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It was advantage Mercedes ahead of the inaugural Qatar Grand Prix qualifying session, with Valtteri Bottas carrying over his impressive form from Friday to lead a dominant one-two for the Silver Arrows in Free Practice 3 ahead of Lewis Hamilton – with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen over three-tenths adrift of the Finn in P3.

Fernando Alonso put in his best qualifying performance since his return to Formula 1 at the inaugural Qatar Grand Prix, taking P5 on the grid – with Alonso keen to convert that to strong points on Sunday, as his Alpine team’s battle with AlphaTauri for P5 intensifies.

There were many at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez who thought that pole position for the Mexico City Grand Prix this weekend was already in Max Verstappen’s pocket. But after a last-gasp Q3 incident between his Red Bull team mate Sergio Perez and Yuki Tsunoda ruined his lap, Verstappen was left lamenting a “terrible qualifying” for the team, as rivals Mercedes locked out the front row.

Sergio Perez is targeting nothing less than a home pole position in Saturday’s qualifying session for the Mexico City Grand Prix, after showing decent pace in the opening pair of practice sessions at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

Red Bull ended Friday of the Mexico City Grand Prix only cautiously optimistic about their chances for qualifying and the race, despite Max Verstappen having dominated proceedings in Free Practice 2.

A delighted home crowd watched as local hero Sergio Perez gave himself a confidence boost ahead of qualifying for the Mexico City Grand Prix, going fastest in Free Practice 3 at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez ahead of team mate Max Verstappen – the pair over half a second clear of their rivals Mercedes.

Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas headed Free Practice 1 for the Mexico City Grand Prix, narrowly outpacing team mate Lewis Hamilton, as Red Bull’s Max Verstappen claimed P3...

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Jesse Carrasquedo is preparing to compete in the second FIA Karting World Championship of his young career with determination and excitement. As this one will take place in Campillos, Spain, the Mexican driver in the OK category was keen to take part in the final round of the Champions of…

2021 United States Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas this weekend. The crowd rivaled previous Friday attendance took to turn 1’s spectacular views while several grandstands around the circuit were also busy.