[Official] Mexican Grand Prix 2024

[Born Racer]

Ferrari showed good pace at this very different circuit from Austin, Verstappen was afflicted by engine issues and Russell binned it on Friday. McLaren's appeal was rejected, which settles that one, but it may just have pushed the crowding drivers out ethic to what will literally be 'beyond the line'.

[S griffin]

Very interesting sessions. Ferrari continuing their recent form. Russell quick, but unfortunately had a crash in FP2. Verstappen’s engine problems seem to be a concern. Let’s see if Fred can recover for his landmark weekend

Didn’t see what happened with the Albon/Bearman incident, so can’t pass judgement

[bjohnsonsmith]

With the Norris/Verstappen incident still lingering, as McLaren's request to review the Norris penalty is rejected, this will be an interesting Grand Prix weekend.

Great to see Pato O'Ward given another go driving McLaren's F1 car during FP1, this time in front of his home crowd. He was 13th in the session.

[S griffin]

Yes I’m Pato Ward given the chance. He’s someone who already deserves a chance in F1

[bjohnsonsmith]

Oscar Piastri fails to get out of Q1 for the first time this season and is 17th. Sergio Perez fairs no better in his home GP and is 18th.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Tsunoda goes into the barrier and brings out the red flag. That's ruined a number of drivers' final runs in that session.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Super Max has his lap time deleted, with Sainz provisionally on pole, followed by Leclerc.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Sainz on pole, Super Max joins him on the front row, followed by Norris and Leclerc. Should be an interesting start tomorrow.

[Teretonga]

Originally Posted by Born Racer

Ferrari showed good pace at this very different circuit from Austin, Verstappen was afflicted by engine issues and Russell binned it on Friday. McLaren's appeal was rejected, which settles that one, but it may just have pushed the crowding drivers out ethic to what will literally be 'beyond the line'.

Yes.
It hasn't settled any of the questions regarding racing rules, stewards' interpretations and reasoning processes, and the overall methodology of administering the judicial system.
And the 'crowding out ethic' obviously needs some more work, unless we accept that running a driver out of road or off the track is an acceptable defense to an overtaking maneuver.

Qualifying emphasized that the Ferrari running pace is good, and overall speed is not lacking. Norris held a dominant place in early qualifying but the final runs by Verstappen and the Ferrari's pushed him down.
But there is very little really in it.
Race pace will be slower and with strategy and tire degradation this could be either very boring or an outstanding race,
Perez and Piastri had bad runs in Q1 but that is not indicative of either drivers true pace so there will be some interesting strategies and recovery drives to watch.
Haas did well getting into Q3 so their form is best of the midfield runners but RB and Aston Martin are tight. The four cars crowded out 11th to 14th with Yuki fastest at 1.17.129 and Lance the slowest at 1.17.294. But that is only 0.165 across the four of them scrapping with Nico, Gasly, Albon and Mags over the final four points places.

Adding Perez and Piastri recovery drives into the mix means 10 drivers into 4 places will be interesting to follow.