topped first practice for the Mexico City Grand Prix<\/a> with a 1m18.380s, the Ferrari driver leading Mercedes rookie Kimi Antonelli by 0.107s and Sauber\u2019s Nico Hulkenberg by 0.380s.<\/p>\nOscar Piastri was fourth for McLaren ahead of Gabriel Bortoleto in the second Sauber, while Arvid Linblad impressed in sixth for Red Bull, narrowly behind Esteban Ocon\u2019s Haas. Yuki Tsunoda, Franco Colapinto, and Alex Albon completed the top ten.<\/p>\n
Eight of the nine rookies filled the lower positions, with Pat O\u2019Ward 13th ahead of Frederik Vesti and Paul Aron, while Ryo Hirakawa, Ayumu Iwasa, Luke Browning, Jak Crawford, and Antonio Fuoco rounded out the order.<\/p>\n
Cars return to the track for FP2 at 4pm local time (9am AEDT).<\/p>\n
Pos.
\nNo.
\nDriver
\nTeam
\nTime \/ Gap
\nLaps<\/p>\n
1
\n16
\nCharles Leclerc
\nFerrari
\n1:18.380
\n29<\/p>\n
2
\n12
\nKimi\u00a0Antonelli
\nMercedes
\n+0.107s
\n35<\/p>\n
3
\n27
\nNico\u00a0Hulkenberg
\nKick Sauber
\n+0.380s
\n27<\/p>\n
4
\n81
\nOscar\u00a0Piastri
\nMcLaren
\n+0.404s
\n31<\/p>\n
5
\n5
\nGabriel\u00a0Bortoleto
\nKick Sauber
\n+0.536s
\n28<\/p>\n
6
\n36
\nArvid\u00a0Lindblad
\nRed Bull Racing
\n+0.617s
\n26<\/p>\n
7
\n31
\nEsteban\u00a0Ocon
\nHaas F1 Team
\n+0.658s
\n29<\/p>\n
8
\n22
\nYuki\u00a0Tsunoda
\nRed Bull Racing
\n+0.710s
\n29<\/p>\n
9
\n43
\nFranco\u00a0Colapinto
\nAlpine
\n+0.951s
\n28<\/p>\n
10
\n23
\nAlexander\u00a0Albon
\nWilliams
\n+1.004s
\n33<\/p>\n
11
\n6
\nIsack\u00a0Hadjar
\nRacing Bulls
\n+1.029s
\n32<\/p>\n
12
\n14
\nFernando\u00a0Alonso
\nAston Martin
\n+1.092s
\n26<\/p>\n
13
\n89
\nPatricio\u00a0O\u2019Ward
\nMcLaren
\n+1.300s
\n30<\/p>\n
14
\n72
\nFrederik\u00a0Vesti
\nMercedes
\n+1.309s
\n32<\/p>\n
15
\n61
\nPaul\u00a0Aron
\nAlpine
\n+1.482s
\n29<\/p>\n
16
\n50
\nRyo\u00a0Hirakawa
\nHaas F1 Team
\n+1.693s
\n27<\/p>\n
17
\n40
\nAyumu\u00a0Iwasa
\nRacing Bulls
\n+1.773s
\n29<\/p>\n
18
\n46
\nLuke\u00a0Browning
\nWilliams
\n+1.930s
\n31<\/p>\n
19
\n35
\nJak\u00a0Crawford
\nAston Martin
\n+1.991s
\n29<\/p>\n
20
\n38
\nAntonio\u00a0Fuoco
\nFerrari
\n+2.474s
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