Mexican Grand Prix

F1 Results Today: Red Bull star shines at Mexican GP as pressure piles on at-risk driver

Chris Deeley Friday 24 October 2025 21:37 Updated: 00:14

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A quiet FP1 session at the Mexican Grand Prix saw a whole host of driver changes, with just 11 full-time drivers on track.

The Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez played host to the biggest driver mix-up of the year as every team but Sauber took the opportunity for one of their mandated rookie practice sessions.

Red Bull fill-in Arvid Lindblad was the rookie driver highest on the timing sheets, beating out team-mate Yuki Tsunoda by almost a tenth of a second as the Japanese driver fights for his 2026 seat.

Elsewhere, Ferrari drivers bookended the timings board, with Charles Leclerc setting the fastest lap of the hour and sports car racer Antonio Fuoco half a second off the pace in 20th on his F1 race weekend debut.

F1 FP1 Results: Mexican Grand Prix 2025

Position	Driver	Team	Gap
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:18.380
2	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	+0.107s
3	Nico Hulkenberg	Kick Sauber	+0.380s
4	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+0.404s
5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	+0.536s
6	Arvid Lindblad	Red Bull	+0.617s
7	Esteban Ocon	Haas	+0.658s
8	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull	+0.710s
9	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	+0.951s
10	Alex Albon	Williams	+1.004s
11	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	+1.029s
12	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+1.092s
13	Pato O'Ward	McLaren	+1.300s
14	Frederik Vesti	Mercedes	+1.309s
15	Paul Aron	Alpine	+1.482s
16	Ryo Hirakawa	Haas	+1.693s
17	Ayumu Iwasa	Racing Bulls	+1.773s
18	Luke Browning	Williams	+1.930s
19	Jak Crawford	Aston Martin	+1.991s
20	Antonio Fuoco	Ferrari	+2.474s

Who is the current F1 world champion?

Max Verstappen is the reigning F1 champion, and won his fourth drivers' championship last year.

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Practice continues in Mexico with FP2 later on Friday, October 24 at 4pm (local time) and 11pm (BST). To read the complete breakdown of practice times and how to watch in select locations click here.

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