The 18th round of the 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship began with practice Friday at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez as teams prepared for Sunday’s Mexican Grand Prix.
Two 90-minute sessions – FP1 and FP2 – on the 4.304-kilometer (2.674-mile), 17-turn circuit ran under predominantly cloudy conditions.
Overnight rain meant a damp, but drying track greeted the field at the start of FP1. Both Haas F1 drivers set their installation laps on the Pirelli Cinturato Green intermediate rubber before switching exclusively to the P Zero Red soft compound for three timed stints. Magnussen’s best lap of 1:19.013 was good for 12th overall on his second soft run. Grosjean was 18th overall at the checkered with a lap of 1:19.850 – also set on his second set of softs.
Grosjean and Magnussen took to the track for FP2 on Yellow medium tires for their opening stint before switching to new sets of softs for their fast laps. Grosjean clocked a 1:18.766 for 15th fastest while Magnussen’s 1:19.306 placed him 17th on the timesheet. Both drivers finished the session on high-fuel, race-simulation runs utilizing the medium and soft compounds.
Between the two sessions, Haas F1 Team ran a total of 118 laps – 59 each by Magnussen and Grosjean.
Haas F1 Team PR
