F1 | Alfa Romeo, Antonio Giovinazzi aims for Q3: "We can be optimistic"
"I found traffic on my fastest lap, but we have a good race pace"
IN EVIDENCE
F1 | AlphaTauri, Yuki Tsunoda: “I'm focused on the race”
The Japanese will be forced to start from the last row, but demonstrates excellent pace in free practice, where he sets the eighth best time
F1 | AlphaTauri, Pierre Gasly: “I'm satisfied, we are competitive”
The Frenchman ends the day in sixth position, placing himself between the two Ferraris: "We can still improve"
F1 | Alpine, Esteban Ocon: “Productive day”
The Frenchman is fourteenth: "We are satisfied, but we must continue to improve"
F1 | Alpine, Fernando Alonso: “We must find solutions for qualifying”
"The track has improved, but there is still work to do" said the Asturian, tenth in FP2
F1 | Red Bull, Sergio Perez: “The goal is the front row”
"The gaps from the Mercedes will be very minimal in qualifying, but we hope to put both cars in front" said the home idol
F1 | Mercedes, Valtteri Bottas: “We're still missing something”
"We will have to continue working if we want to fight for pole, Red Bull is faster" admitted the Finn
F1 | Mercedes, Lewis Hamilton admits: “Red Bull is faster than us”
"It's clear that we lack grip" said the world champion, half a second slower than rival Max Verstappen
F1 | Red Bull, Max Verstappen flies to Mexico: “Positive start”
The Dutchman takes four tenths off his opponents but adds: "There are some details to sort out"
F1 | Williams: race gearbox failure for Russell, grid penalty on Sunday
Latifi forced to pit in FP2 to check the functioning of his transmission
F1 | Alfa Romeo, Raikkonen: “In Mexico there is never grip on Fridays”
"Every time it's always like this. All in all a calm day," Kimi said
F1 | McLaren, Norris and Ricciardo outside the top ten in free practice in Mexico
The Briton: "Difficult day", Daniel: "A problem allowed us to only do seven laps in FP2"
F1 | Aston Martin, different job for Stroll given the grid penalty
"We'll start from the back, so we focused on race pace," said the Canadian
F1 | Aston Martin, Vettel ninth in free practice: “I was happy in the car!”
“The track was getting faster lap after lap,” Seb said
F1 | Ferrari, Leclerc confident: "We can do well this weekend"
Charles seventh in free practice: "The track improved a lot in the afternoon"
F1 | Ferrari, Sainz admits: "The changes between the two sessions didn't work"
The Spaniard fifth in free practice: "The lack of grip affected the behavior of the car"
F1 | Analysis of free practice in Mexico: Red Bull does another job, Hamilton in difficulty
Ferrari and McLaren postponed until tomorrow, watch out for Gasly
F1 | Mercedes, Lewis Hamilton: “There is still work to do”
"I wasn't happy with the car in FP2" admitted the world champion
F1 | Mercedes, Valtteri Bottas: “I want to fight for the podium and victory”
The Finn will serve a five-place penalty at the start, but he doesn't give up on his goal
F1 | McLaren, Daniel Ricciardo: “We are obviously competitive”
The Honey Badger has now identified himself with the role of cowboy: "I am Australian by birth, Texan by divine will."
F1 | McLaren, Lando Norris is second: “We can improve”
"We will try to soften the car to be able to push further" added the Briton
