KEY MOMENTSFP3 in Mexico begins at 17:30 GMTCharles Leclerc was fastest on FridayMax Verstappen has a grid penalty\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 2026 Formula 1 Mexico City Grand Prix continues on Saturday 31 October with final practice and qualifying ahead of Sunday’s race.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Mexico City Grand Prix could see Mercedes’ Andrea Kimi Antonelli crowned world champion for the first time, if he finishes ninth or higher on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Antonelli was fourth-fastest on Friday afternoon at the Hermanos Rodriguez circuit in Mexico City, though he trailed Mercedes team-mate George Russell on the timesheets.<\/p>\n
Ferrari once again, as it did at COTA, made a good start to the weekend, with Charles Leclerc fastest in both sessions in his upgraded SF-26.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But team-mate Lewis Hamilton was only 11th after suffering with mechanical issues in FP2.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Max Verstappen was fifth after FP2, but the Red Bull driver has a one-place grid penalty following a collision with Racing Bulls driver Liam Lawson on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Kiwi has also netted himself a one-place grid drop for his part in the incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Isack Hadjar is also under scrutiny for an incident involving a fan while walking through the paddock on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
McLaren had mixed fortunes on Friday afternoon, with Lando Norris up in second, while team-mate Oscar Piastri was 10th.\u00a0<\/p>\n
2026 Mexico City Grand Prix Saturday schedule<\/p>\n
FP3 – 17:30 GMT – 18:30 GMT<\/p>\n
Qualifying – 21:00 GMT – 22:00 GMT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KEY MOMENTSFP3 in Mexico begins at 17:30 GMTCharles Leclerc was fastest on FridayMax Verstappen has a grid penalty\u00a0…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":947798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-947797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=947797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/947798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=947797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=947797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=947797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}