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Lando Norris put forth a dominant performance at the Mexico GP and achieved a terrific race result. Norris achieved the race win with a margin of over 30 seconds over his rivals trailing him. Because of his dominant outing, he was even booed by the crowd present at the track. Following his stellar win, ex-F1 champion Jacques Villeneuve has applauded the Briton’s performance on Sunday. Lando Norris‘ race win in Mexico helped him regain the driver’s title lead against Oscar Piastri by just one point for now. With just four races left this season, he will still have to work hard to maintain his lead. But he can relax a bit for now as he can ride the high of the Mexico GP ahead of the upcoming race weekend. Even Jacques Villeneuve is impressed with the 25-year-old’s showing in Mexico and applauded his outing. Jacques Villeneuve insisted that Lando Norris did not put even one foot wrong throughout the Mexico GP weekend. Villeneuve made a bold claim that Norris showed great strength on track that was only seen in Max Verstappen before. The Canadian recalled that the 25-year-old was similarly dominant in the final races of the previous year. As such, it is the mid-season races that prove to be hard for Lando Norris, as his performance now looks much better. Jacques Villeneuve revealed that Norris was barely on the level of Oscar Piastri mid-way through the 2025 season, which definitely changed now. Moreover, the Briton drove like a world champion in Mexico or like someone who really wanted to win the coveted driver’s title. He did not put one foot wrong all weekend, He showed strength that we only really see in Max. We saw it last year as well, so it was just mid-season that was a little disappointing. He was barely on Piastri’s level. And now, he drove like a world champion or someone who wants to win a world championship. Jacques Villeneuve told Sky Sports F1. Lando Norris reveals the ‘factor’ that helped him excel in Mexico Lando Norris’ MCL39 challenger was quite dominant and helped him build an exorbitant lead over the rivals. Although McLaren’s car has been dominant in multiple races, the drivers still faced difficulties in multiple race weekends. However, Norris had no such problems in Mexico, as wasn’t the case with Oscar Piastri at all. Now, the 25-year-old pondered over the factor that helped him surpass his rivals in Mexico.
