F1 Full Results | Lando Norris tops FP3 in Mexico City by just 0.001 seconds
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Lando Norris topped the final practice session for the Mexico City Grand Prix by just 0.001 seconds from Kimi Antonelli.
Ferrari started FP3 strongly, after dominating Friday's running with Charles Leclerc. The Monegasque driver and Lewis Hamilton exchanged the quickest time at the midway point of the final practice session.
McLaren and Mercedes though showed some competitive pace as the session went on, with Norris knocking Antonelli off the top spot in the final minutes by just 0.001 seconds. It comes on a weekend where Antonelli needs just a ninth place finish to be crowned as the youngest F1 champion in history.
Leclerc finished third, but arguably could have finished higher if he had not made a mistake running over the kerbs on his first flying run. Both he and the second McLaren of Oscar Piastri finished within two tenths of Norris.
Max Verstappen finished fifth but showed some visible frustrations inside his Red Bull. Lewis Hamilton, George Russell, Isack Hadjar, Liam Lawson and Franco Colapinto rounded out the top 10.
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Ryo Hirakawa, replacing Esteban Ocon at Haas for the rest of the weekend, finished P19, six tenths slower than teammate Oliver Bearman.
F1 Mexico City Grand Prix FP3 full results
| 1. | Lando Norris | 1:17.600 |
| 2. | Kimi Antonelli | +0.001 |
| 3. | Charles Leclerc | +0.117 |
| 4. | Oscar Piastri | +0.195 |
| 5. | Max Verstappen | +0.351 |
| 6. | Lewis Hamilton | +0.469 |
| 7. | George Russell | +0.507 |
| 8. | Isack Hadjar | +0.509 |
| 9. | Liam Lawson | +0.513 |
| 10. | Arvid Lindblad | +0.760 |
| 11. | Nico Hulkenberg | +0.960 |
| 12. | Franco Colapinto | +1.052 |
| 13. | Pierre Gasly | +1.074 |
| 14. | Fernando Alonso | +1.250 |
| 15. | Oliver Bearman | +1.327 |
| 16. | Carlos Sainz | +1.614 |
| 17. | Alex Albon | +1.701 |
| 18. | Lance Stroll | +1.776 |
| 19. | Ryo Hirakawa | +1.904 |
| 20. | Valtteri Bottas | +2.742 |
| 21. | Gabriel Bortoleto | No time |
| 22. | Sergio Perez | No time |
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