Sainz, determined to be the fastest, dominates the start in Mexico

Ferrari starts ahead of Red Bull and Alonso signs the sixth time

MADRID, 28 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Spanish Formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) was the fastest this Friday in the first free practice session of the Mexican Grand Prix, a contact with minimal differences between the best, with Fernando Alonso (Alpine), sixth.

Sainz began the assault on the Hermanos Rodríguez Autodrome in the same way as last week in Austin. The man from Madrid already warned before Las Américas that he has between eyebrows to celebrate a victory in the final stretch of the World Cup and that's how he pushes, although on Yankee soil his pole position was cut short in the first corner of the race.

The Ferrari driver, who also dominated last Friday, finished at the top of the Mexican FP1 with a time of 1:20.707, ahead of his teammate Charles Leclerc and Sergio Pérez (Red Bull). The world champion Max Verstappen (Red Bull) was fourth, saving more than one card like every week, with the goal on Sunday.

On a short track with minimal differences, a good memory for the Austrian team, the Mexican Pérez will try to triumph at home, with the runner-up at stake, and prevent, like 'Mad Max', Ferrari from breaking its drought of victories, with July being the last . The British Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) finished fifth while the Spanish Fernando Alonso was sixth and squeezing with the soft.

The double world champion, who started on Friday recovering seventh place in Austin after the FIA ​​approved the appeal of his sanction, came third in a promising session. FP1 also had two red flags, for Pietro Fittipaldi's Haas and, already three minutes from the end, Liam Lawson's Alpha Tauri.