F1 Mexico GP updates – Leclerc leads halfway through FP1, Iwasa the top rookie | Live text

Live Standings Summary Live Text That’s all from us for now – we’ll be back a bit later on for FP2 with our normal collection of drivers. See you then!  FP1 report Another Ferrari FP1 lead, then – the team has been good at finding decent laps out of the box, but we don’t see the progression through the weekend. See the US Grand Prix for further details… Good efforts from all the rookies today, and Vesti and Iwasa getting into the top five is a very strong result from both.  Frederik Vesti, Mercedes Photo by: Simon Galloway / LAT Images via Getty Images And that’s your lot for FP1! Leclerc finishes the session top of the pile, ahead of Antonelli, Vesti, Hamilton, Iwasa, Gasly, Alonso, Piastri, Bearman, and Lindblad. A smoky-looking Haas there as Bearman gets the car back to the garage – is that brakes, or something more sinister? Crawford had a suspected ERS issue, so that’s why he was asked to stop at the side of the track by engineer Gary Gannon.  Slater improves to 21st on the hard tyre, a reasonable effort given he’s missed most of this session. He’s up to 12 laps now, while
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