Verstappen beats Mercedes duo to Mexico ꦜCity GP pole
F1 2022 Mexico Cꩵity Grand Prix - Full Qualifying results
It's pole for Verstappen in Mexico ahead of R෴ussell and Hamilton!
Perez improves but stays third.
Nine of the 10 cars are on track for ♍the final runs.
Who will claim pole here?
Time for the final runs in Q3... ꦚjust 0.2s between the top three.
Order after the first r༺uns: Verstappen, Russell, Perez, Sainz, Bottas, Leclerc, Norris, Ocon, Hamilton and Alonso.
It's provisional pole for Verstappen, 0.132s ahea♕d ༺of Russell.
Hamilton has his lap deleted for track l▨imits at T9.
It's a 1m18.153s for Perez.
Verstappen is up through the first sector.
Nine of the 10 cars are o🅷ut on trac🌼k. Just Alonso is in the pit lane.
Q3 is now underway! A six-way fight for pole?
Out in Q2: Riccia𒁃rdo, Zhou💙, Tsunoda, Gasly and Magnussen.
Chequered flag out in Q2 - Sainz goes second, right behind Hamilton. A lot of others are also improvi𝓰nꦆg.
All 15 drivers are out on track.
Perez improves to third on his new tyres, behind the two Me🍸rcedes 🥂drivers
Five minutes to go and Red Bull send Perez out on new tyr🐠es.
In the drop-zone: Tsunoda, Perez༒, Zhou, Gasly and Magnussen.
Bottas continues to show greatඣ pace in the Alfa Romeo as he goes third ahead of Verstappen.
Verstappen 𝓀slotsꦕ into third, 0.382s off on used tyres.
Hamilton sets a 1m18.552s, less than a tenth ahea🐷d of Russell.
All cars are now on track except the two Alpines.
The two Mercedes drivers break the silence.
Q2 is now underway - no one is on track.
Unlucky for Schumacher - he clearly had the pace to get through had it not been for his track limits violatio𝓡n.
Out in Q1: Schumac🃏her, Vettel, Stroll, Albon and Latifi🎃.