Max Verstappen experienced a spin at Turn 7 while running on hard compound tyres early in the session.
The session was interrupted twice. First, when Pietro Fittipaldi (Haas) stopped on track due to a power unit failure, and later when Liam Lawson (AlphaTauri) suffered an engine issue in the final minutes, preventing a restart.
In the , Carlos Sainz led a Ferrari one-two, clocking the fastest time of 1:20.707 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez . He narrowly beat teammate Charles Leclerc by just 0.046 seconds, while Red Bull’s Sergio Pérez and Max Verstappen remarkably set identical times to finish third and fourth. FP1 Results Summary
Fans followed the action through live transmissions and highlights on platforms like the official Formula 1 website . LIVE: F1 2022 Mexican Grand Prix Free Practice 1
