Mexico City Grand Prix 2026: Verstappen Wins, Hamilton Second

Max Verstappen won the Mexico City Grand Prix on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Antonelli, according to Formula 1 (F1). The race was set for 14:00 local time, which is 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). F1 listed the race as 71 laps or 120 minutes. Below: the result, every session in U.S. time zones, the clock change that moved Sunday’s start, how it was shown on Apple TV and the 2027 date.

Mexico City Grand Prix 2026 at a glance

Detail	Mexico City Grand Prix 2026
Race weekend	Fri., Oct. 30 to Sun., Nov. 1, 2026
Race start	2 p.m. local, 3 p.m. EST, 12 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST)
Season round	Round 19 of the 2026 F1 season
Circuit	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 4.304 km (2.674 miles)
Race distance	71 laps, 305.354 km (189.7 miles)
U.S. TV	Apple TV
Top three	Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Antonelli
2025 winner	Lando Norris, McLaren
2027 race	Oct. 29-31, 2027

Mileage is our conversion from F1’s kilometers.

What is the Mexico City Grand Prix 2026 schedule?

F1 gives these times in Mexico City local time, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) minus 6 hours (UTC-6). The U.S. columns are our conversion, not an official schedule.

Session	Mexico City (UTC-6)	Eastern	Central	Mountain	Pacific
First practice, Fri., Oct. 30	12:30 p.m.	2:30 p.m. EDT	1:30 p.m. CDT	12:30 p.m. MDT	11:30 a.m. PDT
Second practice, Fri., Oct. 30	4 p.m.	6 p.m. EDT	5 p.m. CDT	4 p.m. MDT	3 p.m. PDT
Third practice, Sat., Oct. 31	11:30 a.m.	1:30 p.m. EDT	12:30 p.m. CDT	11:30 a.m. MDT	10:30 a.m. PDT
Qualifying, Sat., Oct. 31	3 p.m.	5 p.m. EDT	4 p.m. CDT	3 p.m. MDT	2 p.m. PDT
Drivers’ parade, Sun., Nov. 1	12 p.m.	1 p.m. EST	12 p.m. CST	11 a.m. MST	10 a.m. PST
Grand Prix, Sun., Nov. 1	2 p.m.	3 p.m. EST	2 p.m. CST	1 p.m. MST	12 p.m. PST

The abbreviations are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), Central Daylight Time (CDT), Mountain Daylight Time (MDT), Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), Central Standard Time (CST) and Mountain Standard Time (MST).

Each practice and qualifying runs one hour. F1’s timetable also lists the national anthem at 1:44 p.m. local (2:44 p.m. EST) on Sunday, and support races from three other series on Saturday and Sunday.

What time was the F1 race on Sunday, Nov. 1?

The race was set to start at 2 p.m. in Mexico City on Sunday, Nov. 1. By our conversion that was 3 p.m. EST, 2 p.m. CST, 1 p.m. MST and 12 p.m. PST. F1 blocked out two hours, to 5 p.m. EST. Elsewhere, it was 20:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) in the United Kingdom and 21:00 Central European Time (CET) in central Europe.

Arizona is on MST, UTC-7, which our conversion puts one hour behind Mexico City all weekend: first practice at 11:30 a.m. MST on Friday, qualifying at 2 p.m. MST on Saturday and the race at 1 p.m. MST on Sunday, as listed.

Why does the clock change matter for race day?

U.S. clocks fell back at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1, the same morning as the race. Friday and Saturday sessions were still on U.S. daylight time, so Eastern viewers were 2 hours ahead of Mexico City for practice and qualifying. On Sunday the United States was on standard time, so the gap was 1 hour. That is why practice ran at 2:30 p.m. EDT on Friday for a 12:30 p.m. local start, while the race at 2 p.m. local was 3 p.m. EST, not 4 p.m.

Mexico City itself stayed on UTC-6 all weekend. Our daylight saving time ends Nov. 1, 2026 story covers the change, and our Mexico time difference after Nov. 1 story shows the new gap city by city.

Where can you watch the Mexico City Grand Prix in the U.S.?

On Apple TV. Apple calls Apple TV “the U.S. home of Formula 1” and says “every practice is available without a subscription,” so Friday’s two sessions and Saturday’s third practice were free to watch. Qualifying and the race need an Apple TV subscription, which, Apple says, covers every practice, qualifying session, Sprint and Grand Prix.

Apple also says U.S. subscribers “get full access to F1 TV Premium at no additional cost” by linking their Apple Account at f1.com/apple. Saturday’s other events on TV are in our sports on TV today, Oct. 31 story, and Sunday’s are in sports on TV today, Nov. 1.

Mexico City Grand Prix qualifying and race results

Qualifying ended at 4 p.m. local (6 p.m. EDT) on Saturday and set Sunday’s grid. F1 posts the qualifying and race classifications on its 2026 results pages. F1’s official qualifying classification puts Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) on pole with 1:16.514 in the final session (Q3). George Russell (Mercedes) was second in 1:16.523 and Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) third in 1:16.633. Lando Norris (McLaren) qualified sixth in 1:16.824. Any grid penalty applied by the stewards could make Sunday’s starting grid differ from this order. The race result is below.

Qualifying position	Driver	Team	Q3 time
1	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:16.514
2	George Russell	Mercedes	1:16.523
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:16.633
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:16.824

Going into the weekend, F1’s 2026 drivers’ standings showed Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) first with 365 points, George Russell (Mercedes) second with 242 and Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) third with 241. Antonelli won the previous round, the United States Grand Prix in Austin on Oct. 25. Lando Norris (McLaren) won the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix on Oct. 26, 2025.

Race position	Driver	Race time or gap
1	Max Verstappen	2:20:28.772
2	Lewis Hamilton	+0.799
3	Kimi Antonelli	+4.006

As of Nov. 2, the drivers’ standings on F1’s results page show Antonelli first with 380 points, Verstappen second with 261 and Hamilton third with 259. Four races remain: the São Paulo Grand Prix on Nov. 6-8, Las Vegas on Nov. 19-21, Qatar on Nov. 27-29 and Abu Dhabi on Dec. 4-6.

Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez: the Mexico City circuit

The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez is a 4.304 km (2.674 mile) track in Mexico City. It held its first Grand Prix in 1963, F1 says, and the lap record is 1:17.774, set by Valtteri Bottas in 2021. The photo above shows its stadium section.

Mexico City Grand Prix tickets

F1 sells tickets for the weekend on its official Mexico ticket page, which lists the event as Oct. 30 to Nov. 1 with grandstand and hospitality options. The promoter’s site, mexicogp.mx, also has a ticket section. Neither page showed prices when we checked on Oct. 30, so availability is on those pages only. Some sites with similar names are resellers, not the organizer; mexico.gp, for example, says it is not the official website.

When is the 2027 Mexico City Grand Prix?

F1’s 2027 calendar lists the Mexico City Grand Prix as Round 20, from Friday, Oct. 29 to Sunday, Oct. 31, 2027. That puts the 2027 race on Halloween. F1 announced on April 30, 2025, that Mexico City stays on the calendar through 2028 under a three-year extension starting in 2026. Session times for 2027 are not yet announced.

Free Mexico City Grand Prix 2026 weekend schedule

Our printable lists the five sessions and the drivers’ parade with Mexico City, Eastern and Pacific times on one page. Mark the weekend on your October 2026 printable calendar and your November 2026 printable calendar. The next race is in our São Paulo Grand Prix 2026 race time story, a week later on Nov. 8.