The third from last round of the World Cup is played at Mexico City, home field of Sergio Perez, who hopes to bring his fans a victory, the first for a compatriot in what is a real motorsport arena. The track is short, with faster and slower sections but tricky, we saw it yesterday also with the FP1 e FP2, in which many riders had to make multiple corrections to stay with the rear on the track. One who failed is Charles Leclerc which in FP2 ended up against the barriers in turn 7 destroying the rear of the F1-75 which, however, was fitted with old components. Better it happened yesterday than today or in the race, sure, but having seen in trouble also Max Verstappen and other drivers we believe that this weekend will give us big surprises at Fanta F1.
All very close
Both men Red Bull they want victory. The fact of having won the world championship will not appease Verstappen who is chasing the record for seasonal victories in history. By the way, Max is the rider who has won the most here. Perez will have to get his claws out and sweat for victory since he always pays at least 3-4 tenths from his partner. At Ferrari, Charles Leclerc looked for the limit to understand how far to go in qualifying, paying 46 to his teammate in FP1. However, the Spanish rider should take a penalty in the race.
The men from Maranello are in fact intending to replace the turbo from Mexico without waiting for the stage in Brazil. The times in the long runs between Ferrari and Red Bull are not so different, and already in Austin the redhead had shown an improvement in tire management. In the Brackley team, the hope of taking at least one victory of the season, especially after the result in Austin, is still vivid. Furthermore, both Russell and Hamilton said they had a really good time on track yesterday. A three-way fight is not out of the question, Mercedes has also collected 14 podium finishes this season.
In the central positions Alpine is a candidate as the number one troublemaker, also on the strength of the justice done for Fernando Alonso. However, let's not underestimate Aston Martin either, Stroll will start with 3 penalty positions so he could make an excellent comeback. We must necessarily make amends with the Fantamanager for the episode in Austin. Magnussen will instead be forced to pay for 5 positions of penalty for the change of ICE. We still don't know what the Alpine will do since yesterday Doohan, who took over from Ocon in FP1 had problems and in FP2 the French rider also said he was rather hesitant about the reliability of his engine.
Who to deploy at Fanta F1
So who can we deploy in Mexico? You make your choices, these are our recommendations with a team of 102 and 103 credits. We remind you that you can sell riders of your team who have risen in rating to get extra credits, but be careful because those who have dropped in rating will take credits away from you if you sell them!
TOP DRIVERS TEAM
Verstappen, Ocon, Stroll, Bottas, Latifi
MIXED TEAM
Perez, Sainz, Stroll, Latifi, Schumacher
