MEXICO CITY - McLaren's Oscar Piastri surrendered the Formula One championship lead to teammate Lando Norris after the Mexico City Grand Prix on Sunday but the Australian sounded an upbeat note about his progress and said he had taken steps to unlock his car's pace.

Norris now leads the championship with 357 points, one more than Piastri (356). Max Verstappen (321) remains in third place, 36 behind Norris. There are still 116 points available from the final four grands prix, which include two sprints.

Australia's Oscar Piastri has lost the Formula One championship lead as McLaren teammate Lando Norris clinches win in Mexico.

The F1 championship leader will start the Mexican Grand Prix down in seventh after his McLaren team-mate qualified on pole

Alice in Wonderland was baffled. The dear thing. She quite forgot how to speak good English and reckoned everything was getting curioser and curioser … a couple of nonsensical words that sprang to mind when Oscar Piastri was trying to explain why he could no longer get within cooee of a Formula One podium or McLaren teammate Lando Norris.

Oscar Piastri finished fifth in the Mexico Grand Prix on Sunday (local time) as teammate Lando Norris won the race and overtook the Aussie in the championship race by just one point. The P5 finish for Piastri might have been a step in the right direction after he started seventh on the grid,

Oscar Piastri hopes his past experiences can help him in the F1 championship as he prepares for the Mexican Grand Prix.

The Aussie was cruelled on a dramatic last lap as teammate Lando Norris claimed victory and title favouritism.

Oscar Piastri said before this pivotal weekend that you’d always rather be in the title lead than not given it signifies you’re doing something right. Lando Norris now has that status, and right now he’s doing plenty right. Over a 24-round campaign ...