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Formula 1 Mexican GP

Mexican GP Friday practice

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Vettel hinted at improving - and perhaps even going fastest - but a lock-up late in the lap means he stays fourth.
Verstappen takes third back from Vettel, while pacesetter Ricciardo tells his engineer he could've got more out of his lap.
Vettel now gets a clean lap in and goes third behind Ricciardo and Hamilton.
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Midfield: 11 Vettel; 12 Ocon; 13 Stroll; 14 Vandoorne; 15 Magnussen
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Order: 1 Ricciardo; 2 Hamilton; 3 Verstappen; 4 Raikkonen; 5 Bottas; 6 Hulkenberg; 7 Alonso; 8 Sainz; 9 Perez; 10 Massa
Vettel had a twitch through the left-hander heading onto the back straight and slewed out over the runoff.
Crash
Vettel has had to abort his first go on ultra-softs having had another little trip off the road.
Verstappen goes third quickest behind Ricciardo and Hamilton.
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Ricciardo now goes quickest with a 1m17.801s - just over a tenth faster than Hamilton.
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News from Haas - Grosjean's sidelined for the rest of the afternoon after that early tyre drama.
Raikkonen splits the Mercedes with his first ultra-soft lap, he goes second with a time 0.210s off Hamilton.
Radio Comms
"Remember on the slow laps we need either full throttle or low throttle," Mercedes tells Hamilton. "Somewhere in the middle causes power drop-outs."
Bottas improved his time on his second lap on ultra-softs too, but remains 0.367s off Hamilton.
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Hamilton improves by another tenth on his second lap on ultra-softs, getting the benchmark down to 1m17.932s.
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Hamilton is back in business and goes fastest on ultra-softs with a 1m18.077s, moments after Bottas had claimed the top spot briefly.
Just six drivers on track now - Hulkenberg, Ocon, Vandoorne, Hartley and the Saubers doing long runs.
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Tail end: 16 Ericsson; 17 Wehrlein; 18 Gasly; 19 Grosjean. No time: Hamilton
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Midfield: 11 Vandoorne; 12 Massa; 13 Stroll; 14 Magnussen; 15 Hartley
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Lead order: 1 Ricciardo; 2 Verstappen; 3 Raikkonen; 4 Alonso; 5 Bottas; 6 Vettel; 7 Perez; 8 Hulkenberg; 9 Ocon; 10 Sainz
Everyone has now completed a proper lap except Grosjean and Hamilton.
Stopwatch
Ricciardo grabs the top spot from team-mate Verstappen with a 1m18.769s, 0.039s faster.
Stroll's incident came on the flick from Turn 4 to Turn 5. He just stopped the car before it trickled into the barrier.
Crash
Lance Stroll is the latest to have a quick spin.
Vettel gets out of the car and the amount of white stuff on his overalls suggests that was a fire extinguisher going off.
Radio Comms
"The car is like a handbrake mid-corner," reports Verstappen, who's still fastest.
Radio Comms
"Get a spare suit," Vettel asks Ferrari as he returns to the garage.
Crash
Sainz has a quick spin in the Renault.
Ricciardo moves back ahead of Bottas into fourth.
Radio Comms
"I think it might be the extinguisher," adds Vettel, who is driving slowly back to the pits.
Radio Comms
"Check the moving under braking at Turn 1," says Vettel, then adds "something burst" and says there's fluid on his seat.

By: Geoff Creighton

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