F1 Live: 2024 Mexican Grand Prix first practice

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Drivers have switched to the gentle tyre now. Sainz retains Verstappen behind him earlier than setting off to supply a 1’18.573. Verstappen goes two-tenths slower, then Russell smashes Sainz’s time with a 1’17.998.

First follow has restarted with 24 minutes remaining. McLaren look like swapping the ground on O’Ward’s automobile – profiting from the crimson flag to place the brand new ground on early?

Shwartzman is underneath investigation for overtaking underneath yellow flags.

Robert Shwartzman witnessed the Bearman-Albon crash: “Oh my God, large one, large one. Oh my God I feel Bearman did one thing to somebody.” Intensive barrier repairs occurring now with lower than half of the session remaining.

Bozzi: “Sorry, that was Albon.”Bearman: “He hit me, he hit me. I’m out.”Bozzi: “Are you okay?”Bearman: “Yeah I’m advantageous.”

Replay reveals Albon misplaced management of his automobile as he approached Bearman, attempting to keep away from the Ferrari, and made contact with him, then spinning into the boundaries. “Fool,” fumes Albon.

Bearman and Albon have collided! Albon’s in a barrier and Bearman has stopped with harm. We now have our second crimson flag. Each drivers are out of their automobiles.

Russell lowers one of the best time to a 1’19.519, however Sainz takes it again from him by a tenth of a second. Alexander Albon a powerful third in the intervening time.

Pierre Gasly experiences one thing smells prefer it’s “cooking” in his automobile. Lance Stroll seems to have an issue too, he’s out of his automobile and has taken his balaclava off.

Carlos Sainz Jnr has lowered one of the best time to a 1’19.942 – however George Russell beats that now by a tenth of a second. The monitor is clearly nonetheless very soiled, a number of mud being kicked up by the automobiles.

The pace-setter stays within the storage for now, nevertheless, his Crimson Bull crew checking his ground carefully after he reported hitting particles.

First follow has resumed with 50 minutes left on the clock. Max Verstappen is quickest to date on a 1’20.970.

Pato O’Ward is in Lando Norris’ automobile for this session. McLaren have a brand new ground this weekend, however just one instance, which Norris is because of use from second follow.

Crimson flag: there’s particles on the principle straight. Andrea Kimi Antonelli ran over it and Max Verstappen reported he did too.

The session has begun and the monitor is filling up shortly. Exhausting tyres throughout – Pirelli nominate their softest choice for this race.

Bearman is among the many drivers lined up on the pit exit, he’s in Charles Leclerc’s automobile, with a big aero rake strapped to the entrance of it. The lengthy straights on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez are helpful for gathering aerodynamic information though the air is unusually skinny.

Among the many common drivers sitting out this session whereas the rookies have a go is Fernando Alonso, for whom that is his four-hundredth grand prix weekend. He’s probably the most expertise driver in F1 historical past – nobody has ever reached a quadruple-century of participations earlier than.

There are solely three typical weekends left this yr, and a type of is Las Vegas the place drivers will need to maximise their follow time, so it’s no shock that half the groups have chosen to make use of this session to run junior drivers. This session will function Andrea Kimi Antonelli in motion for Mercedes, Oliver Bearman for Ferrari, Pato O’Ward for McLaren, Felipe Drugovich for Aston Martin and Robert Shwartzman for Sauber.

First follow for the 2024 Mexican Grand Prix is developing subsequent.