Qualifying Highlights | 2021 Mexico City Grand Prix

There was a late surprise in Mexico with an unlikely front row. Check out highlights from an action-packed qualifying session!

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[walnut]

Carlos: no power, no power.

Engineer: press the accelerator

[CrashForce]

Ah... a long straight leading to a 90 degree corner at the start of the race tomorrow.... what could possibly go wrong?

[shawn]

I wasn't expecting Bottas to take the pole but credit where credits due. He was on fire in Q3.

[glynemartin]

James: _"Valterri...it's Ja..."_

Bottas: _"Oh f**k off James!"_

[BourbonJawnt]

Austin: “Mercedes has this”
Mexico: “Redbull has this”

[HenriqueCavalcanti]

Bottas: "Oh yes, haha, viva Méjico!"
Tomorrow after lap 1: "Valtteri, soy James"

[aha]

"This is our worst track on the calendar" said Toto Wolff before getting a front row lockout

[versiable]

Mercedes being nowhere since FP3 and then suddenly getting a 1-2 is the most Mercedes thing to do.

[ralfsstuff]

"Get in there, Valtteri!"
"Now get out of the way and let Lewis win."

[GGsorensen]

Max loves calling people idiots as much as Lewis loves to say that his tires are gone

[S-A-M-]

Nice to see bottas leaving Mercedes’ on a high

He’s been racing really well for the team in recent races and at times better than Lewis

[gilr]

Yuki's not really at fault here, his engineer told him late that perez was 4 sec behind where he's actually right behind him
Edit : his engineer should've told him to push but mistakes happens

[notaidan]

Most teams: Focusing on developing next year’s car

Mercedes: Focusing on developing their sandbags

[stevenhoe]

Carlos : No power, no power...
Ferrari engineer : remember saint, left pedal is brake, right pedal is accelerate

[VF-ever]

The unsung Hero of 2021 - Pierre Gasly. He definitely Deserves a better Car.

[MassEveNova]

"Are you having a laugh?"
"No, I'm not having a laugh!"
End.

[aquaboy]

Everyone: How much for those bags of sand?
Mercedes: Best I can do is front row lockout

[asianH_tler]

F1 video editor, Lewis not being on pole: *plays only 0.27 seconds of Bottas' Fangio award footage* lol poor Bottas

[FerryXtheMercy]

Biggest surprise though: Gasly didn't qualify P6 😉

[Pevi]

On another channel this was commented:
Max's "what an idiot" radio transmission was taken out of context in the live broadcast. He asked his engineer what happened there and his engineer said "I don't know... Looks like Yuki parked it and forced Sergio to go off", which obviously wasn't what actually happened.
Did Formula 1 pull a little Drive To Survive here?