🏁 A Statement Drive in Mexico City
Lando Norris delivered a masterclass at the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix, taking pole position, leading every lap, and crossing the finish line over 30 seconds ahead of second‑place. He retook the championship lead from teammate Oscar Piastri by a single point with just four races remaining.
📉 Why McLaren Believe the Weekend Unlocked for Norris
According to McLaren team principal Andrea Stella, the key reason for Norris’s runaway success lay in how the Mexico circuit’s low‑grip, high‑altitude conditions suited his driving style:
“These special low‑grip conditions, they fit perfectly … It’s a natural way of extracting lap time, which is almost opposite to Oscar’s characteristics.”
Stella added that McLaren’s engineering team had also made progress:
“The team also goes into the final four races with more understanding of how to extract performance from the car consistently.”
🎯 Norris’s Own Shift in Approach
Norris pointed to changes in his preparation and mental approach as key factors:
He revealed that he stopped relying on a delta‑time display during qualifying—opting instead to “just push every corner” without reference.
He remarked:
“It’s as simple as that. I’m finding a better way to make it work now.”
That mental reset appears to have aligned with a car setup and circuit that played to his strengths.
📐 A Perfect Fit for the Mexico Layout
The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez features long straights and low‑grip corners, where car stability and driver confidence count for a lot. Norris’s style evidently meshed perfectly with that: confident in the corners, commanding in traffic, and able to maintain pace when others faltered.
Meanwhile, his championship rival Piastri struggled to find pace—and seemed unable to adapt his style to the circuit’s demands.
🔮 What This Means for the Title Fight
With Norris reclaiming the lead and McLaren showing signs of unlocking the car’s potential more consistently, the momentum has clearly shifted. Stella emphasized that both Norris and Piastri have reasons to be confident—but crucially, McLaren now believes they have “a car that can win races and, in some conditions, can dominate.”
The question now is: can Norris replicate this level of performance across different tracks and under pressure? Success in Mexico is a great start—but the remaining rounds (Brazil, Las Vegas, Qatar, Abu Dhabi) will demand adaptability and consistency.
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