Preview · Mexico City Grand Prix

Mexico City Grand Prix preview: Antonelli can clinch the title

Form, history and the title picture before round 19 at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.

F1 Pit Wall · 28 October 2026

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Preview, Mexico City Grand Prix: 1. Andrea Kimi Antonelli, 2. George Russell, 3. Lewis Hamilton

The Mexico City Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City is round 19 of 23. Lights out is Sunday 1 November at 20:00 UTC; every session in your own time zone is on the race page.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli leads the championship by 123 points from Russell, with 125 points left over 5 rounds. He is all but certain to clinch it this weekend.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli won last time out at the United States Grand Prix.

Verstappen and Antonelli have been on the podium in each of the last three races.

Lando Norris won here last year for McLaren, ahead of Leclerc and Verstappen.

Max Verstappen has won here five times, more than anyone else on the grid; Hamilton has two wins here.

The race lap record is 1:17.774, set by Valtteri Bottas in 2021; the race runs over 71 laps.

Race-day forecast: around 27°C (80°F) with a 1% chance of rain. Forecasts this far out can change; the race page updates through the weekend.

PosDriverTeamPointsGap
1Andrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes365
2George RussellMercedes242−123
3Lewis HamiltonFerrari241−124
4Max VerstappenRed Bull236−129
5Charles LeclercFerrari233−132

Championship standings going into the weekend. Written automatically from the official results.

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