F1 Live: 2024 Mexican Grand Prix first practice

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First practice has resumed with 50 minutes left on the clock. Max Verstappen is fastest so far on a 1’20.970.

Pato O’Ward is in Lando Norris’ car for this session. McLaren have a new floor this weekend, but only one example, which Norris is due to use from second practice.

Red flag: there’s debris on the main straight. Andrea Kimi Antonelli ran over it and Max Verstappen reported he did too.

The session has begun and the track is filling up quickly. Hard tyres all around – Pirelli nominate their softest selection for this race.

Bearman is among the drivers lined up at the pit exit, he’s in Charles Leclerc’s car, with a large aero rake strapped to the front of it. The long straights at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez are useful for gathering aerodynamic data although the air is unusually thin.

Among the regular drivers sitting out this session while the rookies have a go is Fernando Alonso, for whom this is his 400th grand prix weekend. He is the most experience driver in F1 history – no one has ever reached a quadruple-century of participations before.

There are only three conventional weekends left this year, and one of those is Las Vegas where drivers will want to maximise their practice time, so it’s no surprise that half the teams have chosen to use this session to run junior drivers. This session will feature Andrea Kimi Antonelli in action for Mercedes, Oliver Bearman for Ferrari, Pato O’Ward for McLaren, Felipe Drugovich for Aston Martin and Robert Shwartzman for Sauber.

First practice for the 2024 Mexican Grand Prix is coming up next.