Ten rookies, one Ferrari: Leclerc fastest in Mexico FP1
Charles Leclerc set the pace in Mexico FP1 with a 1m18.128s lap on softs, 0.659s clear of Kimi Antonelli. Frederik Vesti was third on 1m18.861s, and Ferrari were the only team to keep both regular drivers in the car.
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Dez pilotos entregaram seus carros a jovens promessas no TL1 do GP do México, no Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, na Cidade do México. O mais rápido entre os nomes já estabelecidos ainda ficou no topo: Charles Leclerc, cujo 1m18.128s com pneus macios resistiu até o fim da hora.
Kimi Antonelli terminou a sessão 0.659s atrás da Ferrari. O terceiro lugar ficou com Frederik Vesti, com 1m18.861s — outros 0.080s atrás —, substituindo George Russell na Mercedes.
A Ferrari foi a única equipe a manter os dois pilotos titulares no carro. O México se tornou o palco preferido para esse tipo de teste porque a sessão acontece pelo menos 90 minutos mais cedo que a classificação e a corrida, numa superfície que muda enormemente ao longo do fim de semana, dado o pouco uso do circuito.
Essa mudança ficou visível de imediato. Um 1m21.965s inicial de Leclerc foi batido por 1.151s quando Antonelli calçou os pneus duros, e o piloto da Mercedes somou mais sete décimos para 1m20.155s. Leclerc respondeu com 1m19.197s, 0.303s à frente da tentativa seguinte de Antonelli.
O Red Bull de Isack Hadjar parou com problema na unidade de potência nessa fase. Hamilton havia subido a terceiro após 25 minutos, com 1m19.869s, e depois achou mais 0.060s para ficar o mais próximo do companheiro, com 1m19.137s.
Os pneus macios chegaram depois da metade da sessão e definiram a ordem. Um 1m18.128s de Leclerc foi 1.009s melhor que sua própria referência com duros, Antonelli conseguiu apenas 1m18.787s, e Vesti então se encaixou entre os dois com sua própria volta em macios.
A aderência era escassa para todos os outros. O substituto da Audi, Freddie Slater, perdeu tempo com problemas técnicos, os dois McLaren de Leonardo Fornaroli e Oscar Piastri escaparam no setor um, e um breve safety car virtual apareceu quando Jak Crawford parou na primeira curva, no Aston Martin de Lance Stroll.
Os dez minutos finais trouxeram a volta aos compostos mais duros e nenhuma mudança na frente. Hamilton ficou em quarto, 0.738s atrás. Ayumu Iwasa, atual campeão da Super Formula e substituto de Max Verstappen, foi quinto com pneus médios em 1m19.113s, uma posição à frente de Pierre Gasly, com 1m19.210s em macios. Alonso, um Piastri em dificuldades — 1.248s atrás no circuito onde entregou a liderança do campeonato um ano antes —, Bearman e Lindblad completaram o top ten.
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