F1 Results Today: Norris dominates Verstappen as Red Bull star HUMILIATED
Max Verstappen was heavily beaten by title rival Lando Norris in the final practice session for the Mexican Grand Prix, with both McLaren drivers flying on their qualifying simulations.
Oscar Piastri and Norris both put around half a second into both the Dutchman and Lewis Hamilton, with the former expressing his disbelief at the papaya cars’ pace in a radio message after his flying lap.
Meanwhile, Sergio Perez could only set the 14th fastest time of the afternoon at his home race, beating himself under braking on one late lap.The third practice session of the weekend was a relatively calm one, as teams set up their race configurations and fine-tuned their settings before their cars move into parc ferme after qualifying.
Liam Lawson did get a little messy over the kerbs in the stadium section, spinning his VCARB around before getting going again, but there were no major incidents of the types seen in FP1 and FP2.
F1 FP3 Results: Mexican Grand Prix 2024
1. Oscar Piastri [McLaren] – 1:16.492sec
2. Lando Norris [McLaren] – +0.059sec
3. Carlos Sainz [Ferrari] – +0.340sec
4. Max Verstappen [Red Bull] – +0.511sec
5. Lewis Hamilton [Mercedes] – +0.568sec
6. Charles Leclerc [Ferrari] – +0.740sec
7. Yuki Tsunoda [VCARB] – +0.810sec
8. George Russell [Mercedes] – +0.849sec
9. Kevin Magnussen [Haas] – +0.982sec
10. Liam Lawson [VCARB] – +1.002sec
11. Alex Albon [Williams] – +1.019sec
12. Valtteri Bottas [Kick Sauber] – +1.147sec
13. Franco Colapinto [Williams] – +1.220sec
14. Sergio Perez [Red Bull] – +1.295sec
15. Fernando Alonso [Aston Martin] – +1.306sec
16. Nico Hulkenberg [Haas] – +1.327sec
17. Lance Stroll [Aston Martin] – +1.408sec
18. Esteban Ocon [Alpine] – +1.832sec
19. Zhou Guanyu [Kick Sauber] – +1.936sec
20. Pierre Gasly [Alpine] – +1.962sec
Who is the current F1 world champion?
Max Verstappen is the reigning F1 champion, and currently leads the 2024 world drivers’ championship.
Is there F1 today?
Yes, qualifying is due to take place later on Saturday, with the championship protagonists battling it out for pole position. The session is due to start at 10pm BST.
