Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position for the Mexico City Grand Prix, setting a 1:16.513 in qualifying to edge George Russell by nine thousandths of a second and add the 105th pole of his Formula 1 career.

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The Ferrari driver's lap came at the end of a session in which the first six drivers were separated by less than a quarter of a second. Russell, in the Mercedes, was second with a 1:16.522, while Hamilton's teammate Charles Leclerc was third for Ferrari on 1:16.632, 0.119 seconds off the pole time.

Max Verstappen was fourth for Red Bull with a 1:16.691, 0.178 seconds behind, and Kimi Antonelli was fifth for Mercedes on 1:16.706, 0.193 seconds off. Lando Norris completed the top six for McLaren on 1:16.727, 0.214 seconds from pole, giving the front three rows to the leading cars of Ferrari, Mercedes, Red Bull and McLaren.

Isack Hadjar was seventh for Red Bull on 1:16.900, 0.387 seconds off the pace, ahead of Liam Lawson in eighth on 1:17.028 and Arvid Lindblad in ninth on 1:17.117. Pierre Gasly was tenth on 1:17.153, 0.640 seconds behind Hamilton, completing the Q3 field.

The cut in Q2 left some notable names outside the top ten. Nico Hulkenberg was eleventh on 1:17.305, ahead of Franco Colapinto in twelfth on 1:17.640. Oscar Piastri was thirteenth for McLaren on 1:17.646, followed by Gabriel Bortoleto on 1:17.680, Oliver Bearman on 1:17.846 and Carlos Sainz on 1:18.521.

Fernando Alonso eighteenth on 1:18.908, with Haas's Ryo Hirakawa nineteenth on 1:18.957. Lance Stroll was twentieth on 1:19.072, Sergio Perez twenty-first on 1:19.105 and Valtteri Bottas twenty-second on 1:19.852.

Conditions were dry, with the air temperature at 26.1 degrees Celsius, the track at 38.1 and humidity at 27.2 percent.