Max Verstappen was quickest of all in Friday practice for the Mexico City Grand Prix, as the Red Bull driver followed up his pace-setting first practice effort with the fastest time in a drizzle-hit FP2.

Darker clouds swept in over Mexico City as second practice got under way – but while very light rain fell at times, it wasn’t significant enough to stop drivers continuing to learn about their cars on a variety of dry weather tyres.

FP1: Verstappen leads first practice in Mexico City ahead of Albon and Perez

Verstappen set out his stall early doors once more with an initial run on the medium tyres and then significantly improved when he bolted a set of softs on for a qualifying simulation.

The three-time world champion was kept honest by Lando Norris, the McLaren driver just 0.119s behind in second with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc making it three different teams in the top-three in third.

There were a few surprises behind that trio, with Valtteri Bottas a superb fourth – the Alfa Romeos following up last year’s strong performance at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez with another shot of pace this time around.