F1 | Mexico City GP 2021: Verstappen leads the Mercedes in FP2
Fifth time for Carlos Sainz, seventh for Charles Leclerc
di Jessica CortellazziNovember 5, 2021
Max Verstappen was the fastest at the end of the first day of free practice for the Mexico City Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver recorded his best time of 1:17.301, ahead of the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton.
Fourth time for Sergio Perez's other Red Bull, ahead of Carlos Sainz's Ferrari and Pierre Gasly's AlphaTauri.
Seventh was Charles Leclerc on Ferrari, followed by the other AlphaTauri of Yuki Tsunoda.
Closing out the Top 10 of the times, we find Sebastian Vettel's Aston Martin and Fernando Alonso's Alpine.
F1 Mexico City GP Results: the times of the second free practice session
| Pos | N. | Rider | Team | Detachment | Time | Laps | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 33 | M. Verstappen | Red Bull | 1'17 "301 | 27 | ||
| 2 | 77 | V. Bottas | Mercedes | +00″424 | 1'17 "725 | 30 | |
| 3 | 44 | L. Hamilton | Mercedes | +00″509 | 1'17 "810 | 25 | |
| 4 | 11 | S. Perez | Red Bull | +00″570 | 1'17 "871 | 26 | |
| 5 | 55 | C.Sainz | Ferrari | +01″017 | 1'18 "318 | 28 | |
| 6 | 10 | P. Gasly | Alpha Tauri | +01″128 | 1'18 "429 | 28 | |
| 7 | 16 | C.Leclerc | Ferrari | +01″304 | 1'18 "605 | 28 | |
| 8 | 22 | Y.Tsunoda | Alpha Tauri | +01″343 | 1'18 "644 | 31 | |
| 9 | 5 | S. Vettel | Aston Martin | +01″380 | 1'18 "681 | 32 | |
| 10 | 14 | F. Alonso | Alpine | +01″431 | 1'18 "732 | 27 | |
| 11 | 7 | K. Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | +01″540 | 1'18 "841 | 25 | |
| 12 | 4 | L.Norris | McLaren | +01″678 | 1'18 "979 | 27 | |
| 13 | 99 | A. Giovinazi | Alfa Romeo | +01″926 | 1'19 "227 | 31 | |
| 14 | 31 | E. Ocon | Alpine | +02″130 | 1'19 "431 | 36 | |
| 15 | 3 | D. Ricciardo | McLaren | +02″220 | 1'19 "521 | 7 | |
| 16 | 47 | Mr. Schumacher | Haas | +02″319 | 1'19 "620 | 30 | |
| 17 | 18 | L. Stroll | Aston Martin | +02″429 | 1'19 "730 | 36 | |
| 18 | 6 | N. Latifi | Williams | +03″519 | 1'20 "820 | 17 | |
| 19 | 9 | N. Mazepin | Haas | +04″280 | 1'21 "581 | 28 | |
| 20 | 63 | Mr. Russell | Williams | 2 |
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