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How to watch the Mexican GP: start time, schedule and streaming
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Watch the Mexican GP live on TV or stream it: all the timings for practice, qualifying and the grand prix
Who will reign supreme in Mexico in 2022?
The F1 world championship might already be decided, but there’s still plenty of dramatic racing action to come before the season’s out.
Max Verstappen put in another brilliant performance last week in Austin to rectify a pit stop disaster and snatch a potential first victory of the season away from Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes – but it’s anyone’s guess who could win this weekend.
With the Silver Arrows coming close to winning several times now this season, and Ferrari still in the hunt at the front, there’s at least six drivers who have a good chance of being crowned the racing king of Mexico on Sunday.
Here’s how to watch the 2022 Mexican GP:
How to watch the 2022 Mexican GP
Every Mexican GP session will be broadcast live, whilst there will also be free-to-air highlights of practice, qualifying and the race.
It’s worth remembering that Mexico is six hours behind the UK and, like us, changes to daylight saving time on Sunday, so the time difference remains consistent.
Live TV: All sessions will be shown on Sky Sport F1, starting with Free Practice 1 at 7pm on Friday evening.
Live stream: Sky Sport F1 subscribers can view all the running live on the Sky Go app, as well as those with subscriptions to Now TV.
Highlights: Channel 4 will broadcast race highlights late on Sunday evening.
| Qualifying, Saturday 29 October | Mexican GP, Sunday 30 October | |
| Start time | 9pm | 8pm |
| Live coverage | From 8pm, Sky Sports F1 | From 6.30pm, Sky Sports F1 |
| Highlights | N/A | 1.05am, Channel 4 |
Where to watch every Mexican GP session
Each session will be live on Sky Sports F1 with coverage preceding each one, as well as live reaction following the running.
Sky Sports F1 live
Friday: FP1 – 7pm | FP2 – 9.45pm
Saturday: FP3 – 5.45pm | Qualifying – 8pm
Sunday: Grand Prix – 6.30pm
How to stream the Mexican GP
If you subscribe to Sky, you can watch all the action live using the Sky Go app on mobile and tablet devices, as well as laptop, PC and consoles.
You can also view all the sessions NOW TV with a sports membership, which can be streamed live anywhere in the UK. Similar to the Sky Go app, NOW TV can be downloaded for all devices.
A NOW TV weekend pass can also be bought, giving access to all the broadcasts including build-up and coverage.
Who will win the Mexican GP?
With Max Verstappen and Red Bull already having wrapped up both the drivers’ and constructors’ crowns, there’ll be no calculating performances going for the championship – the gloves really are off.
Red Bull has traditionally done well in Mexico, a high-altitude circuit at which it wasn’t as hamstrung by its down-on-power Renault engine in seasons past before it switched to Honda.
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Seeing how the current Mercedes, Ferrari, Renault and Honda PUs stack up will be fascinating – as will Verstappen’s quest to break a longstanding F1 record.
It’s almost ten years since Sebastian Vettel equalled Michael Schumacher’s 2004 record of 13 wins in one season. Now the current reigning champion has a trio of chances to overhaul both of them.
The Dutchman is a Mexico master, having won here three times before, so the odds look favourable towards him breaking the record at the first attempt.
However, Sergio Perez would dearly love to win his home event, Ferrari will be looking to score at least one more consolation win and Mercedes still retains hope of scoring at least one win this year – there’s much to play up there where the air is rarefied.
How many laps is the Mexican GP?
The Mexico GP is 71 laps long and is run over a distance of 305km. on a track which is 4.3km in length.
Valtteri Bottas holds the current lap record with a 1min 17.774sec. Don’t expect this to be broken though, with this year’s cars around 2-3sec slower over a lap.
The track has two DRS detection zones, but drivers are given two goes of using it after the second point. The first DRS zone is coming out of Turn 11, whilst the drivers are allowed to open the rear wing on both the main straight and after Turn 3 if behind at the second zone.
2022 Mexican GP session times
| Friday 28 October | Saturday 29 October | Sunday 30 October | |
| F1 | Free Practice 1 – 7pm Free Practice 2 – 10pm |
Free Practice 3 – 6pm Qualifying – 9pm |
Grand Prix – 8pm |
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