The opening session in Mexico City was packed with action, featuring a mix of regular championship contenders and a heavy presence of rookie talent:
(Data sourced from Formula 1 official reports and Crash.net ) The opening session in Mexico City was packed
: Five rookies took part in the session, including Jack Doohan (Alpine), Logan Sargeant (Williams), Nyck de Vries (Mercedes), and Liam Lawson (AlphaTauri). FP1 Results: Top 10 1 Carlos Sainz 1:20.707 2 Charles Leclerc 3 Sergio Pérez 4 Max Verstappen 5 Lewis Hamilton 6 Fernando Alonso 7 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 8 Lando Norris 9 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 10 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin The second came late in the session when
: The session was interrupted twice by red flags. The first was caused by Pietro Fittipaldi , whose Haas ground to a halt with a power unit failure. The second came late in the session when Liam Lawson 's AlphaTauri suffered a mechanical failure and caught fire in the stadium section, ending the session early. including Jack Doohan (Alpine)
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: Championship leader Max Verstappen and home favorite Sergio Pérez set identical times of 1:20.827 , finishing third and fourth respectively. Verstappen notably suffered a spin at Turn 7 earlier in the session while running on hard tires.