71 laps of the 4.304-kilometre Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez 25th October Practice 1 19:30 - 20:30 25th October Practice 2 23:00 - 00:30 26th October Practice 3 18:30 - 19:30 26th October Qualifying 22:00 - 23:00 27th October Race 20:00 - 22:00 All times are UK times Poll closes before Quali.
This comes from @Number 1 Jasper: Second practice in Mexico City extended to 90 minutes This weekend’s race takes place at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, with the teams set to use the C3, C4, and C5 compounds as Pirelli is bringing a step softer compounds for this year’s race. But, with an eye looking ahead to F1 2025, the opening day of practice will see the teams set loose on the Autodromo for a longer 90-minute second practice session, with FP2 being dedicated to validating the new soft compounds in Pirelli’s range. These will be the C4, C5, and C6 compounds, which will be utilised throughout the “in-competition test”. This sees the practice session become a dedicated test with all the drivers required to follow a specific programme outlined by Pirelli engineers, rather than the teams. Aside from the usual tyre allocation of 12 sets for the Grand Prix weekend, each driver will be given two additional sets of tyres – one an additional compound from the existing range as a baseline reference, and another being from the F1 2025 prototype range – differing in construction and compound from its 2024 counterpart. These two sets will be identifiable as they will run without the usual sidewall
Sounds like the FIA are going to amend the 'rules of engagement' after the drivers had a meeting! FIA are going to present the revised guidelines to the drivers at the end of next month in Qatar! Hopefully this will make the rules fairer.
Is the rule re track limits all 4 wheels over the white line as it looked like Max was only 3 at a time? Not that I'm keen on him but he does like to push the rules - same as any team would on tech side.
Sainz nails it, twice. Hamilton moving to Ferrari at the right time. I can't lie, I'm looking forwards to next season, no idea who is going to win week to week.
Another interesting grid, 3rd place often takes the lead here due to the long run to turn 1. It’s nice that we don’t have a lot of feel for long run pace going into the race.
Tyres remaining for tonight. This is a usual one stop right? Although I recall Danny Ricc making up a lot of places on softs in his final stint a couple of seasons back? Be interesting to see Piastri using his brand new softs for the last 12-15 laps of his cards dropped right!
