Fia Formula 1 2022: Mexico F1 Gp Practice 1 - Broadcast 1 Apr 2026

Notably, the Red Bull pairing of and Max Verstappen set identical lap times (1:20.827), with home favorite Perez officially classified in 3rd because he recorded the time first. Carlos Sainz Charles Leclerc Sergio Pérez Max Verstappen Lewis Hamilton Fernando Alonso Key Moments & Incidents

Five rookie/stand-in drivers participated in the session to fulfill the FIA's mandatory young driver outings:

set the pace with a time of 1:20.707 , narrowly edging out his teammate Charles Leclerc by just 0.046 seconds. The session was incredibly tight, with the top six drivers—representing Ferrari, Red Bull, Mercedes, and Alpine—separated by less than two-tenths of a second. FIA Formula 1 2022: Mexico F1 GP Practice 1 - Broadcast 1

(AlphaTauri): P16 (Quickest rookie despite his late failure) Logan Sargeant (Williams): P17 Nyck de Vries (Mercedes): P18 Jack Doohan (Alpine): P19 Pietro Fittipaldi (Haas): P20 F1 2022 Mexican Grand Prix - FP1 results - RacingNews365

: Triggered with approximately 22 minutes remaining when Pietro Fittipaldi (standing in for Kevin Magnussen at Haas) ground to a halt at Turn 2 due to an MGU-K failure. Notably, the Red Bull pairing of and Max

The session was a dramatic and closely contested start to the weekend, characterized by a Ferrari 1-2 finish and multiple technical failures that triggered session-ending red flags. Session Summary & Top Standings

The session was highly disruptive for several teams due to reliability issues on the high-altitude Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez circuit: (AlphaTauri): P16 (Quickest rookie despite his late failure)

: In the final five minutes, Liam Lawson (standing in for Yuki Tsunoda at AlphaTauri) suffered a technical failure in the stadium section. His front-left brakes caught fire shortly after, and the session was not restarted.