Max Verstappen hoping Mexico’s high altitude will boost his F1 title chase

Aside from the Red Bull Ring in Austria, the Mexican track the only circuit where Max Verstappen has won five races.

Max Verstappen has closed the gap to F1 championship leader Oscar Piastri from 104 points to 40. Pic: AP Photo/Moises Castillo

To stay in the hunt for a fifth F1 title in a row, Max Verstappen needs to keep closing the points gap on McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris. Racing in Mexico City might help him to do just that.

The Red Bull driver hit the ground running in Mexico on Friday, finishing in first place in the second practice session with a time of 1 minute, 17.392 seconds, ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Mercedes’s Kimi Antonelli.