Oscar Piastri says McLaren has handled conditions at the Mexico City Grand Prix better than he expected after Friday practice at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. He comments on how the circuit’s high altitude affects car behavior and what that means for performance going into the rest of the event.
Across outlets, Piastri’s tone is cautiously optimistic. He points to the challenge of Mexico’s thin air, which can force teams to run with limited downforce, and he adds that the team’s pace in practice suggests there may be more to come. Motorsport.com and Yahoo Sports both highlight that Piastri’s qualifying simulation was “pretty messy” and that his FP2 running involved a “messy” soft-tyre lap, yet he still reports his car coped better with altitude than anticipated. F1 frames his comments more broadly around how difficult it is to judge Mexico prospects at this stage.
No outlet reports a final competitive result from Friday—just Piastri’s assessment of McLaren’s adaptation to Mexico’s altitude and the uncertainty that remains.
