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

McLaren driver Lando Norris has won the Mexico Grand Prix to move ahead of teammate Oscar Piastri at the top of the world championship standings. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc held off a resurgent Max Verstappen to secure second, while the reigning champion has closed to within 36 points of the championship lead.

MEXICO CITY — Lando Norris snapped a five-race losing streak Sunday and passed McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in the fight for the Formula 1 championship by winning at Mexico City.

British pilot Lando Norris climbed atop the Formula 1 Drivers’ Championship leader board with a convincing 30-second victory in front of approximately 150,000 fans at Mexico City’s Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez for Sunday’s Mexican GP.

Lando Norris was surprisingly booed by the crowd after his victory at the Mexico City Grand Prix on Sunday. The McLaren driver, starting on pole, kept the lead at the start and then cruised to a 30-second victory over second-placed Charles Leclerc, with Max Verstappen completing the podium.

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

It was a weekend of nothing but dominance from McLaren's Lando Norris, with a pole position in qualifying converted flawlessly in to a victory on race day. A dr

That DNF (did not finish) was a crucial moment in the F1 title race with the Briton falling 34 points behind teammate and championship leader Oscar Piastri. Since then, Norris has been quieter, more composed and calm even when he’s done well, achieved a podium or earned more points than his primary title rival in the last few races.