Mexico 2022! Everything you need to know...
Updated: Oct 31, 2022
This post will be updated regularly over the weekend.
With the season drawing to a close (read: I'm not sure what I'm going to do with my weekends for the next 15 weeks), the teams have landed in Mexico!
With the top spots of the championships sealed, there's still all to race for the rest of the drivers and teams, so expect an exciting race at the fan favourite circuit!
We also have some different faces in FP1 again this week: Pietro Fittipaldi driving for Haas, Jack Doohan driving for Alpine, Nyck De Vries driving for Mercedes, Logan Sargeant driving for Williams, and Liam Lawson driving for AlphaTauri.
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Race Schedule
(Friday & Saturday are BST, Sunday is GMT)
Friday 28th October 2022:
Free Practice 1: 19:00-20:00
Free Practice 2: 22:00-23:00
Saturday 29th October 2022:
Free Practice 3: 18:00-19:00
Qualifying: 21:00-22:00
Sunday 30th October 2022:
The Race: 20:00
About The Track
It's the home race for Red Bull's Sergio Perez
The drivers will complete 71 laps of the 4.304km Autódromo Hermanos RodrÃguez
The lap record was set by Valtteri Bottas in 2021 at 1:17.774
The first GP held here was in 1961

Image taken from Formula 1 website
Free Practice Updates
Free Practice 1 -
Time by Teams:
Alfa Romeo
Valtteri Bottas: P7. 1:21.083. Completed 23 laps.
Zhou Guanyu: P12. 1:21.820. Completed 20 laps.
AlphaTauri
Pierre Gasly: P9. 1:21.310. Completed 25 laps.
Liam Lawson driving Yuki Tsunoda's car: P16. 1:23.861. Completed 19 laps.
Lawson noted that he "has no brakes, brakes are completely gone" quite early on in the session. Towards the end of the session, his brakes did fully go and caught fire. Luckily he got out of the car and is okay, but the session did not resume.
Alpine
Jack Doohan driving Esteban Ocon's car: P20. 1:26.766. Completed 8 laps.
Fernando Alonso: P6. 1:20.899. Completed 26 laps.
Aston Martin
Sebastian Vettel: P10. 1:21.525. Completed 24 laps.
Lance Stroll: P13. 1:21.865. Completed 24 laps.
Ferrari
Carlos Sainz: P1. 1:20.707. Completed 25 laps.
Charles Leclerc: P2. 1:20.753. Completed 20 laps.
Haas
Mick Schumacher: P14.
Pietro Fittipaldi driving Kevin Magnussen's car: P20.
Fittipaldi is told to pull over ASAP and get out of the car - for a suspected power unit failure - and causes a red flag during the session. This is twice in a row that Haas have caused a red flag in the FP1 sessions.
McLaren
Lando Norris: P8. 1:21.120. Completed 21 laps.
Daniel Ricciardo: P11. 1:21.762. Completed 16 laps.
Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton: P5. 1:20.849. Completed 17 laps.
Nyck De Vries driving George Russell's car: P18. 1:24.582. Completed 20 laps.
Red Bull
Max Verstappen: P4. 1:20.827. Completed 22 laps.
Sergio Perez: P3. 1:20.827. Complered 22 laps.
Williams
Logan Sargeant driving Alex Albon's car: P17. 1:24.246. Completed 22 laps.
Nicholas Latifi: P15. 1:22.912. Completed 20 laps.
OVERALL RANKINGS FOR FP1:
Position | Driver | Team | Time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:20.707 |
2 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | +0.046 |
3 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | +0.120 |
4 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | +0.120 |
5 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +0.142 |
6 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | +0.192 |
7 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | +0.376 |
8 | Lando Norris | McLaren | +0.413 |
9 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | +0.603 |
10 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | +0.818 |
11 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | +1.055 |
12 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | +1.113 |
13 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | +1.158 |
14 | Mick Schumacher | Haas | +1.245 |
15 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | +2.205 |
16 | Liam Lawson | AlphaTauri | +3.154 |
17 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | +3.539 |
18 | Nyck De Vries | Mercedes | +3.875 |
19 | Jack Doohan | Alpine | +3.908 |
20 | Pietro Fittipaldi | Haas | +6.059 |
Free Practice 2 -
Alfa Romeo
Valtteri Bottas: P9. 1:21.993. Completed 36 laps.
Zhou Guanyu: P20. 1:23.369. Completed 34 laps.
Zhou had to pull off the track towards to end of the session, causing a red flag. FP2 will not be resumed.
