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2023 Mexico City Grand Prix qualifying: Charles Leclerc took pole

Charles Leclerc took pole for Ferrari ahead of Carlos Sainz Jr. and Max Verstappen at Mexico City.

Explore the race weekend, results, standings, drivers, teams, and related Formula 1 history.

Race recap

Pole
Charles Leclerc
Pole team
Ferrari
Front row
Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr.
Classified
Top 20
Round
20
Circuit
Mexico City
Qualifying date
October 28, 2023

The front of the grid

Charles Leclerc qualified first for Ferrari. Carlos Sainz Jr. secured the other front-row place for Ferrari, with Max Verstappen third for Red Bull.

How the classification lined up

The first three positions were Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz Jr., and Max Verstappen. P4 through P20 were Daniel Ricciardo, Sergio Pérez, Lewis Hamilton, Oscar Piastri, George Russell, Valtteri Bottas, Guanyu Zhou, Pierre Gasly, Nico Hülkenberg, Fernando Alonso, Alexander Albon, Yuki Tsunoda, Esteban Ocon, Kevin Magnussen, Lance Stroll, Lando Norris, and Logan Sargeant.

Team representation

Alfa Romeo placed 2 cars, AlphaTauri placed 2 cars, Alpine placed 2 cars, Aston Martin placed 2 cars, Ferrari placed 2 cars, Haas placed 2 cars, McLaren placed 2 cars, Mercedes placed 2 cars, Red Bull placed 2 cars, and Williams placed 2 cars in the published classification. This summary reports only the supplied order and driver identities.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Dec 18, 2025.

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