In the early morning of October 30, Beijing time, the F1 Mexican Grand Prix qualifying race ended at the Rodriguez Brothers Circuit. Verstappen performed well in Q3, winning pole position in the Mexican Grand Prix for the first time, Russell second, and Hamilton third. Home driver Perez fourth place.
The third free practice competition
The third practice started shortly after the start of the third exercise, Guanyu 's racing found a fault. However, the fault was quickly eliminated, and Zhou Guanyu continued to return to the track.
Zhou Guanyu's racing failure
riders mainly test soft tires and neutral tires. Russell temporarily ranked first with a score of 1:19.405, with Sainz and Leclerc ranked second and third.
Russell first
Mick Schumacher in the second stage of continuous combination bends lost control and sliding towards the side of the road, triggering the brief yellow flag, and luckily the car was not damaged.
Mike Schumacher lost control
Vistapan appeared late. Despite a small mistake in the first stage, his first flight circle refreshed the fastest in the game, and since then he further improved his results.
Vistapan's first flight lap
Three training remaining 20 minutes, two Mercedes drivers started new flight lap one after another. Russell made 1:18.399, an improvement of about 1 second from the previous score, 0.7 seconds faster than Verstappen.
Hamilton had almost never completed a satisfactory lap. After crossing the line in this lap, he was 0.144 seconds behind his teammates, ranking second.
Two Mercedes drivers started a new flight circle
Three training entered the last 20 minutes, Norris replaced the soft tire, and his results were closely behind the three major teams.
Two Ferrari drivers finally made a new flight circle. Although Leclerc refreshed its previous results, it could only rank fourth, and Sainz went up to sixth.
Leclerc and Sainz were in the flight circle
In the end, Russell won the first place in the third training session, and Mercedes won one or two. Verstappen was third, Leclerc and Perez ranked fourth and fifth respectively.
The drivers in sixth to tenth place are Sainz, Norris, Bottas, Kakuda Yuki and Alben .
The final result of the third free practice competition
The first quarter qualifying competition
Q1 started, the drivers began their first speeding circle. Perez, who played at home, made 1:20.408. At the same time, his teammate Verstappen made a mistake and had to start a new lap.
Perez began to fly circumnavigate
Leclerc was briefly ranked first, but was soon surpassed by Verstappen.
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Botas's result is surprising, ranking third, while his teammate Zhou Guanyu ranked 11th.
Botas third
Q1 5 minutes left, Verstappen, Leclerc and Bottas took the top three. Mick Schumacher, Alben, Vitel, Magnusen and Latifie are temporarily in the elimination zone.
Q15 minutes remaining
Q1Perez refreshed the score in the last lap and went to sixth on the court.
Perez refreshed results
Mik Schumacher left the elimination zone with his new flight lap, but this lap was cancelled due to exceeding the track limit.
Mic was cancelled lap score
Vitel and Mick Schumacher, who ranked 15th, had the same score. After Stoll crossed the line, he only stayed at 18th. Both Aston Martin drivers were eliminated.
Two Aston Martin drivers were eliminated
Hamilton refreshed 1:19.169 at the last moment, reaching the first place.
Hamilton first
Zhou Guanyu ranked 14th at the last moment and advanced thrillingly.
The five drivers who were eliminated in the end Q1 were Mick Schumacher, Vettel, Stol, Alben and Latifie.
The final result of the first quarter qualifying competition
The second quarter qualifying competition
Q2 first round flight circle, both Mercedes drivers opened the 1 minute and 19 seconds mark. Hamilton ranked first with a score of 1:18.552, while Russell was slightly behind his teammates.
The flying circle of the two Mercedes drivers
Botas also performed very well, he was only behind the two Mercedes drivers and even led Verstappen.
Botas third
Two Ferrari drivers passed the line one after another, Leclerc and Sainz ranked fifth and seventh respectively.
Ferrari drivers crossed the line
first round timing lap, Hamilton, Russell and Bottas ranked in the top three. Kakuda Yuki, Perez, Zhou Guanyu, Gasley and Magnusson are located in the elimination zone.
Q2 5 minutes remaining
Perez quickly left the elimination zone in the new lap and entered the top three.
Perez went to third
Zhou Guanyu was only ranked 12th in the last lap, but unfortunately failed to advance.
Zhou Guanyu was eliminated
Two Red Bull Team drivers both stopped at Q2, and Ricardo is only 0.053 seconds away from the "closing line".
Ricardo was eliminated
Five drivers who were eliminated in Q2 were Ricardo, Zhou Guanyu, Kakuda Yui, Gasley and Magnusen.
The final result of the second quarter qualifying match
The third quarter qualifying match
Perez was the first to complete the first flight lap of Q3, and the two Ferrari drivers failed to surpass Perez after crossing the line. Sainz is second and Leclerc is third.
Two Ferrari drivers are in the flight circle
Verstappen made 1:17.947 to the first place, temporarily ranking in the pole position.
Vistapan first
Two Mercedes drivers ranked second and third, but then Hamilton was cancelled in a lap score after exceeding the track limit in Turn 3, and fell into a passive position.
Russell second
Q3 first round timing lap, Verstappen ranked first with 1:17.947, Russell second, trailing 0.132 seconds. Perez is third.
Sainz and Bottas ranked fourth and fifth respectively. The sixth to tenth places are Leclerc, Alonso , Norris, Ocon, and Hamilton.
Q3 5 minutes remaining
Verstappen two segments to make 1:17.775, refreshing the fastest game again.
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Hamilton's second round speeding lap successfully completed and reached third, 0.309 seconds behind Verstapan.
Hamilton third
Russell made a mistake in the last stage and rushed out of the track in the last stage. The result of this lap was also cancelled, but he could still rank second with his previous results.
Russell exceeded the track limit
In the end, Verstappen won the first shot in Mexico with a single lap score of 1:17.775. Russell was second in 0.304 seconds behind, while Hamilton was only 0.005 seconds slower than his teammates, ranking third. Perez is fourth in home court.
Sainz is fifth, Botas is in excellent condition throughout the qualifying round and finally finished sixth. Leclerc is seventh, eighth to tenth: Norris, Alonso and Ocon.
The final result of the third quarter qualifying competition
