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George Russell is one of the first out as second practice gets under way!

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George Russell is one of the drivers who sat out the first session but is back in the Mercedes now.

He took advantage of being free during first practice to watch the action in the stands.

He wrote on X: "Haven’t watched F1 cars on track in years, so found a way to sneak into the stands while Fred was driving my car."

More than 7,000 of you have voted since the end of first practice - and the results are in.

BBC Sport readers think Max Verstappen is most likely to win this year's world championship with 39% of the vote.

Lando Norris is second favourite with 32%, while Oscar Piastri - 14 points ahead of Norris and 40 above Verstappen - is third on 29%.

There's not a huge amount in it, is there?

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At an altitude of 7,300 feet (2,200 metres), Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit is the highest on the F1 calendar.

The thinner air at this height presents a unique challenge for the teams and drivers.

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No two ways about it, conditions are hot for the drivers out there.

Air temperature may be a pretty pleasant 26C, track temperature is 44C.

Best load up on the pre-race ice cream.

Second practice: 23:00-00:00 (BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, BBC Sounds and smart speakers)

A reminder of how it looks at the top of the drivers' standings with just five races to go.

After this weekend's race in Mexico there are the Brazilian, Las Vegas, Qatar and Abu Dhabi GPs.

We've been asking who you think will win the championship at the top of this page and you've another 10 minutes to cast your vote.

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Hello and we are back! Along with some of this season's drivers' championship title contenders.

The likes of Max Verstappen and Lando Norris handed over to the rookies for first practice but they are both back behind the wheel now as their bid to chase down leader Oscar Piastri continues...

Right, we are going to pause our coverage of practice but will be back at 22:45 BST.

In the meantime, we've setup a little vote at the top of the page - who do you think will win the championship?

Vote now!

Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc set the pace in a first practice session at the Mexico City Grand Prix in which nine teams ran rookie drivers.

Leclerc was 0.107 seconds quicker than Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli in second place, with Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg third from McLaren's championship leader Oscar Piastri.

Neither of Piastri's title rivals, his team-mate Lando Norris and Red Bull's Max Verstappen, took part in the first session.

Piastri leads Norris by 13 points with five races to go; Verstappen is 40 points off the lead after three wins and a second place in the past four races.

Norris was replaced by Mexican Indycar driver Pato O'Ward, who was 13th fastest, while Red Bull's British junior Arvid Lindblad drove Verstappen's car.

Lindblad, who is expected to race for Racing Bulls next season, finished the session sixth fastest - two places and 0.093 seconds ahead of regular Red Bull racer Yuki Tsunoda.

Read the full report here.

A nice outing for the nine rookies but we will be back with the more familiar names in second practice, with the likes of Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton back behind the wheel.

FP2 begins at 23:00 BST.

JSM: I think Max has already won this years championship because he now has the fastest car, he makes nearly zero mistakes, and both McLaren drivers have already lost the plot due to Max getting pole positions one after another.

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Rebecca Clancy
F1 journalist on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

When you were talking about the nine rookies taking part earlier I was thinking you wouldn't want to be beaten by one of them, would you?...

Arvid Lindblad has actually beaten quite a few of them in sixth.

The Mexican fans here enjoyed having a Mexican driver to cheer on and Pato O'Ward enjoys his moment in front of his home crowd by waving to the fans as he passes the grandstand.

Harry Benjamin
BBC F1 Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

Oscar Piastri's just had a moment at turn seven, he ran wide but he's rejoined the track.