Carlos Sainz outpaced teammate Charles Leclerc to high the occasions as Ferrari delivered a one-two in Friday’s opening apply on the Mexico Grand Prix.
The Spaniard clocked a quickest lap in 1min 20.707sec to beat his teammate by 0.046sec, forward of native hero Sergio Perez and his Purple Bull teammate and two-time world champion Max Verstappen.
Aussie teen Jack Doohan made his official F1 debut, driving the Alpine of Esteban Ocon.
The son of legendary five-time 500cc motorcycling World Champion Mick Doohan, competes for Alpine’s junior program in Formulation 2, however was hit by engine points, finishing simply 13 laps earlier than being pressured to return to the storage. He completed the session second-last.
Doohan stays an outdoor probability to interchange Fernando Alonso in F1 subsequent yr, nevertheless it seems Alpine could go along with a extra skilled driver.
Seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton was fifth for Mercedes forward of two-time champion Fernando Alonso of Alpine in a session hit by two purple flag interventions.
Valtteri Bottas was seventh for Alfa Romeo forward of McLaren’s Lando Norris, Pierre Gasly of Alpha Tauri and Aston Martin’s two-time champion Sebastian Vettel.
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