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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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Perez goes top, to give the home fans just another reason to scream for their favourite driver, with a 1m21.579s.
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Verstappen, on the 2023 test tyres, goes quickest with a 1m21.588s, nearly two-tenths faster than Russell's earlier effort.
Still no sign of Stroll, Magnussen or Albon in the early stages of FP2.
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Russell pops up to the top with a 1m21.742s on the mediums.
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Tsunoda goes to inspect the Turn 12 run-off area and pulls back on to the track right in front of Hamilton.
Tsunoda is the third driver of the five FP1-missers to head out, also on the mediums. Russell remains the leading runner on the 2022 tyres, in seventh but 0.436s off the pace.
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"Grip feels so low," Russell reports over team radio while running on the 2022 mediums. That was the story of first practice on a very green track.
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FP1 headline-grabber Sainz takes top spot with a 1m21.943s on the unmarked rubber.
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The early laps are in and Gasly tops the times on the test tyres with a 1m22.186s.
Huge cheers ring around the track every time home hero Perez zips by. We can only imagine the noise if he wins on Sunday.
So far Russell and Ocon have ventured out on medium tyres, the rest on the test tyres. Expect those on the 2022 rubber to take control of the top spots, as we saw in Austin.
A quick reminder, the drivers who didn't take part in first practice having stepped aside for a rookie are permitted to use half this session for normal practice set-up work using the 2022 tyres. The rest stick to unmarked 2023 tyres with defined run plans.
Lights green
Right, off we go for this super-sized FP2.
Verstappen is eager to get going, as he heads down to pit exit with a minute to go before the start of the session.
If you watch every single F1 track session of the 2022 F1 season you'll end up listening to the F1 theme tune 110 times this year. And it never gets old. Such a banger.
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The reason this FP2 is a 2023 tyre test is because it was originally planned to run in Japan but heavy rain postponed it to today. But there's a 40% chance of rain for this session - hopefully that stays away.
The AlphaTauri and Haas of that quintet saw their cars suffer smoky premature stops in FP1, so may also face engine changes and grid penalties if the damage has ended up being substantial.
This session will welcome back Russell, Albon, Tsunoda, Magnussen and Ocon after they sat out FP1 due to rookie runs in their respective cars.
First up, we'll level with you. Coming up is a practice session devoted to 2023 Pirelli tyre testing. Will it be the most memorable track action of the season? Probably not. Will we give it any less attention? No way!
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Hello once again! Did you miss us? We certainly missed you.
That's all from us for now, but we'll be back in 90 minutes ahead of FP2!
Verstappen finished in fourth, with Hamilton and Alonso behind him. Bottas, Norris, Gasly and Vettel round off the top 10
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With the session ended early, Sainz topped FP1 from Leclerc, with Perez in third
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The session will not be resumed
Only two of the five rookies have completed the session - de Vries and Sargeant
No smoke without fire - the marshalls are out with fire extinguishers after the front left brakes on that AlphaTauri caught fire
Red flag
Red flag shown again with less than four minutes remaining after Liam Lawson came to a stop on track. Lots of smoke coming from his AlphaTauri brakes
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."
Ricciardo's brake problems have been fixed and he goes 11th fastest
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
Gunther Steiner says there's something wrong with the MGU-H on Fittipaldi / Magnussen's car
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The track is now clear and Vettel is first back out
All five rookies currently sit in the bottom six, with Lawson the quickest of the bunch, followed by Doohan, de Vries, Sargeant and Fittipaldi
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
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
Yellow flag
Pietro Fittipaldi has stopped at Turn 2 - he appears to have a problem with his Haas
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