It was 7:30 AM in Mexico City when FP1 kicked off. The weather clear and it was mostly sunny. The temperature was 12° with the highest temperature of the day to go above 25° C.
The drivers were allowed to use 250 kW in free practice 1 but in the last 15 minutes. The attack mode was place between turns 8 and 9 at the beautiful ‘Stadium Section’ of the circuit. Guenther was replaced by ex-F1 driver, Felipe Nasr, who was debuting today with Geox Dragon. Session started at 18:30 PM (Pakistani Standard Time). Daniel Abt was the first to set a lap of 1:04.526. After setting a fastest lap, there was an FCY because there were pebbles on the track which were hitting the bottom of car and caused many drivers to understeer and miss the turn/chicane. Many drivers were under investigation for speeding under the FCY including Dillmann, Lotterer and Lopez. Many drivers also locked up their tyres trying to get every bit from their car at turn 1.
With just 19 minutes to go Da Costa was the first driver to break it into one-minute barrier with a 59.823. Ex-McLaren driver and Mercedes-Benz simulator driver, Stoffel Vandoorne set the fastest lap with just 11 minutes to go. He set a lap time of 59.687. Vandoorne’s teammate, Gary Paffett drove himself into the barrier while trying to use full power, 250 kW, to set the fastest lap. He retired after breaking the rear-left suspension. Lucas Di Grassi set the fastest lap of 59.397 with just 3 minutes remaining but just seconds later Edoardo Mortara in his Venturi set a lap time of 59.613.
It was Daniel Abt who came out on top as he set a fastest lap of 59.319 with just one-minute remaining in FP1. Mortara was second and Sims Bird was third at the end of FP1.
1. Daniel Abt30 59.319
2. Edoardo Mortara30 +00.078
3. Alexander Sims31 +00.1204
4. Sébastien Buemi25 +00.133
5. Oliver Turvey30 +00.167
6. Lucas di Grassi28 +00.294
7. Stoffel Vandoorne32 +00.368
8. António Félix da Costa29 +00.391
9. Sam Bird27 +00.412
10. José María López29 +00.464
11. Pascal Wehrlein29 +00.600
12. Felipe Nasr27 +00.664
13. Oliver Rowland29 +00.682
14. Robin Frijns28 +00.745
15. Nelsinho Piquet22 +00.782
16. Andre Lotterer30 +00.792
17. Tom Dillmann31 +00.796
18. Jean-Éric Vergne27 +00.837
19. Mitchell Evans24 +00.992
20. Gary Paffett27 +01.197
21. Jérôme d'Ambrosio27 +01.253
22. Felipe Massa25 +01.294
Stay tune for more, FP2 will be live at 8:55 PM (Pakistani Standard Time).
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