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Lewis Hamilton And max verstappen Will not be able to do first practice for the Mexico City Grand Prix on Friday.
Hamilton and Verstappen are among eight drivers who will give up their seats to a reserve driver for the session.
F1 rules dictate that each team must give young drivers two practice sessions per car during the season, an increase from one session in previous seasons. Mexico’s Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez is a popular choice to make the switch, as it is a relatively simple circuit with no sprint events this weekend.
Verstappen’s Red Bull seat will be taken by British-Swedish driver Arvid Lindblad, who is considered one of the most exciting young prospects in motorsport. The 18-year-old is the youngest winner in F2 history, Appeared in practice at the British Grand Prix At the start of this season his lap time was 14th.
Racing Bulls and Sauber are the only teams that will run both of their main drivers during the inaugural season.
Five races left in the calendarMexico City will be followed by trips to Sao Paulo (November 9), Las Vegas (November 22) and Qatar (November 30) before concluding in Abu Dhabi (December 7).
The drivers’ championship is going to be down to the wire. Oscar Piastri leads his McLaren teammate with 346 points lando norris Which is 14 points behind at 332. But Verstappen is closing after winning three of the last four races, and is just 26 points behind Norris on 306.
Young drivers practicing at the Mexico City Grand Prix
- McLaren – Pato O’Ward (lando norris,
- Ferrari – Antonio Fuoco (Lewis Hamilton,
- Mercedes – Frederick Vestey (George Russell)
- Red Bull – Arvid Lindblad (max verstappen,
- Williams – Luke Browning (Carlos Sainz)
- Aston Martin – Jack Crawford (Lance Stroll)
- Haas – Ryo Hirakawa (Oliver Bearman)
- Alpine – Paul Aron (Pierre Gasly)