2025 F1 Mexico City Grand Prix - Friday Practice as it happened

Max Verstappen, Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton are among nine regular drivers who will sit out of first practice in Mexico, with rookies stepping in to complete their mandatory FP1 outings in 2025.

The drivers in action include a Mexican in Pato O'Ward. 

• Pato O'Ward - McLaren (Norris)
• Frederik Vesti - Mercedes (Russell)
• Antonio Fuoco - Ferrari (Hamilton)
• Arvid Lindblad - Red Bull (Verstappen)
• Luke Browning - Williams (Sainz)
• Jak Crawford - Aston Martin (Stroll)
• Ryo Hirakawa - Haas (Bearman)
• Ayumu Iwasa - Racing Bulls (Lawson)
• Paul Aron - Alpine (Gasly)

Red Bull have brought some further minor upgrades to help boost Verstappen's title bid in Mexico City. 

These include a revised version of their floor from Monza, as well as a new front corner and engine cover which is more track specific to deal with cooling.

Ferrari, Williams, Racing Bulls, Sauber and Alpine have also introduced some updates to aid cooling, which can be a big problem with the Autodromo Hermanos Rodrigues 2.2km above sea level. 

Things have gone wrong for Oscar Piastri in the past four races.

Ever since a nightmare and uncharacteristically error-strewn weekend in Azerbaijan, Piastri has been watching his championship advantage reduced by both Verstappen and Lando Norris.

Despite this, Verstappen still finds himself in the lead, 14 points clear of Norris.

Piastri insists he is still in the best position, but the Australian could really do with a weekend where he finishes ahead of both of his rivals to re-establish control in the title race. 

Max Verstappen will be looking to continue his charge on the McLaren drivers down in Mexico City. 

The Dutchman's imperious form, combined with Red Bull's remarkable resurgence, has brought Verstappen right back into championship contention following three victories in the last four races. 

Extraordinarily, Verstappen has turned a 104-point deficit into a 40-point one with five rounds to go. 

Verstappen has scored five wins in Mexico and will be looking to make it six this weekend. 

Hello and welcome to Crash.net's live coverage of Friday practice at the Mexico City Grand Prix.

We are back to a traditional F1 weekend format in Mexico, meaning there are two hour-long practice sessions coming up at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez.

FP1 gets underway at 7.30pm UK time, with FP2 starting later on tonight at 11pm.