Full results from Free Practice 1 for the Mexico City Grand Prix at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, round 18 of the 2021 Formula 1 season.

2021 Mexico City Grand Prix - Free Practice 1 results

Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:18.341s 28
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:18.417s + 0.076s 24
3 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:18.464s + 0.123s 28
4 Sergio Pérez Red Bull 1:18.610s + 0.269s 20
5 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 1:18.985s + 0.644s 23
6 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1:19.463s + 1.122s 26
7 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1:19.656s + 1.315s 26
8 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:19.667s + 1.326s 20
9 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:19.759s + 1.418s 20
10 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1:19.858s + 1.517s 27
11 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:20.011s + 1.670s 30
12 Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo 1:20.026s + 1.685s 26
13 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:20.030s + 1.689s 27
14 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1:20.273s + 1.932s 25
15 Lando Norris McLaren 1:20.301s + 1.960s 26
16 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 1:20.344s + 2.003s 27
17 George Russell Williams 1:20.517s + 2.176s 23
18 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1:21.580s + 3.239s 23
19 Mick Schumacher Haas 1:22.144s + 3.803s 27
20 Nikita Mazepin Haas 1:22.819s + 4.478s 24
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