Charles Leclerc is having himself a proper Friday in Mexico City. The Ferrari driver topped both practice sessions, which is exactly where you want your car to be heading into the weekend. What's even better for the Scuderia is that the pace looks genuinely strong, not just a one-lap wonder. Leclerc's been consistent and quick throughout the day, giving Ferrari real reason to believe they can challenge hard this weekend.
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Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton's afternoon turned into a complete washout. The seven-time world champion suffered a technical issue that forced him to stop on track, and that cost him over half an hour of valuable running time. That's a serious blow when you're trying to prepare for qualifying and race day. With his Ferrari teammate absolutely flying, Hamilton's got some serious catching up to do before Saturday's action kicks off.
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The FP2 standings show just how tight things are getting further down the grid. Lando Norris brought McLaren's second car home just 0.103 seconds behind Leclerc, with George Russell's Mercedes splitting the difference in third. Max Verstappen rounded out the top five for Red Bull, sitting over three tenths back. It's shaping up to be a cracking weekend with plenty of teams still very much in the fight.
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Hamilton's 11th place finish in FP2 tells you everything about the disruption caused by that power loss. The gap to Leclerc at the top was 0.685 seconds, which is a proper chunk of time in the grand scheme of things. Hopefully for the Mercedes legend, the team can sort whatever went wrong overnight, because he'll need to be sharp when qualifying comes around. Fresh tyres and a bit of tweaking could easily put him back in contention, but for now, Friday belonged firmly to Leclerc and Ferrari.
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