How Friday practice unfolded for the F1 Mexico City Grand Prix

Schumacher slots into second on the softs, 0.4s off.

Leclerc goes 0.7s clear on the softs. Verstappen's best time is on the hards.

Engineer: "De Vries behind on an outlap."

Carlos Sainz: "Debris?"

Engineer: "No, no. De Vries."

Top five: Verstappen, Perez (0.3s off), Sainz (0.4s off), Bottas (0.8s off), Gasly (0.8s off).

Solid start to the session.

P7 Fernando: 1:23.957
P13 Jack: 1:25.124#MexicoGPpic.twitter.com/7d1TNQR4Hd

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Current top 10: Verstappen, Perez, Gasly, Bottas, Sainz, Ricciardo, Alonso, Norris, Hamilton and Zhou.

Verstappen takes to the top of the timesheets with a 1m22.291s, 0.4s ahead of Perez.

LAW: "I have no brakes, brakes are completely gone" 

Liam Lawson's FP1 outing for AlphaTauri isn't off to the best start#MexicoGP#F1pic.twitter.com/nXr4gHS3Tm

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Jack Doohan is on for Esteban Ocon.

Nyck de Vries replaces George Russell.

Liam Lawson is in action instead of Yuki Tsunoda.

Logan Sargeant is in the Williams.

Pietro Fittipaldi replaces Kevin Magnussen.

Perez is on top in the early stages with a 1m22.702s, 0.077s ahead of Verstappen.

Ricciardo, Gasly and Bottas complete the top five.

FP1 is well underway in Mexico City.

Sergio Perez - the home hero - takes to the track.

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