71 laps of the 4.304km Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 24th October Practice 1 19:30 - 20:30 24th October Practice 2 23:00 - 00:00 25th October Practice 3 18:30 - 19:30 25th October Qualifying 22:00 - 23:00 26th October Race 20:00 - 22:00 ****** UK CLOCKS change All times are UK times Poll closes before Quali.
We’ve got the tyre compound jump again this weekend. We’re two for two so far in terms of it not adding anything / being worse - Mexico isn’t particularly hard on tyres so I’m not anticipating anything here either. It’s also not a circuit that throws up much chaos, so expecting the championship contenders to be up front come the end. This was a Norris circuit last year, until last weekend Piastri had effectively closed the gap at those, will be interesting to see what happens there. The Honda engine being relatively stronger at Altitude and the long straight exacerbating theMcLaren DRS weakness makes this a good opportunity for Max to get pole, but the long run to turn 1 often makes pole a bad place to be. I’m hopeful of a 3-2-1 finish in terms of championship order just to close things up again.
Max does look fast but his tyres seemed to go off quite quick. Not sure on the others tyre wear but Max as commenting about it! That said, Red Bull do seem very good at data analysis and finding setup solutions for Saturday and Sunday.
Incredible from Norris. Hitting his peak right as Piastri wobbles. The run to turn 1 could decide the title tomorrow.
You have to say now that Norris looks the man most likely - the form is with him and he’s got the best car.
