Summary

  • Verstappen fastest in Red Bull in second practice at Mexico City Grand Prix

  • Norris fourth quickest but McLaren team-mate Piastri down in 12th

  • Leclerc set pace in Ferrari in first practice session dominated by nine rookie drivers

  • Piastri leads Norris by 14 points in championship, with Verstappen 26 points further back

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Gary Rose

  1. The timing sheet is basically a Ferrari sandwich with A LOT of filling.

  2. Into the final two minutes and Charles Leclerc is going to finish this session quickest. No-one is out there doing fast laps at the moment.

  3. In contrast to Arvid Lindblad, Antonio Fuoco appears to be struggling in the Ferrari. He is down in 20th and more than half a second slower than any other car.

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    Who is the title favourite?

    Katherine McAdam: Piastri or Lando will win the drivers championship, Max’s head isn’t in the game and oh my opinion isn’t in the running. Next season is the season for all the rookies! I can see an Antonelli masterclass!

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  5. Great time by Red Bull rookie Arvid Lindblad.

    He had dropped to the bottom of the timesheet but he's just leapt up to fifth on softs with a time that is six tenths off Charles Leclerc's 1:18.380.

  6. Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    I can't actually remember the last time we had a two-stop race - not properly, anyway.

    I'd very happily see a tyre introduced again where you get that steep drop off, where suddenly you have grip and then it just falls away from you.

  7. Get involved

    Who is the title favourite?

    Alex: Now verstappen has a car equal to the Mclaren (possibly better now its had more major upgrades this weeked) I cant see anyone else winning it...piastry is crumbling.

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  8. yellow flag

    Yellow flag

    Isack Hadjar has had a good session.. until now as he brings out the yellow flags when he ends up in the runoff area.

    No harm done though and he swiftly reverses to get back out on track.

  9. Charles LeclercGetty Images

    Charles Leclerc is back on top of the pile as he does a 1:18.380 on his second lap on a set of softs.

  10. 'Red Bull development paying off'

    Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    It's interesting Red Bull have continued developing - and it's really paying off for them at the moment.

    Thankfully for all of us it's made a really, really interesting end to the season.

    Not that it wouldn't have been interesting between the two McLaren drivers, but when you throw Max Verstappen into the mix... it's delicious.

  11. Ayumu Iwasa is the highest-placed rookie in ninth and doing a very solid job at the moment.

  12. Rebecca Clancy
    F1 journalist on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Oscar Piastri said he'd rather be the one being hunted down - and absolutely you want track position and the one leading the championship so everything is in your control.

    It just doesn't feel like he is in control at the moment.

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    Who is the title favourite?

    Oscar PiastriReuters

    Mike: Piastri will win the drivers championship. Max the disrupter will only effect Lando

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  14. 'Piastri needs to have a good weekend'

    Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    I think it's really interesting the way Oscar Piastri's season has gone off the boil in the way that it has.

    He was asked after Austin specifically whether it was the pressure and he said he didn't think it was.

    Whatever it is that's led to it, he has had four very difficult weekends. For his own sake in terms of his self confidence I think he really needs to have a good weekend here.

  15. Moving into qualifying runs here as more and more come out on softs.

    Kimi Antonelli, with the red-walled tyres on, does a 1:18.487 to move above Oscar Piastri.

  16. Oscar Piastri has bolted on some softs and he does a 1:19.035 to go almost a second quicker than Isak Hadjar.

  17. 'Don't crash into each other'

    Rebecca Clancy
    F1 journalist on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    I think it's good the slate has been wiped clean [between the McLaren drivers].

    I suspect the one thing they will be told before they go out on Sunday is 'please don't crash into each other'.

  18. Get involved

    Who is the title favourite?

    Rob: I think the stress has finally got to both McLaren drivers, and that has helped Max to finally close the gap.

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  19. Isack Hadjar once again takes P1 with a 1:20.005, just 0.030s quicker than Kimi Antonelli.

  20. Watching on

    Max VerstappenGetty Images

    Max Verstappen is checking the data carefully as he sits this session out and gets a different perspective of his car in action.

    Arvid Lindblad has his Red Bull 12th quickest at the moment, 1.246s off the quickest time.