Re-live the action as it happened below - with Mail Sport's live blog which provided all the latest updates and timings from qualifying of the Mexican Grand Prix.

By JAKE FENNER, US SPORTS WRITER
Updated: 18:15 EDT, 28 October 2023
Re-live the action as it happened below - with Mail Sport's live blog which provided all the latest updates and timings from qualifying of the Mexican Grand Prix at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
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It won't have any effect on who's up front - with both Prancing Horses taking top honors here in Mexico.
Be sure to tune in tomorrow for our full coverage of the Mexican Grand Prix.
Have a great rest of your Saturday, wherever you may be!
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I say unofficial, because there could be some jumbling of the order at the end of all this with Verstappen, Hamilton, and Russell all about to have to talk to the stewards.
1. Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
2. Carlos Sainz, Ferrari
3. Max Verstappen, Red Bull
4. Daniel Ricciardo, AlphaTauri
5. Sergio Perez, Red Bull
6. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
7. Oscar Piastri, McLaren
8. George Russell, Mercedes
9. Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo
10. Zhou Guanyu, Alfa Romeo
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It's a truly bizarre qualifying session.
Ferrari, who were struggling in both Q1 and Q2, have a front row lockout!
Russell's running down the line...
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Sainz starts his quali lap and we begin the shootout
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We've got everyone in the garage putting fresh softs on for a shootout to the finish
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Leclerc and Sainz leapfrog the Red Bull of Verstappen for a provisional 1-2
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Let's see who's going to go on pole... but let's remember, there's a bunch of cars here that are under investigation.
Verstappen, Hamilton, and Russell will be looked at and could be penalized afterwards
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Albon is disagreeing with the stewards, but they believe that he cut the corner in his lap that shot him to safety.
So that means that Albon will start P14 tomorrow and Zhou is into Q3.
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He beats out Verstappen by five one-hundredths of a second.
Top five: Hamilton, Verstappen, Russell, Ricciardo, Piastri
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Yuki had some weird thing happen as he exited his garage where he appeared to hit some equipment in the Williams paddock? He wasn't able to set a time.
Zhou was safe, but a brilliant lap from Alex Albon shot him up to safety and sent the Chinese driver out in Q2.
It's a bit of a scare for Ferrari as well - as Sainz was only five-hundredths faster than Zhou and almost got knocked out here.
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Hulkenberg just made it out and puts Zhou at risk... but lets see if someone can jump out of the bottom