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2024 Mexico City Grand Prix qualifying: Carlos Sainz Jr. took pole

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

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

Race recap

Pole
Carlos Sainz Jr.
Pole team
Ferrari
Front row
Carlos Sainz Jr. and Max Verstappen
Classified
Top 20
Round
20
Circuit
Mexico City
Qualifying date
October 26, 2024

The front of the grid

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

How the classification lined up

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

Team representation

Alpine placed 2 cars, Aston Martin placed 2 cars, Ferrari placed 2 cars, Haas placed 2 cars, Kick Sauber placed 2 cars, McLaren placed 2 cars, Mercedes placed 2 cars, RB 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 Oct 28, 2024.

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