F1 | Mexican GP, ​​free practice 3: McLaren wakes up with Piastri ahead of Norris [RESULTS]

F1 GP Mexico – The bell rings for McLaren at the end of the third free practice session valid for the Mexican Grand Prix, the 20th round of the 2024 Formula 1 world championship. After the inconsistent performances yesterday morning and the tyre test carried out in the afternoon, not useful in terms of feedback for this weekend in Mexico City, the English team managed to hoist itself to the top of the overall timesheets with Oscar Piastri.

The Australian stopped the clock at 1'16"492, just a few thousandths faster than his teammate Lando Norris. The MCL38, on soft tyres, proved to be very competitive and is preparing to approach this evening's qualifying as the favourite. With the third fastest time, Carlos Sainz found his place, with a Ferrari clearly in second place and ready to go all out, followed by Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc and Yuki Tsunoda.

The Reds, clearly competitive and good at living up to expectations after yesterday's good performances, will try to play for their chances for the second row, also in view of a race pace that has proven to be very strong in all conditions. George Russell and Kevin Magnussen obtained the eighth and ninth time, while the last to close the top ten was Liam Lawson. Only 14th was home hero Checo Perez, author of several mistakes and never really able to show a good feeling with the car. Appointment at 23.30 pm this evening for the qualifying session that will establish the starting order of this world round in Mexico.