1997 F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve on McLaren ‘pressure’
“Both McLaren drivers are under pressure actually and neither has reacted super well to pressure,” he said, in association with Vision4Sport.
“Piastri has got quite a decent lead, but as we have seen in the last few races, the pressure has really got to him for some reason.
“But Lando did not profit from it as much as he could and should have. He didn’t make the most of the situation.
“But the problem is that Verstappen is getting closer and closer and Verstappen is the one that you don’t want bearing down on you. You don’t want him breathing down your neck, hot on your heels.”
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Kieran Jackson24 October 2025 21:30
VIDEO: Oscar Piastri ahead of Mexico GP weekend
Oscar Piastri looks ahead to Mexico City GP
Kieran Jackson24 October 2025 21:15
Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies
On Lindblad: “All the teams lost GPS for a bit for the session. We left Arvid on the lowish fuel, not to give him complications. He did a very good job, it’s hard to jump in, the pace is there.”
On upgrades: “We have a couple of things, new bits, there’s some tweaking here for car cooling and brakes.”
On title fight: “We still take it race by race, an unbelievable weekend in Austin, it’s very difficult to win races, Max did a mega weekend, it gives a further incentive to all of us. We don’t look at the championship, we look at it session by session.”
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Kieran Jackson24 October 2025 21:00
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Charles Leclerc quickest in FP1
Leclerc stays top at the end, fastest by one-tenth to Kimi Antonelli wiht a 1:18:380.
Nico Hulkenberg takes third, with Piastri and Bortoleto completing the top-five.
Arvid Lindblad stays in sixth and is a tenth quicker than Yuki Tsunoda in the other Red Bull!
6-10: Lindblad, Ocon, Tsunoda, Colapinto, Albon
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Kieran Jackson24 October 2025 20:32
Lindbald up to P5
Bit more like it for Red Bull’s rookie – he goes six-tenths off Piastri in fifth.
Final laps coming in now…
Kieran Jackson24 October 2025 20:27
Charles Leclerc now top of the table
Leclerc goes quickest with a 1:18:380 – 0.107 secs quicker than Antonelli in second, with Nico Hulkenberg in third and Oscar Piastri in fourth.
5-10: Tsunoda, Bortoleto, Colapinto, Albon, Hadjar
Quickest rookie now? Mercedes’ Fred Vesti, replacing George Russell, who is 12th overall.
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Kieran Jackson24 October 2025 20:20
Lindblad goes wide
A shame that for the 18-year-old in Verstappen’s Red Bull!
He was setting personal best with new soft tyres in the first two sectors before going wide, ruining his lap.
Kieran Jackson24 October 2025 20:10
Top-10 in FP1 after 30 mins
Kieran Jackson24 October 2025 20:01
Kimi Antonelli goes fastest
The Mercedes driver is P1 with a 1:20:035 – 0.093 secs ahead of Isack Hadjar in second, with Esteban Ocon in third.
Luke Browning – another Brit rookie, driving for Williams – the highest of the rookies so far in P10.
Kieran Jackson24 October 2025 19:53
