Nine Formula 1 rookies to hit the track for Mexico City FP1 session originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

Formula 1 fans voiced frustration over broadcast issues during the 2025 Mexico Grand Prix. FP1 and FP2 practice session results out.

Opening practice will see a dramatically different looking pack with nine drivers getting their chances in modern-day F1 machinery.

Further down the grid, Williams have selected academy star and F2 driver Luke Browning to step in for Carlos Sainz again, and Racing Bulls have enlisted the help of Japanese Super Formula driver Ayumu Iwasa to replace Liam Lawson for FP1.

George Russell has revealed he “snuck” into the grandstands to watch opening practice at the Mexico City Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver sat out of the first practice session at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez as rookie Frederik Vesti deputised for FP1.

Get the full Mexico GP 2025 guide: start times, schedule, weather, expert predictions, and how to watch Formula 1 live globally.

Max Verstappen will start tomorrow’s U.S. Grand Prix sprint race from pole position at Circuit of the Americas. The Red Bull driver bested McLaren’s Lando Norris by seven hundredths of a second, with Norris’ teammate and drivers’ championship rival Oscar Piastri rounding out the top three in Austin, Texas.