'It's one of the coolest podiums of the season," concluded Norris

Hot on the heels of his sixth victory of the season, McLaren driver Lando Norris claimed that the celebration at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez is "one of the coolest podiums of the season."

Lando Norris dominated qualifying to secure pole position for the Mexico City Grand Prix. The McLaren driver then had a great getaway from pole and held the lead through the first corner.

Based on the Friday’s long-run simulation, it was not surprising to see Norris drive off into the distance. Despite managing his tyres, his lead grew and grew from second-places Charles Leclerc.

The McLaren driver finished over 30 seconds ahead of the Ferrari driver, securing his sixth win of the season. In addition to that, he has also taken the lead in the Championship by just one point.

His team-mate Oscar Piastri endured a tough qualifying, and he lost further places at the start. Although he picked off the Red Bull of Yuki Tsunoda in the opening stages of the race to climb up to ninth, he spent the majority of the first half of the race stuck behind the Mercedes drivers.

He showed a more encouraging performance on Pirelli’s mediums which enabled him to climb back to P5. He even closed in the Haas of Ollie Bearman but got stuck and pitted a second time. On fresh tyres, he just ran out of time to chase down Bearman for the fourth place he desperately needed to hold onto the Championship lead.

Norris clinched his first win in Mexico, becoming the first McLaren driver since Ayrton Senna to achieve this feat. Asked about his feelings and the championship standings, Norris said: "I mean, first of all, I think to win anywhere is pretty good. I mean, to win here is also very special.

"I mean, with the stadium and everything, it's one of the coolest podiums of the season. Yeah, probably along with Monaco, Monza, Silverstone, that kind of thing.

"So it's pretty special. And, of course, for the first time, you know, since Senna won here, it's nice to bring McLaren back to the winning ways here, obviously, for such a long time. And to have my name anywhere close to someone like that is pretty special.

"So, yeah, something that's always nice to look at and I'm sure to look back on in ten, twenty years is pretty cool too. So that's great. And for the championship, I mean, who knows? It's still pretty tight between us. Max has still caught me over the last, what, six, seven weekends. So, yeah, write what you want. It’s your decision.

"But, you know, I've been keeping my head down, keeping focus, doing my own thing, and that's all you can do. But every weekend's new, every weekend's different, and still a long way to go."