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F1 Mexican GP Live Commentary and Updates - FP1 & FP2
Updates from Friday practice at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
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The F1 action continues with the Mexican GP, as the season begins to draw to a close after both F1 world titles were wrapped up by Max Verstappen and Red Bull.
But focus has shifted to off-track events, as Red Bull’s F1 cost cap breach for 2021 was announced ahead of practice at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, with the Milton Keynes-based squad given a $7 million fine and a 10% reduction on aerodynamic testing by the FIA.
Aston Martin were also give a $450,000 fine for its F1 cost cap procedural breach from last year.
Carlos Sainz led team-mate Charles Leclerc for a Ferrari 1-2 in FP1, with the Red Bull pair of Sergio Perez and Verstappen behind them in third and fourth.
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- F1 Mexican GP FP2 devoted to 2023 Pirelli tyre test
- Russell topped session which was red-flagged twice after Leclerc crashed and Zhou stopped late on
- Sainz led Ferrari 1-2 in FP1 as session also ended under a red flag
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Leaderboard:
- Russell, Mercedes
- Tsunoda, AlphaTauri
- Ocon, Alpine
- Hamilton, Mercedes
- Perez, Red Bull
- Verstappen, Red Bull
- Leclerc, Ferrari
- Sainz, Ferrari
- Bottas, Alfa Romeo
- Gasly, AlphaTauri
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Welcome to Autosport's live Formula 1 updates ahead of FP1 for the Mexican GP!
Jack Doohan will take part in his first FP1 session for Alpine, with the Australian Formula 2 driver sitting in for Esteban Ocon
There are several other driver swaps taking place for FP1: Nyck de Vries will drive for Mercedes, Logan Sargeant for Williams, Liam Lawson for AlphaTauri and Pietro Fittipaldi for Haas
Earlier today, Red Bull was handed a $7m fine and a 10% reduction in permitted aerodynamic research for breaking the budget cap. Read the full report here
Fun fact: British heavy metal band Iron Maiden played Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez last month and featured home favourite Sergio Perez on their event t-shirt - check it out here
Max Verstappen won last year's Mexican GP, with team-mate Sergio Perez in third. Can Perez finally clinch a home win on Sunday?
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Green light at the end of the pitlane and FP1 is underway!
Sebastian Vettel leads the field out of the pits, followed by Pietro Fittpaldi, who replaces Kevin Magnussen at Haas
Everyone is out on track now bar the two Williams drivers - Nicholas Latifi is joined by Logan Sargeant in place of Alex Albon
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Lots of times going on the board now - the two McLarens lead from Nyck de Vries and Fernando Alonso
That looked like a disconcerting puff of black smoke from the back of Liam Lawson's AlphaTauri...
...and he says he has no brakes. Not a good start to his day!
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15 drivers now with times set, with Verstappen leading from Perez and Gasly
Daniel Ricciardo goes second fastest - he'll be hoping for a better weekend this time out after struggling in Austin
Doohan is currently the quickest of the rookie runners, sitting in 13th
Jack Doohan wears a helmet paying tribute to his dad, motorcycle racing legend Mick Doohan - who watches on from the Alpine garage! Read about it here
15 minutes down, 45 to go, and Verstappen leads from team-mate Perez and AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly
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...but not for long, as Sainz goes third quickest for Ferrari
Liam Lawson has gone 10th quickest for AlphaTauri. It's his second practice outing of the season, having made his debut at Spa
Charles Leclerc is finally out on track and using the soft compound tyre. Everyone else is on the hard Pirelli rubber
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Leclerc goes fastest, 0.7s quicker than Verstappen
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Schumacher, who is also on the softs, goes second fastest with a 1m21.952s
McLaren says Daniel Ricciardo's car has an issue:
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Leclerc improves on his earlier time, with a 1m20.753s, with Bottas in second and Schumacher demoted to third
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Norris is next to go second quickest, 0.367s behind Leclerc
Bit of a spin there from Verstappen at Turn 10, but he gets his Red Bull going again
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The world champion says he's got "so little grip"
Gasly a little unhappy there with Latifi in front of him - "good job, Nicholas"
Zhou is stuck at the end of the pitlane - he says he can't upshift so has turned his engine off
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Sainz currently leads from Leclerc with a 1m20.707s, with the Red Bull pair in third and fourth
Zhou has been pushed back to the Alfa Romeo garage
Yellow flag
Pietro Fittipaldi has stopped at Turn 2 - he appears to have a problem with his Haas
Red flag
The session has been red-flagged thanks to Fittipaldi's stricken car. This is the second FP1 in a row to be halted because of a Haas
Fittipaldi was told by Mark Slade at Haas to stop the car immediately - lots of smoke was seen coming out the back of his VF-22
All five rookies currently sit in the bottom six, with Lawson the quickest of the bunch, followed by Doohan, de Vries, Sargeant and Fittipaldi
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The track is now clear and Vettel is first back out
Gunther Steiner says there's something wrong with the MGU-H on Fittipaldi / Magnussen's car
The Haas boss says the team will probably need to put a new engine in that car now - not a good start to their weekend
Ricciardo's brake problems have been fixed and he goes 11th fastest
Jack Doohan's FP1 has come to an early finish. Alpine said: "The team has stopped as a precaution as a result of seeing anomalies in its PU data."
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