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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.

We need to do a solid job in FP3 to get ready for qualifying.

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.

It was a fairly quiet Friday today.

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.

Times from today's second free practice session for the Gran Premio de la Ciudad de Mexico.

Carlos Sainz leads a Ferrari 1-2 in opening practice, as Red Bull pair, Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez, set identical times.

Times from today's opening free practice session for the Gran Premio de la Ciudad de Mexico.

Toto Wolff and Zak Brown were among the first to criticise the punishment meted out to Red Bull for its breach of the budget cap, claiming that the FIA has been lenient.

Insisting that exceeding the budget cap was of no benefit to his team, Christian Horner describes the punishment as Draconian and claims that Red Bull has no need to apologise.