Carlos Sainz started the F1 Mexican GP in second position on the time table of the weekend’s first free practice sessions, three tenths behind the fastest, the George Russell’s Mercedes.
The track is very dirty to begin with and not very representative, so we have to wait for Free Practice 2 to start making more accurate conclusions about the speed of the cars in Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City.
Sainz arrives at this track with the hope of once again fighting for victory with a Ferrari best car in Austin after understanding how to extract the maximum potential from the new package brought from monza. Ferrari wants to fight at the top again. In Austin Charles won because Carlos was hurt by Verstappen’s aggressive start in the first corner. The Spaniard was the fastest on the track but did not get the prize he wanted. He will fight to achieve it on this track, which is McLaren, one of the favorites, comes with a new floor to complete the package of many improvements introduced in Austin last week.
for now, Piastre He was left far behind, 7th to 9th tenths after applying an important tuning change in the middle of the session. 5th is the haas of Hülkenberg and Verstappen 4th with a time around 4 tenths slower than Sainz despite the fact that they both made their turn at the same moment on the soft rubber. Max sand 0″ 8 from Russell and ahead of him was car ‘B’ of Tsunoda’s Red Bull0.7 off is the best, as he sets his time later.
Lots of young drivers on the track and two red flags
However, the unknowns remain the same as before we started. The track still needs to be improved and the session had up to two delays due to red flags which complicated everyone’s job.
The first caused it Andrea Kimi Antonelli. The young Italian, who will be the official pilot of Mercedes in 2025debuted in monza with an accident at the start which brought much criticism for him and Wolff. And on his second attempt he fell on the wrong foot due to a stroke of bad luck: apparently, a piece of an advertising bridge fell on the track and Kimi took it, damaging part of the floor of the car Hamilton will be driving starting in FP2 tonight.
The second red flag came from Alex Albon and another rookie, Oliver Bearman, sitting in Leclerc’s Ferrari. The Briton did not leave the line in the fastest and most complicated part of the track and Albon, who was on the lap, lost his car when he met his rival’s dirty air and he took it, ending up in the wall.
Lando Norris, contender for the title, also did not ride, because he was replaced by local IndyCar driver Pato O’Ward.. Like he didn’t Fernando Alonso, who gave his steering wheel to Felipe Drugovich before starting his action in FP2. roll too Shwartzman in Zhou’s Sauberall this, due to the obligation that teams have to provide at least 2 free training sessions to young drivers throughout the year.
The Aston Martin had a long start and Alonso will drive in FP2
In that context, with many ‘roosters’ yet to debut on the track in Free Practice 2, doubts remain, even if the image that Aston Martin left at the beginning was not too hopeful.
Lance Stroll was 16th with a 1.6 marked time at the finish and Drugovich was 18th, two tenths behind the Canadian..
Source: La Verdad
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