What we learned from Friday F1 practice at the 2023 Mexican Grand Prix

The was nothing out the ordinary in Max Verstappen leading both opening practice sessions for Red Bull at Formula 1’s 2023 Mexican Grand Prix, but the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez presents a unique challenge to the drivers and yesterday the Mexico City climate added an unexpected one for the drivers to boot.

Behind Verstappen, the battle for outright pace looks to be very close in conditions and through corner types that somewhat negate the RB19’s usual strengths. And in the long run exercises at FP2’s end, McLaren, through Lando Norris, seemed particularly strong. Elsewhere, Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton led the way on pace for Ferrari and Mercedes respectively, while Aston Martin had a second tough Friday in seven days following its United States GP struggles.

Photo by: Steven Tee / Motorsport Images McLaren’s early one-lap pace put them just 0.12s behind Verstappen with Norris in FP2 Therefore, McLaren’s early one-lap pace to sit just 0.12s behind Verstappen with Norris in FP2 is allied to the Briton edging his friend by an average of 0.274s a lap on the medium tyre long runs they completed late in that session. Further boosting McLaren is that Norris’s average came over a 15-lap stint and Verstappen’s was done with at least 11 laps of fuel aboard.

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