The second free follow session of the 2025 Mexican Grand Prix started with excessive expectations after a promising morning for Ferrari and an FP1 dominated by rookies. On the monitor of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, the groups aimed to substantiate their constructive sensations and gather invaluable knowledge forward of qualifying and the race, beneath nonetheless tough and dusty circumstances that made tyre administration tough.
First 30 minutesIn the primary thirty minutes, reliability points struck two automobiles, these of Kimi Antonelli and Lando Norris, who have been pressured to return to the pits for energy unit checks. Charles Leclerc confirmed consistency and velocity, inserting himself forward of Antonelli and Norris as soon as they rejoined the monitor. Lewis Hamilton completed between the 2 McLarens, whereas Oscar Piastri struggled to seek out the fitting rhythm. Was this the affirmation of Ferrari’s robust type?
Across the center of the session, all drivers switched to smooth tyres for top-speed simulations. Leclerc continued to dominate with a 1:17.545, whereas Norris, Carlos Sainz and George Russell alternated within the positions behind him. The session additionally supplied vital indications for Purple Bull, which continues to judge the efficiency of its important drivers in view of subsequent season.Final 30 minutesIn the ultimate thirty minutes of FP2 on the Mexican Grand Prix, Max Verstappen snatched the highest spot from Leclerc with a 1:17.392, whereas Antonelli accomplished the digital podium of the session, just some tenths behind the chief. Piastri, in the meantime, struggled to seek out tempo, stopping in twelfth place, eight tenths behind Verstappen, highlighting McLaren’s present difficulties.
The closing part of the session was devoted to race tempo simulations, with Russell reporting rear-end issues on the medium tyres. Verstappen confirmed exceptional consistency with occasions round 1:22.6, whereas Leclerc and Norris maintained their rhythm within the 1:22s, with the British driver showing extra comfy on the smooth compound after seven consecutive laps on the identical tempo, in comparison with his teammate Piastri, who remained consistently one second slower
Oct 25, 2025
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