Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was quickest from champion-elect Kimi Antonelli in first follow on the Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix.
Leclerc was 0.659s faster than Antonelli to underline the expectation that Ferrari can be robust on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez resulting from their small turbo working effectively at excessive altitude.
Lewis Hamilton was fourth after a scruffy soft-tyre lap however can be buoyed by his team-mate’s tempo as Ferrari look to win solely their third race of the season.
It shouldn’t majorly affect Antonelli on the weekend the place he’s prone to develop into world champion on Sunday as he solely wants a top-nine end to safe the drivers’ title.
Ten rookies changed the standard full-time drivers in first follow as most groups took benefit of the relative simplicity of the circuit and it not being a Dash weekend to fulfil a regulation {that a} rookie most run in each automobiles at the very least twice within the season – solely Ferrari ran each common drivers within the session.
Mercedes reserve driver and 2023 System 2 runner-up Frederik Vesti was the very best of the rookies in third, lower than one tenth behind Antonelli, and Ayumu Iwasa impressed in Max Verstappen’s Pink Bull in fifth, lower than one second off the tempo on the medium tyres.
Extra to observe…
Sky Sports activities F1’s dwell Mexico Metropolis GP schedule
Friday October 308pm: The F1 Show9pm: Crew Bosses’ Press Conference9.30pm: Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix Observe Two (session begins at 10pm)*
Saturday October 315.15pm: Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix Observe Three (session begins at 6.30pm)8pm: Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix Qualifying build-up9pm: MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX QUALIFYING11pm: Ted’s Qualifying Pocket book
Sunday November 15pm: F1 Academy Race 36.30pm: Grand Prix Sunday: Mexico Metropolis GP build-up8pm: THE MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX*10pm: Chequered Flag: Mexico Metropolis GP reaction11pm: Ted’s Pocket book
*additionally on Sky Sports activities Most important Occasion
System 1 subsequent heads south for the second leg of The Americas triple-header with the Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix this weekend, dwell on Sky Sports activities F1. Stream Sky Sports activities with NOW – no contract, cancel anytime
