Full results from Free Practice 1 at the Mexico City Grand Prix, held at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodgriguez, a session that featured 10 rookie drivers.

Charles Leclerc ended the session fastest for Ferrari ahead of championship leader Kimi Antonelli, and Fred Vesti, while 30 laps for Colton Herta saw the American do enough to secure his F1 super licence.

What are the F1 results from FP1 at the Mexico Grand Prix 2026?

Pos	Driver	Team	Best	Diff
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:18.128
2	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:18.787	0.659
3	Fred Vesti	Mercedes	1:18.861	0.733
4	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:18.866	0.738
5	Ayumu Iwasa	Red Bull	1:19.113	0.985
6	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:19.210	1.082
7	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:19.357	1.229
8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:19.376	1.248
9	Oliver Bearman	Haas	1:19.412	1.284
10	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	1:19.478	1.35
11	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	1:19.545	1.417
12	Nikola Tsolov	Racing Bulls	1:19.604	1.476
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	1:19.608	1.48
14	Gabriele Mini	Aalpine	1:19.946	1.818
15	Ryo Hirakawa	Haas	1:19.982	1.854
16	Carlos Sainz	Williams	1:20.006	1.878
17	Leonardo Fornaroli	McLaren	1:20.235	2.107
18	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	1:20.395	2.267
19	Jak Crawford	Aston Martin	1:20.803	2.675
20	Luke Browning	Williams	1:20.869	2.741
21	Freddie Slater	Audi	1:20.945	2.817
22	Colton Herta	Cadillac	1:21.365	3.237

What happened in Free Practice 1?

A session dominated by the presence of 10 rookie drivers saw an unfamiliar driver pairing for all teams with the exception of Ferrari.

Freddie Slater endured a difficult session when a cooling fan was left on the Audi he’d taken over from Gabriel Bortoleto, while Jak Crawford was told to stop his Aston Martin on track midway through the session.

Leonardo Fornaroli at McLaren suffered a wild slide and pinched brakes while Nikola Tsolov suffered a dead leg in the Racing Bulls as he became the first Bulgarian to take part in an F1 session.

Charles Leclerc proved fastest from Antonelli, a strong 0.6s margin for the Monegasque driver in a session where Herta moved himself into serious F1 consideration.

Needing to compete 24 laps to secure the final point he needed for an FIA super licence, the American logged 30 laps to become an increasingly serious threat to Valtteri Bottas at Cadillac for F1 2027.