Lewis Hamilton secured his first pole position for Ferrari and his first in over three years at the Mexico City Grand Prix, delivering a stunning performance to top the grid. The seven-time world champion edged out teammate George Russell by a mere 0.009 seconds in a nail-biting Q3 session, locking out the front row for Sunday’s race. This result marks Hamilton’s 105th career pole, a milestone achieved exactly three years and three months after his previous one at the 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix.
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The qualifying session intensified the final weekend of the Formula 1 season, as Hamilton and Russell remain the only drivers capable of preventing Kimi Antonelli from clinching the world title. Antonelli qualified fifth, trailing Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, but will start fourth due to a one-place grid penalty for the Dutchman. With the championship on the line, the stakes could not be higher for the Mercedes driver and his Ferrari rival.
The path to a title upset is narrow but defined: Antonelli can only be stopped if Russell wins the race and Antonelli finishes lower than ninth, or if Hamilton takes victory while Antonelli fails to score points. As the drivers prepare for the high-altitude challenge in Mexico City, every second counts in this decisive final chapter of the 2024 season.
Source: BBC
