Mexico City Grand Prix Review

F1: Chequered Flag

BBC

Sports

4.2 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Harry Benjamin, British racing driver Sam Bird and the BBC’s F1 correspondent Andrew Benson reflect on the Mexico City Grand Prix. Lando Norris started on pole, but could he convert that to victory? We hear from the British driver as well as title rivals Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen. Plus, how would Ferrari perform after a strong day in qualifying? And who would take our ‘hero of the race’ accolade?

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0:40.3	5 Live Formula One.
0:44.2	Hello and welcome to your Checkered Flag podcast review of the Mexico City Grand Prix.
0:51.4	And we've got a lot to analyse after Lando Norris took a dominant win by over 30
0:57.0	seconds ahead of the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc and Max Vastappan's Red Bull in third. And to do that
1:03.6	alongside myself, Harry Benjamin, is the BBC's F1 correspondent Andrew Benson and British racing driver
1:09.3	Sam Bird. Welcome, gents. That was a good race,
1:13.3	wasn't it? That was a really exciting one. It kind of got better the longer it went on,
1:16.5	didn't it? If we just forget the guy in the front anyway, because he was like untouchable from
1:20.3	lap one, Lando Norris. But behind, you know, there were battles closing up all the way through.
1:24.6	There was championship battles recovery going on.
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