Almost half the grid were stand-in drivers for the Mexican Grand Prix’s FP1!
Obviously that has implications for the drivers having to sit out that session, too. And that’s before you consider the complexity of the high altitude and new lower-downforce 2026 cars at a track where that downforce is so crucial.
Here are the practice results:
FP1
1 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 1m18.128s
2 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) +0.659s
3 Fred Vesti (Mercedes) +0.733s
4 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) +0.738s
5 Ayumu Iwasa (Red Bull) +0.985s
6 Pierre Gasly (Alpine) +1.082s
7 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) +1.229s
8 Oscar Piastri (McLaren) +1.248s
9 Ollie Bearman (Haas) +1.284s
10 Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls) +1.350s
11 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull) +1.417s
12 Nikola Tsolov (Racing Bulls) +1.476s
13 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi) +1.480s
14 Gabriele Mini (Alpine) +1.818s
15 Ryo Hirakawa (Haas) +1.854s
16 Carlos Sainz (Williams) +1.878s
17 Leonardo Fornaroli (McLaren) +2.107s
18 Sergio Perez (Cadillac) +2.267s
19 Jak Crawford (Aston Martin) +2.675s
20 Luke Browning (Williams) +2.741s
21 Freddie Slater (Audi) +2.817s
22 Colton Herta (Cadillac) +3.237s
