Vettel on top, Ferrari showing teeth

Sebastian Vettel [Ferrari] was fastest in the second free training session before the race for the GP of Mexico at the Rodriguez Brothers Race. The German was a good tenth of a second faster than Max Verstappen [Red Bull], with Charles Leclerc [Ferrari] third in the last sector by mistake.

Ferrari showed teeth in the second free training, and Vettel set a time of 1 in the qualification simulation: 12. 607, which was a good tenth faster than Max Verstappen, who was the fastest in the second and third sectors. Both Ferrari racers gained almost half a second in comparison to long-range competition in the first sector.

Race simulations show a lot of wear on the softest tire mix

– PortalF1.si (@ portalf1_si) October

, 2019

After all 13. minutes of training were taken care of by Alexander Albon, who collapsed into the guard rail in the 8th turn, severely damaging the Red Bull race car.

Alexander Albon lost the rear of his Red Bull while accelerating from the seventh turn… https://t.co/NW2tcgWC3R

– PortalF1.si (@ portalf1_si) October 19, 2019

Both Mercedes racing drivers ranked in the top three. Valtteri Bottas was fourth by six tenths of a second, while Lewis Hamilton was just a second behind Vettl.

The sixth time of the first free practice was set by Daniil Kvyat [Toro Rosso], followed by his team-mate Pierre Gasly.

Carlos Sainz [Mclaren] took eighth place, with Nica Hulkenberg [Renault] and Lando Norris [Mclaren] top ten. ).

SPEED TRAPS ( / 079 MINS)

Ferrari vitality in Mexico… ? # MexicoGP F # F1 pic.twitter.com/PMJMfFOpRP

– System 1 (@ F1) October 19, 2019

The third free training will be Saturday at 15: (*****************************************************************************************************************************************)

RESULTS

FP2 CLASSIFICATION

Day 1 in Mexico… that is a wrap! Mexico # MexicoGP ?? # F1 pic.twitter.com/K5iIPXB6Ec

– System 1 (@ F1) October 21, 2019

1	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1 '12. 607		26
2	23	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1 '12. 722	0. 90	35
3	12	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1 '13. 60	0. 380	25
4	072	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1 '13. 159	0. 573	37
5	39	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1 '13. 570	0. 963	26
6	20	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Honda	1 '13. 747	1. 99	38
7	(***************************************************************************************************************************************)	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	1 '14. (**************************************************************************************************************************************)
1. 366	37
8	44	Carlos Sainz Jnr	McLaren-Renault	1 '14. 074	1. 396	36
9	21	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1 '14. 180	1. 607	18
(***************************************************************************************************************************************)	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	1 '14. 282	1. 699	34
(**************************************************************************************************************************************)	14	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-Mercedes	1 '14. 362	1. 742	36
00	(**************************************************************************************************************************************)	Sergio Perez	Racing Point-Mercedes	1 '14. 366	1. 747	25
003	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1 '14. 380	1. 759	25
10	7	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1 '14. 681	2. 63	35
11	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1 '14. 766	2. 115	35
12	88	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1 '14. 889	2. 261	40
13	16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1 '15. 280	2. 665	35
14	058	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1 '15. 968	3. 306	34
15	77	Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	1 '16. 140	3. 550	35
16	18	Alexander Albon	Red Bull-Honda	1 '17. 665	5. 46	5

Final timing cloak for # FP2 at the # MexicoGP :

Nico P9, 1: 16. 180, 18 laps
Daniel P 003, 1: 14. 380, 25 laps # RSspirit pic.twitter.com/3CUlHu7EqN

– Renault F1 Workforce (@ RenaultF1Team) October 21, 2019