This is the place to discuss everything related to the 19th round of the 2018 season taking place in Mexico between the 26th of October and the 28th of October.
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Picks for Mexico close at the start of Saturday practice
The event timetable for the Mexican Grand Prix.
Friday
1st Practice 10:00 local time - 15:00 GMT
2nd Practice 14:00 local time - 19:00 GMT
Saturday
3rd Practice 10:00 local time - 15:00 GMT
Qualifying 13:00 local time - 18:00 GMT
Sunday
Race 13:00 local time - 18:00 GMT
The 2018 Mexico GP Thead
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This weekend we are heading South of the border, down Mexico way.
After last weekend's event in Austin, the probability of a Mercedes is not quiet so certain. With the altitude of Mexico City, some of the advantages of the higher powered Mercedes and Ferrari will be moderated. That, and the downforce generated by the Newey designed chassis of the Red Bull, leads us to what should be an exciting race.
The revival of Renault in the US grand prix, the rebirth of Force India and the improvements in the Sauber, Haas and Toro Rosso teams has really opened up the mid-field battle.
Unfortunately for McLaren and Williams, their development of their 2018 machines has eased with most resources switched to the development of next years machines.
We will wait and see.........
After last weekend's event in Austin, the probability of a Mercedes is not quiet so certain. With the altitude of Mexico City, some of the advantages of the higher powered Mercedes and Ferrari will be moderated. That, and the downforce generated by the Newey designed chassis of the Red Bull, leads us to what should be an exciting race.
The revival of Renault in the US grand prix, the rebirth of Force India and the improvements in the Sauber, Haas and Toro Rosso teams has really opened up the mid-field battle.
Unfortunately for McLaren and Williams, their development of their 2018 machines has eased with most resources switched to the development of next years machines.
We will wait and see.........
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FP1 Results
Romain Grosjean carries a 3 place grid penalty into this event for his Austin indiscretions.
Pierre Gasly will start rear of grid for and additional Spec B power unit that is installed for this event.
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Pos Time Driver Team
1 1:16.656 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
2 1:17.139 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing
3 1:17.926 Carlos Sainz Renault
4 1:18.028 Nico Hulkenberg Renault
5 1:18.075 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
6 1:18.322 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
7 1:18.746 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
8 1:18.936 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
9 1:19.024 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso
10 1:19.078 Nicholas Latifi Force India
11 1:19.124 Sergio Perez Force India
12 1:19.134 Antonio Giovinazzi Sauber
13 1:19.276 Romain Grosjean Haas
14 1:19.312 Marcus Ericsson Sauber
15 1:19.646 Lando Norris McLaren
16 1:19.716 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
17 1:19.853 Kevin Magnussen Haas
18 1:19.899 Sergey Sirotkin Williams
19 1:20.142 Lance Stroll Williams
20 No Time Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso
Pierre Gasly will start rear of grid for and additional Spec B power unit that is installed for this event.
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FP2 Results
This weekend with be about tyre management. With Hyper, Ultra and Super softs the options for the weekend, just how hard to push and how many laps each set is capable of, strategy will play an important role.
Max Verstappen had a power failure near the end of practice similar to Ricciardo's in Austin.
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Pos Time Driver Team
1 1:16.720 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
2 1:16.873 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing
3 1:17.953 Carlos Sainz Renault
4 1:17.954 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
5 1:18.046 Nico Hulkenberg Renault
6 1:18.061 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso
7 1:18.100 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
8 1:18.133 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
9 1:18.140 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
10 1:18.167 Sergio Perez Force India
11 1:18.485 Esteban Ocon Force India
12 1:18.733 Romain Grosjean Haas
13 1:19.024 Charles Leclerc Sauber
14 1:19.047 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso
15 1:19.096 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
16 1:19.219 Lance Stroll Williams
17 1:19.322 Marcus Ericsson Sauber
18 1:19.335 Sergey Sirotkin Williams
19 1:19.543 Fernando Alonso McLaren
20 1:19.670 Kevin Magnussen Haas
Max Verstappen had a power failure near the end of practice similar to Ricciardo's in Austin.
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FP3 Results
Valtteri Bottas had a hydraulics failure resulting in an engine change before qualifying.
Kevin Magnussen had an intercooler problem and, following his out lap, was not on track for rest of the session.
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Pos Time Driver Team
1 1:16.284 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
2 1:16.538 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
3 1:16.566 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
4 1:17.028 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing
5 1:17.045 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
6 1:17.059 Charles Leclerc Sauber
7 1:17.336 Carlos Sainz Renault
8 1:17.525 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso
9 1:17.565 Marcus Ericsson Sauber
10 1:17.623 Nico Hulkenberg Renault
11 1:17.731 Esteban Ocon Force India
12 1:17.819 Sergio Perez Force India
13 1:18.145 Romain Grosjean Haas
14 1:18.445 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
15 1:18.548 Fernando Alonso McLaren
16 1:18.637 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso
17 1:18.669 Sergey Sirotkin Williams
18 1:18.698 Lance Stroll Williams
19 1:18.839 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
20 No Time Kevin Magnussen Haas
Kevin Magnussen had an intercooler problem and, following his out lap, was not on track for rest of the session.
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Qualifying
Romain Grosjean to start from grid position 19 for causing an incident with Leclerc in Austin.
Pierre Gasly to start rear of grid.
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Pos Time Driver Team
1 1:14.759 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing
2 1:14.785 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
3 1:14.894 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
4 1:14.970 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
5 1:15.160 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
6 1:15.330 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
7 1:15.827 Nico Hulkenberg Renault
8 1:16.084 Carlos Sainz Renault
9 1:16.189 Charles Leclerc Sauber
10 1:16.513 Marcus Ericsson Sauber
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11 1:16.844 Esteban Ocon Force India
12 1:16.871 Fernando Alonso McLaren
13 1:17.167 Sergio Perez Force India
14 1:17.184 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso
15 No Time Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso
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16 1:16.911 Romain Grosjean Haas
17 1:16.966 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
18 1:17.599 Kevin Magnussen Haas
19 1:17.689 Lance Stroll Williams
20 1:17.886 Sergey Sirotkin Williams
Pierre Gasly to start rear of grid.
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Results
Brendon Hartley given a 5 second penalty for causing a collision.
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Pos Driver Team
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
2 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
4 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
5 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
6 Nico Hulkenberg Renault
7 Charles Leclerc Sauber
8 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber
10 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso
11 Esteban Ocon Force India
12 Lance Stroll Williams
13 Sergey Sirotkin Williams
14 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso
15 Kevin Magnussen Haas
16 Romain Grosjean Haas
DNF Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing
DNF Sergio Perez Force India
DNF Carlos Sainz Renault
DNF Fernando Alonso McLaren