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

Max Verstappen, Laurent Mekies, Yuki Tsunoda, 2025, generic — Photo: © IMAGO

Mexican Grand Prix

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

All the times from FP1 at the Mexican Grand Prix

Chris Deeley

Friday 24 October 2025 21:37 Updated: 11:40

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.

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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