Practice One for the 2018 Mexican Grand Prix ended with a Red Bull one-two, something we haven’t written that often in recent years.
Max Verstappen’s pacesetting time was particularly noteworthy, with early indications suggesting that Red Bull will be right in the mix here. The Dutchman was 0.483 seconds quicker than team-mate Daniel Ricciardo and 1.270secs quicker than third-placed man Carlos Sainz of Renault.
Mercedes and Scuderia Ferrari were unusually down the top-10 order, but it’s hard to believe they are really in excess of 1.4s off the pace.
For this session, Ferrari decided to go for a back-to-back testing of the new floor, as the updates were removed in Austin due to the wet conditions.
The new floor came off Kimi Raikkonen’s Ferrari with 45 minutes to go from FP 1 and the old spec was bolted on, while on Sebastian Vettel’s car, the old floor came off and the new floor was put on.
2018 Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix – Free Practice 1 Results
1. Max Verstappen NED Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 1m16.656s
2. Daniel Ricciardo AUS Aston Martin Red Bull Racing + 0.483s
3. Carlos Sainz Jr. ESP Renault Sport Formula One Team + 1.270s
4. Nico Hulkenberg GER Renault Sport Formula One Team + 1.372s
5. Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport + 1.419s
6. Valtteri Bottas FIN Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport + 1.666s
7. Sebastian Vettel GER Scuderia Ferrari + 2.090s
8. Kimi Raikkonen FIN Scuderia Ferrari + 2.280s
9. Brendon Hartley NZL Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda + 2.368s
10. Nicholas Latifi CAN Racing Point Force India F1 Team + 2.422s
11. Sergio Perez MEX Racing Point Force India F1 Team + 2.468s
12. Antonio Giovinazzi ITA Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team + 2.478s
13. Romain Grosjean FRA Haas F1 Team + 2.620s
14. Marcus Ericsson SWE Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team + 2.656s
15. Lando Norris GBR McLaren F1 Team + 2.990s
16. Stoffel Vandoorne BEL McLaren F1 Team + 3.060s
17. Kevin Magnussen DEN Haas F1 Team + 3.197s
18. Sergey Sirotkin RUS Williams Martini Racing + 3.243s
19. Lance Stroll CAN Williams Martini Racing + 3.486s
20. Pierre Gasly FRA Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda no time
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