F1 – Norris quickest in remaining observe in Mexico City forward of Hamilton and Russell 

F1 title contender Lando Norris topped the ultimate observe session for the 2025 FIA Formula 1 Mexico City Grand Prix ending virtually 4 tenths of a second away from Lewis Hamilton as championship chief Oscar Piastri and title rival Max Verstappen completed in fifth and sixth locations respectively.

Verstappen was one of many first out on observe at the beginning of the session and the Dutchman posted the primary lap time of the day, a 1:18.914, set on C4 Medium compound Pirelli tyres. 

Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto quickly bypassed that marking, with a 1:18.783 and the​n Lewis Hamilton recovered from a pair of lock-ups, at Turn 4 on his out lap after which at Turn 1 on his first flyer, to put up a 1:18.730. 

Verstappen’s subsequent run moved him again to P1 by virtually seven tenths of a second, however Williams’ Carlos Sainz then jumped to the highest, utilizing C5 Soft tyres to log a time of 1:18.028, as Verstappen’s Red Bull team-mate Yuki Tsunoda posted a Medium tyre time of 1:18.490 to take P3. 

The Japanese driver was quickly shuffled again, first by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc after which by McLaren’s Lando Norris, with the latter posting a primary Medium-compound flyer of 1:18.065 to sit down simply 0.014s off Verstappen after which enhancing by six hundredths of a second to leapfrog the Dutchman and Sainz to take high spot. 

Mercedes’ George Russell then popped in a lap 1:18.028 to steal third from Verstappen, regardless of radioing his crew to tell them that he was “not getting the Medium tyres to work, just sliding all over the place”. 

​The Briton additional defied his personal preliminary reservations concerning the Medium by vaulting to high spot with a lap of 1:17.892 as the majority of the sphere returned to the pit lane to plan for qualifying simulations. 

Williams’ Alex Albon was the primary to bolt on a set of the red-banded Softs however though the Thai driver seemed set to make a major step up the order, a lock up within the Foro Sol stadium part on the finish of his lap ruined his likelihood of progress. 

Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar was extra profitable and the French driver posted a lap of 1:17.396 on his Soft tyre run to climb from P6 to P1. 

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri, who appeared to wrestle on Mediums within the opening levels of the session, discovered extra tempo on the C5 and the championship chief took P1 with a lap of 1:17.315. 

His maintain on P1 was transient, nevertheless, as each Leclerc after which Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli went faster with the Italian rookie taking P1 with a lap of 1:17.253 to sit down 5 hundredths away from the Ferrari driver. 

Verstappen was subsequent throughout the road however regardless of posting a purple center sector, the Dutchman solely slotted into P4 with a 1:17.317. And he shuffled right down to P6 as first Lewis Hamilton after which Lando Norris took high spot, with the McLaren driver setting a time of 1:16.633 to set three tenths away from the seven-time champion. Russell then moved to 3rd with a lap of 1:17.145. Verstappen put in a second run and improved to 1:17.272 after which put in a late remaining flyer to finish on 1:17.242, however he nonetheless discovered himself in P6, 0.609s off Norris’ benchmark and complaining of “no grip, front and rear.” 

Norris, then, took high spot, three tenths away from Hamilton with Russell in third. Leclerc ended the session in fourth place forward of Piastri whose greatest lap left him 0.599s off his team-mate. With Verstappen in sixth, P7 went to Antonelli with Hadjar in eighth forward of Tsunoda, and high 10 order was accomplished by Bortoleto. 

2025 FIA Formula 1 Mexico City Grand Prix – Free Practice 3
1 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 1:16.633 22 202.189
2 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:16.978 0.345 29 201.283
3 George Russell Mercedes 1:17.145 0.512 19 200.847
4 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:17.199 0.566 26 200.707
5 Oscar Piastri McLaren/Mercedes 1:17.232 0.599 23 200.621
6 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1:17.242 0.609 30 200.595
7 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:17.253 0.620 19 200.566
8 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls/Honda RBPT 1:17.396 0.763 19 200.196
9 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1:17.415 0.782 23 200.147
10 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber/Ferrari 1:17.526 0.893 24 199.860
11 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls/Honda RBPT 1:17.552 0.919 20 199.793
12 Esteban Ocon Haas/Ferrari 1:17.574 0.941 26 199.737
13 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 1:17.598 0.965 23 199.675
14 Nico Hülkenberg Sauber/Ferrari 1:17.664 1.031 25 199.505
15 Carlos Sainz Williams/Mercedes 1:17.801 1.168 24 199.154
16 Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes 1:17.994 1.361 20 198.661
17 Oliver Bearman Haas/Ferrari 1:18.046 1.413 23 198.529
18 Pierre Gasly Alpine/Renault 1:18.412 1.779 24 197.602
19 Franco Colapinto Alpine/Renault 1:18.581 1.948 22 197.177
20 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin/Mercedes 1:18.611 1.978 12 197.102