Lando Norris has been through the mill but this was a statement win for the McLaren driver, writes Andrew Benson.

Lando Norris overtook Oscar Piastri in the F1 standings with a dominant victory at the Mexican Grand Prix. The young Brit now leads the Drivers' Championship battle by a single point with just four races remaining.

Lando Norris won his fifth pole of the season while Oscar Piastri was a distant seventh in Saturday qualifying.

Verstappen started fifth and tried to go four-wide with Norris, Leclerc and Hamilton at the start of the race. He was pushed onto the curb and went wide at Turn 1 through the grass before rejoining the track ahead of where he started.