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F1 qualifying results: Max Verstappen takes Mexican GP pole
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took pole position for the Mexican Grand Prix, the 20th round of the 2022 F1 World Championship.
Charles Bradley
Edited: Oct 29, 2022, 10:47 PM
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Verstappen will start ahead of the Mercedes cars of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout in Q3.
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Mexican Grand Prix qualifying results: Verstappen on pole from Russell
Cla Driver Chassis Time Gap km/h 1 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 1'17.775 199.220 2 George Russell
Mercedes 1'18.079 0.304 198.445 3 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1'18.084 0.309 198.432 4 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 1'18.128 0.353 198.320 5 Carlos Sainz
Ferrari 1'18.351 0.576 197.756 6 Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo 1'18.401 0.626 197.630 7 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 1'18.555 0.780 197.242 8 Lando Norris
McLaren 1'18.721 0.946 196.826 9 Fernando Alonso
Alpine 1'18.939 1.164 196.283 10 Esteban Ocon
Alpine 1'19.010 1.235 196.106 11 Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren 1'19.325 1.550 195.328 12 Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo 1'19.476 1.701 194.956 13 Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri 1'19.589 1.814 194.680 14 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri 1'19.672 1.897 194.477 15 Mick Schumacher
Haas 1'20.419 2.644 192.670 16 Sebastian Vettel
Aston Martin 1'20.419 2.644 192.670 17 Alex Albon
Williams 1'20.859 3.084 191.622 18 Nicholas Latifi
Williams 1'21.167 3.392 190.895 19 Kevin Magnussen
Haas 1'19.833 2.058 194.085 20 Lance Stroll
Aston Martin 1'20.520 2.745 192.429 View full results
What happened in Mexican Grand Prix Q1?
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc set the early pace at 1m19.505s before Verstappen beat him by 0.283s with 1m19.222s. Valtteri Bottas was next up for Alfa Romeo, 0.004s ahead of Hamilton.
Hamilton ran again and improved the quickest time to 1m19.169s, 0.053s faster than Verstappen.
Falling at the first hurdle were Mick Schumacher (Haas, who lost a top-six laptime due to exceeding track limits by chopping the apex kerb at Turn 2), the Aston Martins of Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll (who has a three-place grid drop), and the Williams duo of Alex Albon and Nicholas Latifi.
Mexican Grand Prix Q1 results: Hamilton fastest from Verstappen
Cla Driver Chassis Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1'19.169 195.712 2 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 1'19.222 0.053 0.053 195.582 3 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 1'19.505 0.336 0.283 194.885 4 Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo 1'19.523 0.354 0.018 194.841 5 Carlos Sainz
Ferrari 1'19.566 0.397 0.043 194.736 6 George Russell
Mercedes 1'19.583 0.414 0.017 194.694 7 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 1'19.706 0.537 0.123 194.394 8 Lando Norris
McLaren 1'19.857 0.688 0.151 194.026 9 Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri 1'19.907 0.738 0.050 193.905 10 Esteban Ocon
Alpine 1'19.945 0.776 0.038 193.813 11 Fernando Alonso
Alpine 1'20.006 0.837 0.061 193.665 12 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri 1'20.256 1.087 0.250 193.062 13 Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren 1'20.279 1.110 0.023 193.006 14 Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo 1'20.283 1.114 0.004 192.997 15 Kevin Magnussen
Haas 1'20.293 1.124 0.010 192.973 16 Mick Schumacher
Haas 1'20.419 1.250 0.126 192.670 17 Sebastian Vettel
Aston Martin 1'20.419 1.250 0.000 192.670 18 Lance Stroll
Aston Martin 1'20.520 1.351 0.101 192.429 19 Alex Albon
Williams 1'20.859 1.690 0.339 191.622 20 Nicholas Latifi
Williams 1'21.167 1.998 0.308 190.895 View full results
What happened in Mexican Grand Prix Q2?
Hamilton set the bar at 1m18.552s, with Russell just 0.013s behind as Mercedes went for it on new softs from the start of the session.
In the final runs, Sainz jumped to P2, 0.008s off Hamilton, with Verstappen behind Russell in fourth – the top quartet covered by just 0.014s.
Knocked out at this point were Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren), Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo), the AlphaTauris of Yuki Tsunoda and Pierre Gasly, and Kevin Magnussen (Haas, who has a five-place grid penalty).
Mexican Grand Prix Q2 results: Hamilton fastest from Sainz
Cla Driver Chassis Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1'18.552 197.250 2 Carlos Sainz
Ferrari 1'18.560 0.008 0.008 197.230 3 George Russell
Mercedes 1'18.565 0.013 0.005 197.217 4 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 1'18.566 0.014 0.001 197.215 5 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 1'18.615 0.063 0.049 197.092 6 Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo 1'18.762 0.210 0.147 196.724 7 Esteban Ocon
Alpine 1'19.081 0.529 0.319 195.930 8 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 1'19.109 0.557 0.028 195.861 9 Lando Norris
McLaren 1'19.119 0.567 0.010 195.836 10 Fernando Alonso
Alpine 1'19.272 0.720 0.153 195.458 11 Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren 1'19.325 0.773 0.053 195.328 12 Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo 1'19.476 0.924 0.151 194.956 13 Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri 1'19.589 1.037 0.113 194.680 14 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri 1'19.672 1.120 0.083 194.477 15 Kevin Magnussen
Haas 1'19.833 1.281 0.161 194.085 View full results
What happened in Mexican Grand Prix Q3?
On the first runs, Red Bull's Sergio Perez set the benchmark at 1m18.153s that was smashed by Verstappen on 1m17.947s, with Russell taking second, 0.132s in arrears, ahead of Hamilton – the latter then losing his lap time for exceeding track limits at the apex of Turn 3. Perez was two tenths down in fourth, with both Ferrari drivers having moments on their opening runs.
On the final runs, Verstappen went even faster with 1m17.775s to underline his pole position, three tenths clear of Russell – who went wide on the entrance to the Foro Sol. Hamilton salvaged third with a 1m18-flat, just 0.005s off the front row, while Perez improved but could only manage fourth.
Sainz will start fifth, ahead of Bottas, Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), Lando Norris (McLaren) and the Alpines of Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon.
Mexican Grand Prix Q3 results: Verstappen takes pole
Cla Driver Chassis Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 1'17.775 199.220 2 George Russell
Mercedes 1'18.079 0.304 0.304 198.445 3 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1'18.084 0.309 0.005 198.432 4 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 1'18.128 0.353 0.044 198.320 5 Carlos Sainz
Ferrari 1'18.351 0.576 0.223 197.756 6 Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo 1'18.401 0.626 0.050 197.630 7 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 1'18.555 0.780 0.154 197.242 8 Lando Norris
McLaren 1'18.721 0.946 0.166 196.826 9 Fernando Alonso
Alpine 1'18.939 1.164 0.218 196.283 10 Esteban Ocon
Alpine 1'19.010 1.235 0.071 196.106 View full results
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