McLaren head into qualifying in Mexico with loads of confidence after Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris set the tempo within the last apply session.
Piastri set the perfect time of the weekend up to now with a 1’16.492, half a tenth faster than his staff mate and three tenths quicker than Carlos Sainz Jnr
Max Verstappen was fourth-fastest within the Pink Bull after he tried to make up for misplaced time from the second apply session on Friday.
Regardless of the dearth of significant operating in Friday’s second session as a result of prolonged Pirelli tyre take a look at, drivers weren’t in a rush to take to the circuit. Solely a handful of drivers, together with Max Verstappen, George Russell and Lewis Hamilton headed out within the first ten minutes of the session.
Finally extra drivers started to trickle out, with Carlos Sainz Jnr instantly choosing up from the place he left off on Friday by posting a 1’17.825 on a brand new set of soppy tyres to go quickest early on, five-hundredths faster than his Ferrari staff mate Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris within the McLaren.
Leclerc’s second push lap on the softs was ruined by Liam Lawson spinning on the stadium part, however after one other cool lap his third try put him on high of the occasions. That’s till Sainz full his subsequent lap to return to quickest with a 1’17.447.
The 2 Ferraris continued their non-public warfare excessive of the standings on their well-used tender tyres, till Lando Norris used a recent set of softs to publish a 1’16.551, simply the quickest time of the weekend up to now. That was till staff mate Piastri, with the older ground on his McLaren, beat that effort by 5 hundredths of a second to go quickest.
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That proved to be the perfect time of the session, because the chequered flag flew on the backside of the hour to substantiate Piastri as quickest with a 1’16.492. Norris was second to place McLaren because the staff to beat heading into qualifying, whereas Sainz was three tenths slower than Piastri in third.
After not setting any occasions in second apply with an influence unit downside, Verstappen ended the session in fourth place with 26 laps – the joint most within the subject alongside Lance Stroll. Hamilton was fifth forward of Leclerc, with Yuki Tsunoda seventh for RB. Russell, Kevin Magnussen and Lawson rounded out the highest ten positions.
On the backside of the occasions, Alpine could have considerations about their prospects of escaping Q1 as Esteban Ocon was down in 18th and Pierre Gasly slowest of all in twentieth.
2024 Mexican Grand Prix third apply outcome
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