Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz led a 1-2 for the team during the opening practice session for the Mexico City Grand Prix.
Several young drivers got behind the wheel of Formula 1 machinery, per 2022 regulations, but a handful of them had dramas.
READ MORE: F1 2022 Mexico City GP – Session Report
Power unit problems truncated the session for both Alpine debutant Jack Doohan and long-term Haas reserve Pietro Fittipaldi, while the session itself came to an early conclusion when Liam Lawson halted his smoky AlphaTauri at the Foro Sol.
Check out the full session times below.
| Position | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Carlos Sainz Jr | Ferrari | 1:20.707 | 25 | |||
| 2 |
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Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:20.753 | 0.046 | 20 | ||
| 3 |
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Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 1:20.827 | 0.120 | 22 | ||
| 4 |
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Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:20.827 | 0.120 | 22 | ||
| 5 |
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Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:20.849 | 0.142 | 17 | ||
| 6 |
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Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 1:20.899 | 0.192 | 26 | ||
| 7 |
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Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:21.083 | 0.376 | 23 | ||
| 8 |
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Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:21.120 | 0.413 | 21 | ||
| 9 |
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Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:21.310 | 0.603 | 25 | ||
| 10 |
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Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:21.525 | 0.818 | 24 | ||
| 11 |
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Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:21.762 | 1.055 | 16 | ||
| 12 |
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Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 1:21.820 | 1.113 | 20 | ||
| 13 |
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Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:21.865 | 1.158 | 24 | ||
| 14 |
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Mick Schumacher | Haas | 1:21.952 | 1.245 | 22 | ||
| 15 |
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Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:22.912 | 2.205 | 20 | ||
| 16 |
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Liam Lawson | AlphaTauri | 1:23.861 | 3.154 | 19 | ||
| 17 |
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Logan Sargeant | Williams | 1:24.246 | 3.539 | 22 | ||
| 18 |
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Nyck de Vries | Mercedes | 1:24.582 | 3.875 | 20 | ||
| 19 |
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Jack Doohan | Alpine | 1:24.615 | 3.908 | 13 | ||
| 20 |
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Pietro Fittipaldi | Haas | 1:26.766 | 6.059 | 9 |
