Mexican GP : McLaren and Ferrari favorites for the Weekend
Last free practice session of the weekend: Oscar Piastri sets the pace with a time of 1:16.492, closely followed by his teammate Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz, Ferrari driver, completes the top 3.
During this last practice, the pilots took the opportunity to recover the pending work from yesterday's sessions. In the first session, several were replaced by rookies, while in the second, Pirelli tests prevented valid times from being recorded for this weekend.
Free Practice 3 confirmed the momentum with which Ferrari faces this weekend. Both drivers led the first two positions for much of the session and set the best times. In addition, the McLarens were also very competitive, maintaining a constant fight against the Italian team. With this performance, both teams emerge as the favorites for the rest of the weekend.
On the other hand, Mercedes, one of the leading teams, recorded good times, but is still a step behind Ferrari and McLaren. As for Red Bull, they continue to appear uncomfortable on the circuit, as they had already pointed out yesterday. In Max Verstappen's car they had to change the engine due to a leak detected the day before, but even so performance remains difficult. This places the team significantly behind the two favorite teams for the weekend.
Yuki Tsunoda, who yesterday surprised with excellent times by finishing third in both sessions, today reaffirmed the good performance of the VCARB car on this circuit. This had already been evident last season, when Daniel Ricciardo managed to qualify in the second row.
Results of the last practice:
Oscar Piastri 1:16:492
Lando Norris 1:16:551
Carlos Sainz 1:16:83
Max Verstappen 1:17:003
Lewis Hamilton 1:17:060
Charles Leclerc 1:17:232
Yuki Tsunoda 1:17:302
George Russell 1:17:341
Kevin Magnussen 1:17:474
Liam Lawson 1:17:494
Alex Albon 1:17:51
Valtteri Bottas 1:17:63
Franco Colapinto 1:17:71
Sergio Perez 1:17:78
Fernando Alonso 1:17:79
Nico Hulkenberg 1:17:81
Lance Stroll 1:17:90
Esteban Ocon 1:18:32
Zhou Guanyu 1:18:42
Pierre Gasly 1:18:454