Lando Norris hits the front in title race with emphatic F1 Mexico City GP win

  • Leclerc second; Verstappen third and Piastri fifth

  • Norris now one point clear in championship battle

If timing is key in any race, Lando Norris might just have taken the bell with absolutely impeccable judgment. His victory at the Mexico City Grand Prix with a consummate drive from pole to flag has catapulted him into the lead of an intense title fight at exactly the right moment. Norris has momentum at the very point the championship enters its decisive phase.

With his title rivals Oscar Piastri – Norris’s McLaren teammate – managing only fifth and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen third at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Norris has the edge at a crucial juncture with four meetings remaining. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc finished in second, while Britain’s Oliver Bearman took a career-best fourth place with a superb drive for Haas.

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Saracens’ Noah Caluori called up by England for autumn internationals

  • 19-year-old wing scored five tries on first Prem start

  • Borthwick has picked 36-player squad for four matches

Noah Caluori, the 19-year-old ­Saracens wing, has been named in England’s autumn internationals squad by Steve Borthwick.

Caluori burst on to the Prem scene by scoring five tries against Sale on 18 October and, as England gear up for a busy November featuring four Tests, Borthwick has called up the uncapped youngster after initially inviting him to a training camp last week. The 36-player squad, including 19 forwards and 17 backs, gathered at Pennyhill Park in Surrey on Sunday night.

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