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Total domination in Mexico 💨Lando Norris won by the biggest winning margin we've seen this season so far, over half a minute up the road! 💪#F1 #MexicoGP

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Norris delivers McLaren Mexican Masterclass

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“Part of the Pirelli crew here in Mexico City this week, will be back at the circuit on Tuesday and Wednesday for development testing of the softer compounds in the 2026 range of tyres.

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The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez is comfortably the highest altitude circuit on the calendar 👀#F1 #MexicoGP

Many thanks for posting these graphics,

for some unknown reason Pirelli hasn't been posting them for the last couple of GP's

Here are the possible race strategies, #Pirelli tire sets available to each #F1 driver, and the deltas between the compounds at the start of the #MexicoGP.

Both can work.
One attacks. One controls.
So… what would you start on? 👇

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📉 Extra variable: Pole is slippery — and launching from the dirty side only amplifies tyre warm-up differences.
📜 Remember:
In 2021, Lewis started P1 and Max P3 — yet VER swept around the outside into Turn 1, braking 12 m later.
In Austin, LEC’s 🔴 Soft start gained him track position instantly.

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🟡 Medium: slower in FP2, tricky to fire up in the thin air — but if grip improves today, it comes alive. It gives you range to cover both the undercut and the overcut — crucial in a race where degradation is low and clean air rules.

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At 2 285 m above sea level, thin air reduces drag by 20% — meaning the slipstream effect is huge. Lose the launch, and you can be swallowed before the first braking zone.
🔴 Soft: fastest on Friday, best launch tyre for the 830 m run. But it locks you into an early stop and limits flexibility.

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🔴🥊🟡 The start-tyre decision: the toughest call in Mexico. 🇲🇽 🏎️

830 metres — the longest run to Turn 1 of any F1 race.
That single stretch of asphalt can make or break a 305 km Grand Prix… or a championship.

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Ruth Buscombe on Instagram: "🇲🇽🏎️ How Lando Turned Perfect Precision in Thin Air into Pole in the Stadium At 2 285 m above sea level, 🟧 Lando Norris delivered a 1:15.586 to beat 🟥 Charles Leclerc by ... 932 likes, 9 comments - ruthbuscombe on October 25, 2025: "🇲🇽🏎️ How Lando Turned Perfect Precision in Thin Air into Pole in the Stadium At 2 285 m above sea level, 🟧 Lando Norris delivered a 1:15.586...

📜 Remember 2021? Max went three-wide into Turn 1 with both Mercedes, braking 12 metres later and sweeping the outside. That’s what 830 metres of thin-air drag-race can do.

Pole is only half the job — survival through Turn 1 is the other half.

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💨 Turn 1: The 830 m Drag Race
It’s the longest run to Turn 1 of the season — 830 metres of pure slipstream chaos.
🔴 Lewis Hamilton starts P3, perfectly placed to pounce if the front row fights.

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After reverting to a higher-downforce rear wing post-P3, 🟦 Max Verstappen traded top speed for stability:
•Quali top-end ≈ 342 km/h (a few km/h down on Ferrari).
•Much improved traction and tyre load through the esses.
Built clearly for Sunday performance, not Saturday headlines.

•Turn 10 — rear-end snap limiting throttle pickup.
Those two moments alone cost roughly 0.15 s versus Norris. Expect a slight brake-migration tweak and rear-wing trim for race day.

🟦 Verstappen: The Setup Reset

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🧠 Why it mattered:
Better rotation, rear stability, and traction management meant Norris could attack where the Ferrari began to slide — converting downforce into lap time.

🟧 Piastri: On the Edge
Oscar’s lap had flashes of pace but lacked balance:
•T3 — understeer on entry, costing front-end bite.

🟧 Norris: The Decider in the Stadium
From T10 onward, the lap swung orange — pure commitment through the technical finale.

📈 Time gain:
•Gained ~0.14 s from Turns 13–16 alone.
•Carried 2–3 km/h more min speed through the direction changes.
•Earlier throttle &cleaner traction out of T16 sealed it.

•Retained that edge on the run to Turn 4 thanks to the SF-25’s efficient aero and punchy PU.

📊 Sector summary:
•Up to Turn 10, the gap hovered within one-tenth.
•Ferrari’s low-drag setup worked beautifully — fast on the straights, stable under braking, but a touch light in rotation zones.

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🟥 Leclerc: Clean Early, Classic Ferrari Efficiency
Ferrari’s low-drag philosophy shone on the straights — exactly where it needed to in Mexico’s thin air.

📈 Straight-line advantage:
•Top speed: ~345 km/h, about 4 km/h faster than Norris.
•Time gain: ≈ 0.08 s on the main straight before Turn 1

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📊 The Story of the Lap told by this F1 insight Powered by @awscloud

For nine corners, the traces were almost identical. Then came the stadium section — and McLaren’s higher downforce finally paid off.

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🇲🇽🏎️ How Lando Turned Perfect Precision in Thin Air into Pole in the Stadium

At 2 285 m above sea level, 🟧 Lando Norris delivered a stunning 1:15.586 to beat 🟥 Charles Leclerc by 0.262 s — a lap that stayed dead even until the final corners tipped it orange.

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What a Qualifying! 😇Lando Norris secures pole position, with the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton behind him on the grid 👀#F1 #MexicoGP

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It's Lando fastest in FP3 with an impressive lap on the soft tyres! 💨Up next: Quali 😇#F1 #MexicoGP

Norris is fastest in final practice for the ninth time this year - but he's only gone on to take pole from there once so far:

Suzuka: Verstappen
Jeddah: Verstappen
Imola: Piastri
Montreal: Russell
Red Bull Ring: Norris
Zandvoort: Piastri
Monza: Verstappen
Baku: Verstappen
Mexico City: ?

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