The antepenultimate round of the 2022 season begins, the Mexican GP. Both titles have already been awarded, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't enjoy three more races before the end of the year.
How much news
Day already full of news even before the green flag. Alonso has regained the seventh place conquered in Austin after a successful appeal by Alpine, while the FIA has published the definitive sanctions for Aston Martin and Red Bull regarding the violation of the 2021 budget cap.
In FP1 in Mexico there are good five different faces than usual. De Vries replaces Russell in Mercedes, Sergeant salt on Williams for the second consecutive weekend, fittipaldi replaces Magnussen in Haas e Lawson back to topAlpha Tauri, while Doohan debuts onAlpine. All these riders will then leave the seat to their fellow owners from FP2 onwards.

The top teams stay on top
Two Ferraris, two Red Bulls and the only owner Mercedes (Hamilton) finish in the first five places. First half for Carlos Sainz, who had a clean session unlike his partner Leclerc. The Monegasque, second, was forced into the pits for a few minutes due to a suspicion right stomach problem of his F1-75.
The home hero completes the top 3 Perez, which after last year's third place is aiming for the top step this Sunday. The mate Verstappen closes immediately behind, scoring the same time but lagging behind the Mexican (therefore with a more rubberized track).
The rest of the top 10
Behind Hamilton, fifth, his old comrades close Alonso and Bottas, Followed by Norris, gasly e Hag. For the tetra world champion a special helmet this weekend, to pay homage to the Red Bull patron Mateschitz who helped him so much in his career.

Problems for rookies in Mexico
Ricciardo, Zhou, Stroll, Schumacher e Latifs are the last ranked holders. It hasn't been an easy session for most of the rookies. Lawson (P16) saw del smoke get out offront left of his AlphaTauri and had to stop.
Sergeant e De Vries they finish in seventeenth and eighteenth position ahead of Doohan, who finishes his first F1 session with only 13 laps due to a suspicion Power Unit problem. Last time for Peter fittipaldi: also for him the session ended prematurely due to a mechanical problem on his Haas.
The appointment is at 23 for the second free practice: 90 minutes to test the 2023 Pirelli tyres.