Mexican Grand Prix – Valtteri Bottas led a Mercedes 1-2 in an incident-packed FP1 with a time of 1:17.824, almost half a second quicker than Lewis Hamilton. The pair set their fastest times on the ultrasoft tyre, whereas nearest rivals Red Bull and Ferrari set their times on the supersoft. Max Verstappen was third fastest, but withdrew from the session 20 minutes early after requesting a significant set-up change. Team mate Daniel Ricciardo was fourth, ahead of the two Ferraris of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen. The drivers were met with a highly dusty track at the beginning of the session, making for severely low-grip conditions. Several drivers made errors at the first corner and...
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