The checkered flag waves on Mexico's FP1 with Max Verstappen always in front of everyone, marking the time of 1'19 "718. Change the the circuit, it doesn't change the Dutchman's determination and hunger to win. SuperMax follows a surprising one Alexander albon. Alone 95 thousandths from P1, the Mexico City circuit could therefore be a track interesting for his Williams. The home idol closes the Top 3 Sergio Perez. Even though he isn't at his teammate's level, he still manages to take advantage of what he has RB19 can allow him to do.
Ferrari to understand in these FP1, Mexico McLaren track?
In fourth position we find Lando Norris. Despite not having an excellent qualifying pace, McLaren seems to have a great race pace really important. Who knows, by limiting the damage to Saturday, he might even fight for something more. His partner is in sixth position Oscar piastri.
The two are in fifth and seventh position Ferrari. The Maranello cars performed a decent test of the flying lap and a race pace on that of Verstappen. In normal cases it would be great, but even the 3-time world champion looked like it in difficulty on this aspect. They will therefore be important FP2 scheduled at 00:00 (Italian time) to understand the possible progress of the Reds this weekend. Worth noting is one hydraulic problem for Carlos Sainz.
5 young people on track in the Mexican FP1
Many teams in these free practices decided to let the young run wild in place of some of their official pilots. Also there Mercedes he rested George Russell to get on the W14 Frederick News. Two French rookies up Alfa Romeo ed Alpha Tauri, respectively Theo Pourchaire ed Isaac Hadjar, of Turkish origin but with a French passport. However, the Biscione driver was unable to do more than 4 laps due to a system problem brake by wire. However, it surprises on the positive side Oliver Bearman. Got on the Haas replacing Kevin Magnussen, was very close to the other American team driver Nico Hulkenberg. So keep an eye on the Brit because we could soon see him in a car F1. The list of young people closes jack doohan, who also did quite well with theAlpine di Pierre Gasly.
Article by Francesco Orlando
