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Russell quickest as Bearman crashes with Albon in Mexico
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Russell quickest as Bearman crashes with Albon in Mexico

Motorsports October 29, 2024
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Mercedes’ George Russell set the tempo in a primary follow session on the Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix punctuated by a heavy crash for Williams’ Alex Albon.

Russell was 0.317 seconds faster than Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, with RB’s Yuki Tsunoda third from Pink Bull’s Max Verstappen, whose session ended early with an engine drawback.

Albon tangled with Ferrari younger driver Oliver Bearman, driving Charles Leclerc’s automobile for the session, and spun into the obstacles on the Esses.

Albon known as Bearman an “fool” over the crew radio after the Williams, on a flying lap, got here throughout the Ferrari on a gradual lap on the racing line.

The Ferrari engineers instructed Bearman over the radio that it was their fault, presumably for not warning him early sufficient of Albon’s presence. The crash was investigated after the session however no additional motion was taken.

“Each drivers agreed that Bearman’s positioning was not unreasonable,” the stewards mentioned, “however was unlucky as a result of it was near Albon’s line. All events agreed it was a racing incident.”

A lot of race drivers didn’t participate within the session – Lewis Hamilton’s automobile was pushed by his 2025 alternative Andrea Kimi Antonelli, who was twelfth quickest.

McLaren’s Lando Norris, Verstappen’s title rival, additionally didn’t participate, handing his automobile to IndyCar driver Pato O’Ward, who trialled a brand new ground the crew have introduced for this race after months of improvement.

O’Ward didn’t begin the session with the brand new ground, however it was fitted for the ultimate a part of the hour.

Elsewhere, Fernando Alonso, celebrating his four-hundredth grand prix this weekend, was changed in first follow by reserve driver Felipe Drugovich, and Robert Schwartzman took over from Zhou Guanyu within the second Sauber, for whom Valtteri Bottas was eighth quickest.

The combination of drivers meant the session gave few clues as to the aggressive image for the weekend. And the gaps between the main automobiles counsel little of be aware will be gleaned to date.

At Mercedes, Hamilton’s automobile continues with the upgrades launched final weekend in Austin, though each he and Russell crashed at Flip 19 in the middle of the weekend.

Russell is utilizing an older specification as a result of he broken his new components together with his qualifying crash.

The second session will final for an hour and a half somewhat than the standard hour to permit time for a take a look at of Pirelli’s 2025 improvement tyres.

Groups should do a brief and future on two units of recent tyres along with their preparation work for the weekend.

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