 and 4. Red Bull looked a step behind Ferrari and Mercedes through the day.

In FP3, a new name appeared at the top. Lando Norris was a mere 0.001s faster than Kimi Antonelli. Ferrari had dominated on the mediums earlier in the session but could not get the softs working as well. Charles Leclerc was 3rd, while Lewis Hamilton was down in P6 as he did not improve on the red compound.

Cadillac and Williams looked set to be out in Q1 again as they contine to struggle. Lance Stroll and Ryō Hirakawa looked set to be the other drivers out in the first segment later without any big issues for the top teams or the upper midfield ones.