It was a busy Friday for the Force India team in Mexico. On Friday morning they evaluated some updated parts, gathering data to understand their effects on the car.
The red flags cost them some track time, but they split the programme between the cars and collected a huge amount of data.
They now have a lot of data to analyse tonight, to make sure they put the best possible car on track tomorrow.
The data from short and long runs shows it's going to be a tight weekend, but Sergio Perez believes they are in a good position going forward.
โI'm feeling happy with how things have gone today โ it's been a positive start to our Mexican Grand Prix weekend,โ he said. โWe looked strong from the start of morning practice and we've taken some important steps to improve the car across the two sessions.โ
โIt's never easy finding the right balance here because the high altitude has a big impact on the car: you slide around more with the lack of downforce and it makes things quite tricky. It was important to cover so many laps today and we have a big job tonight to understand the tyres, the car balance and where we can improve ahead of qualifying.โ
