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Today's press conference with Andrew Shovlin, Laurent Mekies, Alan Permane, Franz Tost, Frederic Vasseur and Mike Krack.
Helmut Marko claims that the 10% reduction in permitted aero testing will put Red Bull at an "enormous disadvantage".
Ferrari's sporting director, Laurent Mekies says the Italian team is not happy with the leniency shown to Red Bull over its budget cap breach, while contradicting Christian Horner's claim that the (10%) reduction on aero testing will hurt.
The drivers ran mainly the hard and the soft tyres today; we had a bit of sliding on the hard but contained degradation on the soft, which means that it should make an interesting race tyre.
The team enjoyed a decent start to the weekend, with Valtteri Bottas firmly in the top ten in both sessions.
Using FP2 for a mandatory tyre test means the competitive situation is not as clear as usual - we expect to fight again in a close midfield battle and we'll try to get through to Q3 tomorrow.
Today's free practice for the Mexico City Grand Prix turned out to be more complicated than expected.
The balance isn't perfect so we've got areas to work on overnight, but a reasonable start at what is normally a very challenging circuit.
Our competitiveness is looking quite good, and we will do all we can to aim for a place in Q3 tomorrow.
We have enough data to assess in preparation for the rest of the weekend where the aim, as usual, is to have both drivers inside the top ten.
There is a bit of work to do to tune the car for low fuel, but following some analysis tonight, this will be achievable tomorrow morning.
As was the case in Austin, today's second practice session was given over to tyre testing and unsurprisingly those using the current compounds set the pace.