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Formula 1 Mexico City GP

F1 Mexican GP Live Commentary and Updates - FP1 & FP2

Updates from Friday practice at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez

A pumpkin sits inside the Haas VF-22

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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Zhou has been pushed back to the Alfa Romeo garage
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Sainz currently leads from Leclerc with a 1m20.707s, with the Red Bull pair in third and fourth
Zhou is stuck at the end of the pitlane - he says he can't upshift so has turned his engine off
Gasly a little unhappy there with Latifi in front of him - "good job, Nicholas"
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The world champion says he's got "so little grip"
Bit of a spin there from Verstappen at Turn 10, but he gets his Red Bull going again
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Norris is next to go second quickest, 0.367s behind Leclerc
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Leclerc improves on his earlier time, with a 1m20.753s, with Bottas in second and Schumacher demoted to third
McLaren says Daniel Ricciardo's car has an issue:

 
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Schumacher, who is also on the softs, goes second fastest with a 1m21.952s
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Leclerc goes fastest, 0.7s quicker than Verstappen
Charles Leclerc is finally out on track and using the soft compound tyre. Everyone else is on the hard Pirelli rubber
Liam Lawson has gone 10th quickest for AlphaTauri. It's his second practice outing of the season, having made his debut at Spa
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...but not for long, as Sainz goes third quickest for Ferrari
15 minutes down, 45 to go, and Verstappen leads from team-mate Perez and AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly
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
Doohan is currently the quickest of the rookie runners, sitting in 13th
Daniel Ricciardo goes second fastest - he'll be hoping for a better weekend this time out after struggling in Austin
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15 drivers now with times set, with Verstappen leading from Perez and Gasly
...and he says he has no brakes. Not a good start to his day!
That looked like a disconcerting puff of black smoke from the back of Liam Lawson's AlphaTauri...
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Lots of times going on the board now - the two McLarens lead from Nyck de Vries and Fernando Alonso
Everyone is out on track now bar the two Williams drivers - Nicholas Latifi is joined by Logan Sargeant in place of Alex Albon
Sebastian Vettel leads the field out of the pits, followed by Pietro Fittpaldi, who replaces Kevin Magnussen at Haas
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Green light at the end of the pitlane and FP1 is underway!
Max Verstappen won last year's Mexican GP, with team-mate Sergio Perez in third. Can Perez finally clinch a home win on Sunday?
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
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
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
Jack Doohan will take part in his first FP1 session for Alpine, with the Australian Formula 2 driver sitting in for Esteban Ocon
Welcome to Autosport's live Formula 1 updates ahead of FP1 for the Mexican GP!

By: autosport.com

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