Formula 1’s relentless 2025 season charged south to the high-altitude cauldron of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, where the Mexico City Grand Prix promised another weekend of unpredictability. Just a week after a dramatic Sprint weekend in Austin that reshaped the fight at the top, the grid now faced a completely different challenge, thinner air, soaring temperatures, and a fanbase that transforms the circuit into one of the most electric venues on the calendar. The 2025 F1 World Championship had been anything but straightforward up until this point, and as the teams touched down in Mexico, every point felt heavier, every strategy call more critical, and every lap more decisive.
Race Guide
Season: 2025 F1 World Championship
Race weekend: 24 October 2025 – 26 October 2025
Race date: Sunday, 26 October, 2025
Race start time: 14:00 local time
Circuit: Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
Laps: 71
Circuit length: 4.304km
2024 winner: Carlos Sainz
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The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez stands apart as one of Formula 1’s most distinctive and demanding venues. At 2.674 miles (4.304 km) and sitting 2,200 metres above sea level, it’s the highest circuit on the calendar, and that altitude changes everything. The thin air drastically reduces aerodynamic efficiency, forcing teams to run Monaco-style downforce levels just to keep the cars stable, even with one of the longest straights in the sport. Cooling, engine performance, and tyre management all become critical puzzles to solve across a weekend that pushes both drivers and machines to their limits.
The opening lap is often a heart-in-mouth affair: a 900-metre drag race from pole to Turn 1 that can make or break a Grand Prix before the first corner. From there, the action funnels into a technical sequence down to Turn 4, the very spot where Verstappen and Norris nearly collided in the 2024 race, before the track opens into a fast, flowing middle sector that rewards precision and confidence. The lap then tightens dramatically into the famous Foro Sol stadium section, where 13,000 fans pack the grandstands to form a deafening amphitheatre of colour and noise. It’s one of the sport’s great modern spectacles, a circuit that blends F1 history, atmosphere, and chaos in equal measure.
Weekend Schedule
| Date | Session | Local Time |
|---|---|---|
| 24 October 2025 | Free Practice 1 (FP1) | 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm local time |
| 24 October 2025 | Free Practice 2 (FP2) | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm local time |
| 25 October 2025 | Free Practice 3 (FP3) | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm local time |
| 25 October 2025 | Qualifying | 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm local time |
| 26 October 2025 | Race | 2:00 pm local time |
In Saturday qualifying…
In Sunday’s race…
Championship background
Just when it looked like the championship fight was settling into a McLaren duel, Max Verstappen hauled himself right back into contention. A flawless weekend in Austin of pole, Sprint win, and Grand Prix victory, had trimmed his deficit to 40 points behind championship leader Oscar Piastri, while Lando Norris’ second-place finish kept him just 14 points off his teammate. What once seemed like a distant shot for the reigning champion had turned into a credible late-season charge. Over the past four rounds, Verstappen’s consistency and trademark relentlessness had reignited the title race and injected fresh tension into the World Championship narrative.
The stakes rise even higher at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, where the long run to Turn 1, the longest of the season, often serves up drama before the first braking zone.
Ferrari arrived buoyed by Charles Leclerc’s first podium since July, though the Scuderia’s year-long win drought still hung over them.
Behind the title protagonists, Mercedes, Ferrari, and Red Bull were locked in a three-way scrap for second in the Constructors’ standings, separated by just 10 points, proof that every finish counted as the campaign neared its climax. And further down the paddock, eyes were turn to Racing Bulls rookies Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson, with Helmut Marko confirming that their performances in Mexico could help decide Red Bull’s 2026 driver lineup. The pressure, as always in Mexico City, was as high as the altitude.
Race entries
The lineup of drivers and teams remained the same as the 2025 season’s entry list, apart from:
- A driver swap at the sister teams, Red Bull Racing and Racing Bulls, where Yuki Tsunoda moved up to the parent Red Bull team and Liam Lawson headed in the opposite direction back to Racing Bulls, for round three at the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix.
- Jack Doohan stepping out of the race seat at Alpine (post Miami), beginning with the following round, the 2025 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. The team confirmed that former Williams and Alpine reserve driver, Franco Colapinto, would take his place alongside number one driver, Pierre Gasly.
Aside from these changes, all the drivers from the start of the season took to the track during FP1, FP2, FP3, Qualifying, and the Grand Prix.
Tyre choices
Pirelli choices TBC.
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Free Practice
FP1 report post-session.
FP2 report post-session.
FP2 report post-session.
Free Practice 1 Classification
FP1 of the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix was held on 24 October 2025 from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm local time.
Free Practice 2 Classification
FP2 of the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix was held on 3 October 2025 from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm local time.
Free Practice 3 Classification
FP3 of the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix was held on 25 October 2025 from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm local time.
Qualifying
Full report post-session.
Full Qualifying Report
Qualifying Classification
Qualifying for the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix was held on 25 October 2025 from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm local time.
2025 Mexico City Grand Prix Starting Grid
The Grand Prix starting grid, with or without penalties, after the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix Qualifying session.
What happened in the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix?
Full race report post-session.
2025 Mexico City Grand Prix race results
The 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix Race was held on 26 October 2025 at 2:00 pm local time.
2025 Post-Race F1 Championship Standings
Championship standings for Drivers’ and Teams after the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix.
2025 Post-Race F1 Drivers’ Championship Standings
2025 Post-Race F1 Constructors’ Championship Standings
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