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FP1 results
F1 Mexico City Grand Prix 2023 - Friday Practice Results
Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) Ferrari SF-23. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 20,…
Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) Ferrari SF-23. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 20…
F1 Mexico City Grand Prix 2023 - Friday Practice: As it happened
The Mexico City Grand Prix kicks off with two practice sessions on Friday. Follow all of the F1 action here with the Crash.net.
27 Oct 2023
20:30
Top 10
Verstappen, Albon, Perez, Norris, Leclerc, Piastri, Sainz, Ricciardo, Ocon and Stroll.
20:30
Chequered flag
A slow end to the session with a number of drivers failing to improve.
20:20
Into the final 10 minutes
Verstappen, Albon, Perez, Norris, Leclerc, Piastri, Sainz, Ricciardo, Ocon and Stroll.
20:11
Perez makes it a Red Bull 1-2
A 1m20.015s for the Mexican driver, 0.297s off Verstappen.
20:06
More soft runs
Verstappen improves to get back on top ahead of Norris - 0.5s between the pair.
Some traffic for Perez hampers his progress as he slots into fourth, just ahead of Leclerc.
20:05
Théo Pourchaire's FP1 outing hasn't gone smoothly so far
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The @Formula2 championship leader has been in and out of the pits a few times with an issue, yet to set a time#MexicoGP#F1pic.twitter.com/sYR1tQmqg2
20:00
Leclerc
Leclerc only manages third overall in the Ferrari - on the faster compound as Verstappen set his time on the mediums.
Verstappen, Albon and Leclerc is now the top three.
19:58
Leclerc on the softs
He's on course to take top spot off Verstappen here.
19:56
Top 10
Verstappen, Albon, Perez, Piastri, Norris, Leclerc, Hulkenberg, Ricciardo, Stroll and Bearman is the current order.
19:51
Piastri
Piastri improves to fourth, albeit on the softs, 0.5s off the pace.
19:49
Twenty minutes gone in FP2
Verstappen, Albon, Perez, Leclerc, Norris, Ricciardo, Sainz, Ocon, Hadjar, Zhou, Doohan, Stroll, Piastri, Hamilton, Sargeant, Hulkenberg, Bearman, Vesti, Alonso and Pourchaire.
19:45
Verstappen destroys Perez's benchmark
The reigning world champion goes 1.3s clear.
19:44
The crowd goes wild (again)
Perez takes to the top with a 1m21.596s, 0.2s ahead of teammate Verstappen.
19:43
A problem for Sainz
He reports over team radio: "Ah I lost the car, hydraulics... I have no power steering."
He returns into the pit lane.
19:41
Verstappen restores order
A 1m21.858s for Verstappen now, 0.5s clear of Albon.
Leclerc slots into third.
19:40
Albon improves
Having just set the fastest time, Albon improves again to a 1m22.419s to extend his advantage over Verstappen to 0.2s - both are on the test tyre.
19:36
Current top 10
Ricciardo, Piastri, Perez, Albon, Hulkenberg, Ocon, Sainz, Leclerc, Verstappen and Hamilton.
19:35
Perez on top
The home crowd goes wild as Perez goes fastest with a 1m23.935s, 0.2s ahead of Albon.
19:33
Piastri sets the early pace
A 1m26.128s for the McLaren driver, 0.5s ahead of Stroll.
Zhou completes the top three.
19:30
FP1 is underway
The light is green and the first practice of the weekend is now underway.
19:26
Five rookies driving in FP1
As per the 'rookie' mandated rule, there's five F2 drivers in action in FP1.
Frederik Vesti is in the Mercedes.
Oliver Bearman is driving for Haas.
Isack Hadjar will be in the AlphaTauri.
Theo Pourchaire is in the Alfa Romeo.
Finally, Jack Doohan will be driving the Alpine.
19:22
How to watch the Mexico City Grand Prix
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19:07
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