Overview
- Taylor Barnard set the quicker time in the final but slid wide exiting the last corner, exceeded track limits and lost the lap.
- The front two rows: Sébastien Buemi on pole, Barnard second, Edoardo Mortara third and Mitch Evans fourth.
- Buemi advanced by defeating Oliver Rowland in the quarter‑finals and Evans in the semi‑finals, while Barnard beat Nico Mueller and then edged Mortara.
- Pascal Wehrlein suffered a shock group‑stage exit and is set to start from the sixth row after previously taking back‑to‑back Mexico City poles.
- Rookie Pepe Marti will start last due to a back‑of‑the‑grid penalty carried over from the season opener.