Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen have not had an ideal start to their Mexico GP preparations

Lewis Hamilton full radio conversation as investigation launched

Ferrari have launched an investigation into Lewis Hamilton's car after they abandoned their FP2 session early. Hamilton flagged the issue during a radio conversation during the session - it went as follows:

Hamilton: Something’s wrong with the power. I lost all power from Turn 13.Santi: Yes, we saw.Hamilton: Can I do one more?Santi: I think we need to stop the car. We need to stop the car.Hamilton: Okay.Santi: We need to stop the car on track, Lewis.Hamilton: Oh, really? Okay.Santi: Need to stop the car.Hamilton: Okay, one second.Hamilton: I can try to restart the car or…Santi: Negative, we cannot restart

Speaking to the press after, Hamilton said: “I was feeling really good in the car. It’s just my luck. Yeah, I think we did a really good job in getting the setup in a better place, and yeah, just really unfortunate.

"I think we’re really competitive this weekend as a team Then didn’t get to do the long run, so I have no idea how, but I know it’s really hard to overtake here, as you saw some people out there.

“They’re still investigating to find out what was wrong, and just praying that everything’s okay.”