F1 Mexico City GP Qualifying - Verstappen on pole - as it happened

Leclerc moves up to fourth, 0.7s off the pace.

Ocon breaks into the top 10 for Alpine. 

Still waiting to see what Alonso can do on the softs.

Perez moves up to fourth, 0.8s off the pace though.

Into the final six minutes - Russell remains on top ahead of Hamilton, Verstappen, Norris and Bottas.

Verstappen improves but stays third - 0.4s off.

Bottas moves up to fifth on the softs, 0.9s off Russell's pace.

Russell, Hamilton, Verstappen, Norris, Perez, Sainz, Leclerc, Albon, Schumacher and Alonso.

Russell improves to a 1m18.399s, a tenth ahead of Hamilton.

Verstappen is now 0.7s off.

Russell is going quickly again.

Halfway through #FP3. Here’s how we’re looking 

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Verstappen improves again to a 1m19.118s, 0.287s clear of Russell.

Verstappen, Russell, Perez, Sainz, Leclerc, Hamilton, Albon, Alonso, Tsunoda and Norris.

Verstappen goes fastest immediately, a tenth ahead of Russell.

Verstappen takes to the track for the first time this afternoon.

Norris moves ahead of Bottas for sixth - a tenth between the two drivers in terms of the midfield battle.

A brief yellow flag due to Schumacher's spin at Turn 10.

Russell smashes the current benchmark by 0.4s. A strong lap from the Mercedes driver.

Perez goes second overall, 0.3s off Sainz's benchmark of a 1m19.864s.

Sainz goes 0.6s clear of Leclerc at the top of the timesheets. Hamilton, Bottas and Schumacher complete the top five.

Hamilton goes 0.5s clear of Bottas at the top of the timesheets, but he's beaten by Leclerc.

A scrappy lap from the Ferrari driver - a couple of moments in the middle sector.

Bottas improves again to a 1m21.041s. 

Hamilton sets a 1m33.965s, 12.9s off his former Mercedes teammate.

Hamilton and Bottas are the only two drivers out on track.

The Mercedes driver is on the red-marked softs.

Bottas goes quickest with a 1m21.462s - the first time of the day so far.

Bottas takes to the track for Alfa Romeo on the mediums.