George Russell topped the instances in a disrupted FP1 in Mexico Metropolis with the pink flags being thrown twice – as soon as for particles and a second time following a crash between Alex Albon and Ollie Bearman.
The Mercedes man was the quickest of all within the first session of the weekend on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, with 5 junior drivers on present on monitor – Felipe Drugovich for Aston Martin, Robert Shwartzman within the Sauber, Pato O’Ward for McLaren, Kimi Antonelli for Mercedes and the aforementioned Bearman was getting one other run out within the Ferrari.
FP1: Russell leads Sainz and Tsunoda throughout first apply in Mexico after dramatic Albon/Bearman collision
Nonetheless, the 19-year-old Briton’s session was reduce brief – together with Albon – after the Williams driver misplaced management at Flip 9 and made contact with the Ferrari. As Albon slid closely into the obstacles, the harm to the Ferrari additionally noticed Bearman come to a halt. Each drivers have been fortunately unhurt within the incident, which shall be investigated after the session.
Following up Russell on the leaderboard was Carlos Sainz in second, whereas the RB of Yuki Tsunoda positioned third. Max Verstappen was fourth quickest although the Pink Bull man appeared to undergo from a lack of energy in direction of the top of the session.
With an elongated 90-minute FP2 subsequent up for the F1 grid, click on play on the video above to atone for the highlights from FP1 in Mexico Metropolis.
