Russell: We fell short of the top three by very little.

      George Russell will start in Mexico from fourth position and says the qualifying results slightly surprise him. Kimi Antonelli is a bit upset — he says he couldn't find the right rhythm, although in the end the Italian Mercedes driver posted the eighth-fastest time.

      George Russell (4th): "The results are somewhat surprising, because usually if we qualify behind two Ferraris we're more likely to be around fifth or sixth, but right now we're fourth. It's a pretty decent result, and although we couldn't catch the top three, we were only a little way off. By the way, Oscar Piastri was only a tenth of a second behind me, and he's only eighth. But I'm glad to be starting ahead of him. If we talk about tomorrow's race, it's very important to get through Turn 1 cleanly and complete the first lap. There are always some chances to move forward — for example, two Ferraris start ahead of me, and the team could well split strategy to increase the pressure on McLaren. In any case, both Scuderia cars won't pit on the same lap. Who knows, maybe I'll be able to get ahead of one of them with an earlier pit stop — we'll see."

      Kimi Antonelli (6th): "I think the car could have climbed to a higher position, but I just couldn't find the right rhythm, and the whole second session felt a bit hectic. In the final things were a little better, but still at the start of the session I wasn't driving well, which left me in a less favourable position. It's a shame, of course, but I still set the sixth time and I didn't lose that much to the driver starting from third, so I'm genuinely determined to fight over the distance in tomorrow's race. It's hard to say yet what pace we'll be capable of, but it seems the tyres of all three compounds can be used over the race distance. We'll see, but of course it's very important to have a good start, after which we'll try to work our way forward and gain a few positions."