After all, his AlphaTauri team currently lies at the bottom of the world championship table, and it had scored just five points all season until Yuki Tsunoda doubled that total with a strong race in Austin, helped by the disqualifications ahead. But really the story in Mexico on Saturday was about Ricciardo himself, and his […]
Ferrari secured a shock front row lockout with Leclerc and Carlos Sainz at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez as Max Verstappen, who had topped all three practice sessions, ended the decisive Q3 session third fastest for Red Bull. The final classification was subject to a number of post-qualifying investigations, with Verstappen and George Russell plus his […]
Ahead of the final runs in Q1, Verstappen, Alonso and Russell all backed up other cars while leaving the pitlane in a bid to create a gap and find clear air. All three drivers were summoned by the FIA’s stewards for “unnecessarily impeding” at pit exit, but they decided not to take any further action. […]
In only his second weekend back from a hand injury that ruled him out of five grands prix rounds, Ricciardo had already showed good pace on Friday when he was sixth in FP2. He slipped back to ninth in Saturday’s FP3 session, however in qualifying Ricciardo was on form as he took fourth in Q1 […]
The Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz set the first somewhat representative times on the board in the opening minutes, with Leclerc’s 1m19.283s heading his team-mate by 0.166s. They were soon demoted by Mercedes duo George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, Russell leading with a 1m18.644s while the Red Bulls sat out the opening third […]
FP1 saw the maiden outings for three drivers who represent the futures of the three top teams. Isack Hadjar of Red Bull, Oliver Bearman of Ferrari and Frederik Vesti of Mercedes all made their F1 practice debuts in the Mexico GP FP1 session, but they weren’t the only youngsters on track, as fellow F2 racers […]
The team finished the session with Lance Stroll in 18th and Fernando Alonso in 20th, but neither driver got in representative laps on soft tyres after a scrappy session. Once again Stroll’s running was compromised by an issue outside his control as he lost time in the garage with a stuck left-front wheel. It required some […]
Behind Verstappen, the battle for outright pace looks to be very close in conditions and through corner types that somewhat negate the RB19’s usual strengths. And in the long run exercises at FP2’s end, McLaren, through Lando Norris, seemed particularly strong. Elsewhere, Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton led the way on pace for Ferrari and […]
With the prospect of breaking his own record for the most wins in a season should he chalk up a 16th success of 2023 in Mexico, Verstappen enjoyed a strong start to the weekend by topping both FP1 and FP2 in his RB19. The three-time Mexico GP winner paced Alex Albon’s Williams in the opening […]
Three-time world champion Verstappen was fastest in Free Practice 1 by 0.095s from Alex Albon’s Williams, and also paced FP2 with a fastest time of 1m18.686s ahead of McLaren driver Lando Norris. Mexico GP FP1 results: Verstappen fastest from Albon Cla Nº Driver Car / Engine Time Delay Laps 1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda […]