Stats: Hirakawa is sixth one-off starter to score a world championship point | 2026 Mexican Grand Prix stats and facts

Max Verstappen won the race and the new world champion finished third: this year’s championship-deciding race resembled last year’s, though the similarity was superficial. Third place ensured Antonelli succeeds Lando Norris as F1’s second new world champion in as many years. That hasn’t happened since 2010 when Sebastian Vettel became the fourth new world champion in a row, following Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button. Norris’s reign as world champion therefore lasted less than a calendar year. At 329 days, this is the sixth-shortest individual duration as champion.