FERRARI DID THE IMPOSSIBLE, FIRST ROW IN MEXICO CITY

The Ferrari drivers surprised by securing the first starting row for the Mexico City Grand Prix.

Charles Leclerc set the fastest time for his 22nd pole position, while Carlos Sainz Jr. was second.

The two beat Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo, who already secured the surprising fourth position, ahead of the local idol, Sergio Perez.

The weekend seemed to be heading towards absolute dominance for Max Verstappen, after setting the fastest times in the three practice sessions, plus he was very quick in Q1 and Q2.

But the Ferrari drivers took out the "sandbags" only in the last segment and managed to beat the three-time champion. The Monaco man was just 67 thousandths of a second ahead of Carlos Sainz Jr., and just 97 thousandths ahead of Max Verstappen.

Daniel Ricciardo was two tenths behind. A spectacular lap for the Australian with the AlphaTauri car. Sergio Perez secured fifth position, just over two-tenths off the fastest time and taking a big step forward compared to past races.

The Mercedes AMG drivers failed to break into the top 5, while Lando Norris' Q1 exit was a surprise. Fernando Alonso spun in his last attempt in Q1, but managed to qualify for Q2 where he finished in thirteenth position.

After qualifying for the Mexico City Grand Prix, five drivers were immediately called to the stewards.

George Russell, Max Verstappen and Fernando Alonso have been called to explain why they stopped at the exit of the pit and thus disturbed other drivers.

Logan Sargent was called to the stewards for overtaking Yuki Tsunoda at Turn 3 under yellow flags.

Lewis Hamilton was called to the stewards for not slowing down enough at Turn 3 under yellow flags.

In addition, representatives of the Williams team were called to the stewards. They will have to explain why the mechanics left the equipment in the pit in such a place that Yuki Tsunoda touched when he left his garage.

DECISIONS: Stewards at the Mexico City Grand Prix reviewed the actions of George Russell, Max Verstappen and Fernando Alonso in qualifying when they stopped at the pit exit and did not penalize them.

The drivers explained their actions by saying that they wanted to make a gap with the car in front of them, but they could not do it directly on the track, so as not to break another director note - the minimum lap time.

The stewards agreed that it was better to create a gap with the cars ahead by stopping on the pit exit than to slow down on track when the speed difference between a fast and slow car could be potentially dangerous.

In addition, Lewis Hamilton, who was investigated for not slowing down sufficiently in Turn 3 while under yellow flags, was not penalized. After investigating the circumstances of the incident, the stewards came to the conclusion that at the time Lewis drove through the third turn, there were no yellow flags on the signal boards on the track or on the driver's wheel.

At the same time, the Mercedes AMG driver drove that mini sector slower than in the previous fast lap, so he actually slowed down.

Williams driver Logan Sargent was penalized ten places at the start of the Mexico City Grand Prix for overtaking Yuki Tsunoda under yellow flags.

Since Sargent did not record a time in qualifying, the penalty of losing places at the start is rather formal. In addition, Logan received two penalty points, he now has six on his F1 license.

In a separate decision, the stewards allowed Sargent to start, taking into account the times recorded by the driver in practice sessions.