Carrying on his earlier momentum, Max Verstappen topped second practice for the 2023 Mexico City Grand Prix to complete a perfect Friday of running for the Dutchman.
In a session that saw some very light spells of rain, Verstappen headed the pack with a time of 1:18.656s, 0.119s ahead of the McLaren of Lando Norris.
Read More: F1 2023 Mexico City GP – FP2 Report
Charles Leclerc was third fastest in the Ferrari, 0.266s off the benchmark set by the three-time champion. He was closely followed by Valtteri Bottas as Sergio Perez completed the top five.
Daniel Ricciardo was sixth fastest, ahead of Lewis Hamilton, Esteban Ocon, Oscar Piastri and George Russell.
Position
Driver
Team
Time Gap
Laps
1
Max Verstappen
Red Bull
1:18.686
26
2
Lando Norris
McLaren
1:18.805 0.119
31
3
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
1:18.952 0.266
33
4
Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo
1:18.955 0.269
33
5
Sergio Perez
Red Bull
1:18.988 0.302
29
6
Daniel Ricciardo
AlphaTauri
1:19.002 0.316
31
7
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1:19.024 0.338
30
8
Esteban Ocon
Alpine
1:19.077 0.391
29
9
Oscar Piastri
McLaren
1:19.163 0.477
31
10
George Russell
Mercedes
1:19.227 0.541
31
11
Carlos Sainz Jr
Ferrari
1:19.257 0.571
34
12
Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri
1:19.290 0.604
34
13
Guanyu Zhou
Alfa Romeo
1:19.415 0.729
27
14
Alex Albon
Williams
1:19.446 0.760
23
15
Nico Hulkenberg
Haas
1:19.535 0.849
29
16
Pierre Gasly
Alpine
1:19.642 0.956
29
17
Logan Sargeant
Williams
1:19.900 1.214
26
18
Lance Stroll
Aston Martin
1:20.075 1.389
17
19
Kevin Magnussen
Haas
1:20.112 1.426
30
20
Fernando Alonso
Aston Martin
1:20.452 1.740
30
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