AlphaTauri
Pierre Gasly: P10. 1:22.104. Completed 36 laps.
Yuki Tsunoda: P2. 1:20.798. Completed 30 laps.
Alpine
Esteban Ocon: P3. 1:21.177. Completed 31 laps.
Fernando Alonso: P11. 1:22.337. Completed 31 laps.
Aston Martin
Sebastian Vettel: P12. 1:22.371. Completed 32 laps.
Lance Stroll: P16. 1:22.840. Completed 23 laps.
Ferrari
Carlos Sainz: P8. 1:21.693. Completed 34 laps.
Charles Leclerc: P7. 1:21.618. Completed 13 laps.
Leclerc spun at Turn 7 and hit the barrier causing a red flag. He will not be able to resume, but FP2 will start again once his car is moved.
Haas
Mick Schumacher: P17. 1:22.879. Completed 31 laps.
Kevin Magnussen: P18. 1:23.316. Completed 20 laps.
McLaren
Lando Norris: P14. 1:22.738. Completed 31 laps.
Daniel Ricciardo: P15. 1:22.763. Completed 27 laps.
Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton: P4. 1:21.509. Completed 32 laps.
George Russell: P1. 1:19.970. Completed 32 laps.
Red Bull
Max Verstappen: P6. 1:21.588. Completed 34 laps.
Sergio Perez: P5. 1:21.579. Completed 34 laps.
Williams
Alex Albon: P13. 1:22.447. Completed 24 laps.
Nicholas Latifi: P19. 1:23.320. Completed 34 laps.
OVERALL RANKING FOR FP2:
Position | Driver | Team | Time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:19.970 |
2 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | +0.828 |
3 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | +1.207 |
4 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +1.539 |
5 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | +1.609 |
6 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | +1.618 |
7 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | +1.648 |
8 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | +1.723 |
9 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | +2.023 |
10 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | +2.134 |
11 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | +2.367 |
12 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | +2.401 |
13 | Alex Albon | Williams | +2.477 |
14 | Lando Norris | McLaren | +2.768 |
15 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | +2.793 |
16 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | +2.870 |
17 | Mick Schumacher | Haas | +2.909 |
18 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | +3.346 |
19 | Nicholas Latifi | Wlliams | +3.350 |
20 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | +3.399 |
Free Practice 3 -
Alfa Romeo
Valtteri Bottas: P8. 1:19.390. Completed 28 laps.
Zhou Guanyu: P12. 1:20.019. Completed 25 laps.
AlphaTauri
Pierre Gasly: P15. 1:20.330. Completed 24 laps.
Yuki Tsunoda: P9. 1:19.882. Completed 24 laps.
Alpine
Esteban Ocon: P11. 1:19.960. Completed 19 laps.
Fernando Alonso: P13. 1:20.037. Completed 16 laps.
Aston Martin
Sebastian Vettel: P19. 1:20.986. Completed 22 laps.
Lance Stroll: P16. 1:20.477. Completed 19 laps.
Ferrari
Carlos Sainz: P6. 1:19.301. Completed 20 laps.
Charles Leclerc: P4. 1:19.123. Completed 22 laps.
Haas
Mick Schumacher: P17. 1:20.598. Completed 24 laps.
Kevin Magnussen: P20. 1:21.271. Completed 25 laps.
McLaren
Lando Norris: P7. 1:19.317. Completed 21 laps.
Daniel Ricciardo: P14. 1:20.139. Completed 21 laps.
Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton: P2. 1:18.543. Completed 23 laps.
George Russell: P1. 1:18.399. Completed 22 laps.
Red Bull
Max Verstappen: P3. 1:18.876. Completed 18 laps.
Sergio Perez: P5. 1:19. COmpleted 24 laps.
Williams
Alex Albon: P10. 1:19.917. Completed 18 laps.
Nicholas Latifi: P18. 1:20.848. Completed 21 laps.
Position | Driver | Team | Time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:18.399 |
2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +0.144 |
3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | +0.477 |
4 | Chares Leclerc | Ferrari | +0.724 |
5 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | +0.842 |
6 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | +0.902 |
7 | Lando Norris | McLaren | +0.918 |
8 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | +0.991 |
9 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | +1.483 |
10 | Alex Albon | Williams | +1.518 |
11 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | +1.561 |
12 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | +1.620 |
13 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | +1.638 |
14 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | +1.740 |
15 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | +1.931 |
16 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | +2.078 |
17 | Mick Schumacher | Haas | +2.199 |
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