F1 Mexico City Grand Prix: Sainz leads Ferrari 1-2 as Verstappen spins in first practice

The time for F1 cost cap talk was over for 60 minutes as the first session of running at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodrig♐uez got underway.
The low grip track 𒉰conditions caught out a number of drivers, including two-time world champion Verstaꦅppen.
Verstappen was struggling with tyre grip in the middle part 🍌of the lap while running on the softs, losing control of his Red Bull and spinning at Turn 11.
He complained over team radio af🐭te♏rwards: "It's unbelievable. I couldn't correct it. So little grip."
Verstappen could only manage the fourth-fastest time, slotting in behind Sainz, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez.
It was tight at the top with just under 0.2s separating Sainz and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso in sixth.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton was one of the last drivers to set a l🌟ap on the softs, ending the session P5 overall.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Valtteri Bottas was just behind Alonso in s💟eventh, while Lando Norris, Pierre Gasly and Sebastian Vettel rounded out the top 10.
Daniel Ricciardo was 11th overall after spending much of the🔜 session in the garage with a brake issue.
Next up was Zhou Guanyu, Lance Stroll, Mick Schumacher and N💦icholas Latifi.
Liam Lawso𓆏n was 16th, replacing Yuki Tsunoda for this session.
Laws🧸on caused the second of two red flags, forcing the session to end early.

Logan Sargeant (in for Alex Albon) was 17th overall ahead of Nyck de Vries (replacing G𓃲eorge Russell).
Jack Dooha▨n’s ses🔥sion was cut short due to “anomalies in its PU data.” - ending the day 19th.
Pietro Fittipaldi completed the order but a power unit ✤issue halted his session early on.

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