Mexico City Grand Prix Qualifying Results

Scuderia Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz secured front-row lockout for the 2023 Mexico City Grand Prix.

Mexico City Grand Prix Qualifying brought an unexpected series of events when Fernando Alonso on Aston Martin spun around in the second corner during the final part of Q1.

The drivers that put in their laps in earlier parts of the session were fine, but Lando Norris got caught by the yellow flags in the first sector and, consequently, did not make it into the second part of Qualifying.

Other drivers caught out by the yellow flags were Kevin Magnussen on Haas, Lance Stroll on Aston Martin, Esteban Ocon on Alpine, and Logan Sargeant on Williams.

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Yuki Tsunoda helped his AlphaTauri teammate Daniel Ricciardo in the first and the second part of qualifying by giving him a tow on the main straight to save some valuable time.

Tsunoda sacrificed his own lap time and fell out of qualifying as a result. Alex Albon got his time deleted for track limits and, therefore, placed P15.

Fernando Alonso, Pierre Gasly, and Nico Hulkenberg also lacked the pace needed to advance into the further part of the qualifying session at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

The third part of qualifying brought the biggest surprises. While Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell were fast enough for only sixth and eighth positions, Daniel Ricciardo managed to score P4.

The Honey Badger finished in front of the home hero Sergio Perez on Red Bull in fifth place and will start from the second row on Sunday's race.

Alfa Romeo drivers Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu finished P9 and P10. Oscar Piastri, who won the Sprint race in Qatar, finished the Q3 in P7.

What comes as a big shock after Charles Leclerc downplayed the performance of the Ferrari is the front lockout by Carlos Sainz in P2 and Leclerc himself in P1.

The Championship winner, Max Verstappen, finished in P3, which is a good starting place for the Grand Prix race on Sunday, as he will get a tow from the two Ferraris down the main straight into turn one.