Lando Norris has vowed to take a title-defining victory at the Mexico City Grand Prix on Sunday evening as his main rivals were left mystified by their lack of pace.

The British driver produced the most dominant Qualifying performance of his career to take pole position from Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton of Ferrari with Max Verstappen starting in fifth and championship leader Oscar Piastri starting seventh after qualifying almost six tenths slower than his team-mate.

Norris trails Piastri by 14 points in the drivers' standings and if he wins on Sunday, then his McLaren team-mate will need to finish at least fourth to retain the lead in the title hunt.

And Norris was brimming with confidence as he looked ahead to Sunday's race.

"I'm here to win, he said.

"I'll be looking forward

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