Sainz and Alonso on fastest start in Mexico under 0.2s

Carlos Sainz He is having bad luck again in Austin. There, after starting from pole, Russell, who was battling for second behind Verstappen in the first corner, rammed him in the first few meters and finished the race. He lamented and came to the pit: I don’t know what will happen this year It pointed out. And a few days later, even though he admitted that the event had hurt him, he remembered the most important thing:”If you don’t have speed above all, I’m more worried. But I’m he one of the fastest guys in the world and it keeps me motivated and positive. ” And I was in charge of the demonstration from the beginning in Mexico. He set the fastest lap in the US a week ahead of him, this time starting on the right foot in Free Practice 1 and setting the best record for the entire first free practice session and the first day. In Free Practice 2, the team had to run on experimental tires as his 2023 Pirelli test.

Carlos Sainz beats teammate Charles Leclerc from the start by 46000thsthe two favorites to win, the Red Bulls, are slightly behind, but still have plenty of potential booked. ‘Czech’ Perez was third with 0.120 seconds, matching the time set by team-mate Max Verstappen (4th).When Lewis Hamilton 5th place with only 0 minutes 142 seconds.

Nonetheless, energy drinks are all favorites on this track and seem to hide more starting cards. “Czech” Perezencouraged by the stands autodromo hermanos rodriguezaims for a historic victory for him and wants to realize one of his big dreams. Verstappen You may or may not beat him at home. Ferrari will once again be in contention for pole position, as they have in previous races. We’ll have to see if the slight deterioration seen in Mexico last year can give the red cars some wings to win on Sunday. Tire management has moved the last eight races in Red Bull’s favor . Ferrari will go all out with Leclerc and Sainz, who has yet to be told if he will switch combustion engines here.

Fernando Alonso, tenth

The equality in the first training session was huge. So Fernando his Alonso was 0.192 seconds behind his best time in the Alpine. The Spaniard is breaking out of his one of the best displays we’ll see this year with an epic comeback in Austin. And again, with points earned in the United States in the locker, he started the weekend very well, starting in his sixth, just one-fifty-thousandth of his behind Hamilton.

5 non-starting drivers

On his side, the other Alpine had Jack Doohan. Mick his Doohan, son of his five-time 500cc world motorcycle champion, made his Formula 1 free practice debut in a French car as Ocon’s replacement back to single-seaters in free practice 2 . In this first session, Pietro Fittipaldi will also drive Kevin Magnussen’s Haas, Liam Lawson will drive Tsunoda’s AlphaTauri and Nick de Vries (will drive for AlphaTauri in 2023) will drive George Russell’s Mercedes. , Sargean drove Albon’s Williams.

Some of them did it with mechanical issues. Jack Doohan suffered engine trouble at Alpine and was forced to stop after just 13 laps. Shortly before that, Pietro Fittipaldi had the same misfortune at Haas, but only nine laps later. Liam Lawson also suffered engine trouble late in the session after 19 laps.