F1 – Mexican Grand Prix qualifying LIVE: Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes are ready to take the fight to Red Bulls as Sergio Perez hopes to dazzle home fans

Follow Mail Sport’s live blog for all the latest updates and timings from qualifying of the Mexican Grand Prix at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

UNDER FIVE MINUTES LEFT

Drivers in the danger zone:

Stroll, Albon, Piastri, Norris, Sargeant

Of note, Lando took forever to set a time after going out and then returning to the garage promptly.

Plus, Sargeant’s quickest time was deleted for track limits at Turn 12

UNDER EIGHT MINUTES LEFT

Norris, Sargeant, Hulkenberg, Sainz, Ocon, and Leclerc haven’t set a time yet

Behind Verstappen… it's Ricciardo and Bottas!

Two quick laps from the Alpha and the Alfa put them within two-tenths and three-tenths respectively of Max

And then Max quickly dispatches that time

Verstappen goes four-and-a-half tenths faster than his teammate

Checo goes fastest!

It’s a 1:18.553 for the Mexican in his home grand prix

Fernando Alonso goes fastest

It’s a 1:19.604 for the Spaniard in Mexico

Magnussen's the first one to set a lap

Gasly needed to head to the pits, so the Dane is the first one across the line

Q1 is underway!

Pierre Gasly leads the way

FIVE MINUTES TO GO

The drivers are getting ready for this qualifying session

15 MINUTE WARNING

Could this finally be the year that Checo does the impossible?

He’s never qualified higher than P4 in his career at this track… could he possibly crack the top three today?

Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez? More like Red Bull Ring West

The Milton Keynes outfit has dominated at this track since this race returned to the F1 calendar in 2015.

Max Verstappen has won four of the last five races at this circuit – with the only interruption coming when Lewis Hamilton took the checkered flag in 2019.

Here are the result's from today's FP3 to give ourselves a baseline

The leader isn’t the surprise here… it’s who came in second.

1. Max Verstappen, Red Bull

2. Alex Albon, Williams

3. Sergio Perez, Red Bull

4. George Russell, Mercedes

5. Oscar Piastri, McLaren

6. Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo

7. Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri

8. Lando Norris, McLaren

9. Daniel Ricciardo, AlphaTauri

10. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

11. Logan Sargeant, Williams

12. Zhou Guanyu, Alfa Romeo

13. Charles Leclerc, Ferrari

14. Lance Stroll, Aston Martin

15. Carlos Sainz, Ferrari

16. Nico Hulkenberg, Haas

17. Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin

18. Pierre Gasly, Alpine

19. Kevin Magnussen, Haas

20. Esteban Ocon, Alpine

All eyes will be on Sergio Perez in this qualifying session

The Mexican driver will have no trouble capturing the hearts of the fans here in the capital.

All that’s left to ask is if Checo can finally snap out of his rough run of form and show up here at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

This may surprise you all, but it's been all Red Bull in practice so far

Max Verstappen has taken the top spot at the end of each practice session – with his teammate Sergio Perez only finishing Top-3 twice

Hola a todos!

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