Owing to Formula 1 regulations mandating two rookie outings per car this season on race weekends, nine youngsters will partake in Free Practice 1 at the Mexico City Grand Prix .

Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez is now a well-known circuit where teams have gathered lots of data and where the track usually is quite dusty in FP1; it is not a sprint weekend and upgrades are becoming scarcer and scarcer, meaning it is an ideal place for a regular driver to sit the opening session out.

McLaren – Pato O’Ward in for Lando Norris

Monterrey native Pato O’Ward will take part in free practice in front of his home crowd for the second time after 2024, having also run in Abu Dhabi in 2022 and 2023.

The 26-year-old finished second in the IndyCar championship with Arrow McLaren this year, having compe

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