P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen headed a jumbled up order to complete a practice double on Friday at the F1 Mexico City Grand Prix.
In the Friday practice session at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez for the F1 Mexico City Grand Prix 2023, Max Verstappen was the fastest, outperforming Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc by 0.119s and 0.266s, respectively. Valtteri Bottas impressed with a lap that secured him fourth place, only 0.269s behind Verstappen. Sergio Perez, despite the support of his home crowd, ended up three-tenths behind Verstappen in fifth place. It was also a positive session for Daniel Ricciardo, who took sixth place, ahead of Lewis Hamilton in seventh. The top 10 drivers were all within half a second of each other, with a competitive and mixed outcome to Friday’s running in Mexico City. Lance Stroll had a difficult session, finishing in a lowly 18th place due to a problematic wheel issue, while Fernando Alonso finished at the bottom of the timesheets after a high-speed spin at Turn 10.
Source: Crash
