Oscar Piastri leads McLaren 1-2 in the final GP practice of Mexico City

Oscar Piastri led McLaren teammate and F1 championship hopeful Lando Norris in the final practice of the Mexico City Grand Prix.

Piastri led a McLaren 1-2 in the final hour before qualifying at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit by lapping just 0.059 seconds faster than his teammate on soft tyres, with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz third, 0.340 seconds back.

After labeling his Friday as ‘useless’ after experiencing engine problems that prompted Red Bull to make a flawless change to his car, Max Verstappen had a better start on Saturday, setting the fourth fastest time, around half second behind Piastri. .

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton was fifth, 0.568 seconds off the pace, ahead of future Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc in sixth.

Yuki Tsunoda continued the encouraging start to the weekend for RB by finishing seventh, ahead of the Mercedes of George Russell and the Haas of Kevin Magnussen.