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Today, back to our regularly scheduled programming, qualifying review for the Mexican Grand Prix.

Sorry, the Mexico City Grand Prix, is it officially titled?

Why is that a thing?

I don't know, mate.

But we have a very interesting grid on our hands for tomorrow after what was a very interesting qualifying session.

Lando Norris taking pole position ahead of two polar bears in Arlington, also known as Ferraris, Leclair in second,

Hamilton in third. If you're asking, where are Norris's championship rivals? You have to go

all the way down to P5 for Max Verstappen, and even further down to P8, which will become P7,

for Oscar Pastery. Sam, we were just very briefly talking before we came on air because it is quarter past 11 here,

so we didn't waste too much time to hit the record button.

But we were saying that was fun.

That was stellar.

That's what Formula One qualifying is all about.

One hour of drive is absolutely pelting it around the racetrack.

And that little bit of mystery in what's going on, who's the best, who's going to get on

that top spot, doing a special lap to deliver.

And we saw an array of disappointment, potential car problems.

And what I think, which we'll get onto, was a really special lap by a driver. So, plenty of discuss. Buckle up, folks. We've got a good 40 minutes or so of qualifying goodness. Indeed, a lot to get through. But let's start out front. Let's go with the championship battle as a point of emphasis to start things off, because as mentioned, it was a drastically different day

for each of the three contenders. Oscar Piastri looked to be a little bit off the pace of his

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