F1 – Mexican Grand Prix qualifying LIVE: Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes are ready to take the fight to Red Bulls as Sergio Perez hopes to dazzle home fans
Follow Mail Sport’s live blog for all the latest updates and timings from qualifying of the Mexican Grand Prix at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
UNDER FIVE MINUTES LEFT
Drivers in the danger zone:
Stroll, Albon, Piastri, Norris, Sargeant
Of note, Lando took forever to set a time after going out and then returning to the garage promptly.
Plus, Sargeant’s quickest time was deleted for track limits at Turn 12
UNDER EIGHT MINUTES LEFT
Norris, Sargeant, Hulkenberg, Sainz, Ocon, and Leclerc haven’t set a time yet
Behind Verstappen… it's Ricciardo and Bottas!
Two quick laps from the Alpha and the Alfa put them within two-tenths and three-tenths respectively of Max
And then Max quickly dispatches that time
Verstappen goes four-and-a-half tenths faster than his teammate
Checo goes fastest!
It’s a 1:18.553 for the Mexican in his home grand prix
Fernando Alonso goes fastest
It’s a 1:19.604 for the Spaniard in Mexico
Magnussen's the first one to set a lap
Gasly needed to head to the pits, so the Dane is the first one across the line
Q1 is underway!
Pierre Gasly leads the way
FIVE MINUTES TO GO
The drivers are getting ready for this qualifying session
15 MINUTE WARNING
Could this finally be the year that Checo does the impossible?
He’s never qualified higher than P4 in his career at this track… could he possibly crack the top three today?
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez? More like Red Bull Ring West
The Milton Keynes outfit has dominated at this track since this race returned to the F1 calendar in 2015.
Max Verstappen has won four of the last five races at this circuit – with the only interruption coming when Lewis Hamilton took the checkered flag in 2019.
Here are the result's from today's FP3 to give ourselves a baseline
The leader isn’t the surprise here… it’s who came in second.
1. Max Verstappen, Red Bull
2. Alex Albon, Williams
3. Sergio Perez, Red Bull
4. George Russell, Mercedes
5. Oscar Piastri, McLaren
6. Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo
7. Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri
8. Lando Norris, McLaren
9. Daniel Ricciardo, AlphaTauri
10. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
11. Logan Sargeant, Williams
12. Zhou Guanyu, Alfa Romeo
13. Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
14. Lance Stroll, Aston Martin
15. Carlos Sainz, Ferrari
16. Nico Hulkenberg, Haas
17. Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin
18. Pierre Gasly, Alpine
19. Kevin Magnussen, Haas
20. Esteban Ocon, Alpine
All eyes will be on Sergio Perez in this qualifying session
The Mexican driver will have no trouble capturing the hearts of the fans here in the capital.
All that’s left to ask is if Checo can finally snap out of his rough run of form and show up here at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
This may surprise you all, but it's been all Red Bull in practice so far
Max Verstappen has taken the top spot at the end of each practice session – with his teammate Sergio Perez only finishing Top-3 twice
Hola a todos!
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