Leclerc crashes in second practice; Russell fastest; Sainz tops in first session
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Kevin Magnussen is on the pit wall, watching on intently as his car is left alone to be picked up by the recovery vehicle. Fittipaldi was told to "pull over and stop the car immediately" over team radio.
A now that flag has turned red. Pietro Fittipaldi is out of the car after completing nine laps.
Now we have a yellow flag as the Haas of Pietro Fittipaldi, who is sitting in for Kevin Magnussen, is not moving.
An Alfa Romeo has stopped. It's Zhou Guanyu, who needs the marshals to come to his aide in the pit lane and push him back to the garage.
Pierre Gasly has run into traffic at the stadium section. Is it a rookie that has got in the Alpha Tauri man's way?
"Who's this **** guy!" he asks his engineer.
"That is Latifi," comes the reply.
"Very good job, Nicholas." says Gasly...
Max Verstappen does well to avoid the barriers as his Red Bull hits the kerb and ends up in a half spin across the dusty track. "I couldn't correct it," says the Dutchman with a slight chuckle. "So little grip."
While Lando Norris is soaking up the roars of the Mexican crowd, team-mate Daniel Ricciardo is stuck in the McLaren garage, having messaged a few moments ago to say he was struggling with an issue with his brakes.
The track is turning red now as drivers switch to the softest rubber. Valtteri Bottas goes third quickest in his Alfa Romeo, while Lando Norris shifts his McLaren into second spot, three tenths away from Charles Leclerc's marker. 30 minutes to go.
Sergio Perez's Red Bull engineer tells the Mexican driver that Mick Schumacher found three seconds on the softs compared to his hard-tyre run.
The Haas of Mick Schumacher bangs in a purple final sector and leaps up the order to slot in behind Charles Leclerc in second with a 1:21.952 on some soft rubber.
Charles Leclerc has bucked the trend and opted for a set of soft tyres for his first timed run. They serve the Monegasque driver well, as he jumps to the top of the time sheets with a 1:21.546.
Meanwhile, Ferrari buddy Carlos Sainz needs the team to have a look at the car as the Spaniard has just taken a big chunk of kerb.
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At least Carlos Sainz can see things clearly out on track, as the Ferrari man slips into third place, half a second behind leader Max Verstappen and his Red Bull.
Carlos Sainz engineer needs to speak a bit more clearly on the team radio.
"De Vries behind on an out lap," he tells Sainz. "
"Debris?!" comes the reply from the Spaniard. "No, no. De Vries," his engineer clarifies.
1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) - 1:22.291
2. Sergio Perez (Red Bull)
3. Pierre Gasly (Alpha Tauri)
4. Fernando Alonso (Alpine)
5. Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo)
The man with the quickest time of the young guns so far is Jack Doohan for Alpine with a 1:25.124. Australian Doohan is only 19 years old and was born in 2003. Crikey.
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It's the Red Bulls swapping places at the front of the pack as the rest of the grid continue to rubber in the hard tyres. Max Verstappen, winner of the United States Grand Prix, is rapid once again with a 1:22.291.
A few young pups were eager to get out onto the track early but now the big dogs have emerged from the pits and are ready to play. Max Verstappen, on the hard tyres, has clocked the quickest time so far with a 1:22.779.
But Sergio Perez, with home advantage in his engine, is up on his Dutch team-mate and takes top spot away from the world champion with a time 0.077secs faster. Hard rubber also for Checo.
Pirelli has nominated the compounds in the middle of the range, just like the United States Grand Prix, for this weekend's outing around the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
Teams can choose from the C2 (hard, white), C3 (medium, yellow) or C4 (soft, red). A reminder that the prototype tyres that will be run in FP2 don’t carry coloured markings on the sidewalls.
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