2026 Mexico City Grand Prix

Max Verstappen won the 2026 Mexico City Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez on 1 Nov 2026 for Red Bull, from 5th on the grid; Lewis Hamilton was second and Andrea Kimi Antonelli third. Pole position: Lewis Hamilton.

Verstappen took the lead for good on lap 44 of 71, from Andrea Kimi Antonelli; the lead changed hands 2 times in all. There were 2 safety-car periods (laps 43 to 47, laps 59 to 63). Verstappen stopped 2 times, on laps 27 and 45 (27 laps on medium, then 18 laps on soft, then 26 laps on soft); 11 of 22 finishers made 3 stops, and the median first stop was lap 30. The fastest lap was Lewis Hamilton's, 1:19.268 on lap 50. 22 of 22 starters were classified. 12 all-time records moved: Lewis Hamilton: 5,277.5 points (was 5,259.5 points). Extends the record; Max Verstappen: 64 finishes in a row (was 63 finishes in a row). Extends the record; and more. After the race Andrea Kimi Antonelli led the championship with 380 points, 119 ahead of Max Verstappen, with 4 rounds left.

Date

1 Nov 2026

Circuit

Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, Mexico

Round

19 of 23

Winner

Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

Pole position

Lewis Hamilton (1:16.514)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 3 drivers: Max Verstappen qualified 4th, started 5th; Andrea Kimi Antonelli qualified 5th, started 4th; Liam Lawson qualified 8th, started 22nd. The data records the positions, not the reason; such gaps come from grid penalties, car or engine changes, or pit-lane starts. The small "q" number in the Grid column is the qualifying position.

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Explained: how to read a lap chart · safety car, virtual safety car and red flags.

Race history: gap to the leader

How the race was won

Winner

Max Verstappen: 2 stops (laps 27, 45), stints of 27 medium, 18 soft, 26 soft laps

2nd

Lewis Hamilton: 3 stops (laps 28, 44, 45), stints of 28 soft, 16 medium, 1, 26 soft laps

3rd

Andrea Kimi Antonelli: 2 stops (laps 43, 45), stints of 43 soft, 2 medium, 26 soft laps

Finishers

1 stop: 3 · 2 stops: 8 · 3 or more: 11

First stops

median lap 30 of 71

Pit stops

Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.

Bar colours are the tyre compound of each stint: hard medium soft intermediate wet not known (the records disagree). Compounds from Pirelli's post-race pit-stop graphic (press.pirelli.com).

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Explained: how qualifying works · how often pole position wins.

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Explained: how points and the two championships work.

Full 2026 standings