Fire-extinguisher powder affects Sebastian Vettel during FP2 at the 2017 Mexican Grand Prix

Second practice for the 2017 Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix, the 18th round of the season, took place at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.

Daniel Ricciardo was fastest with a 1:17.801. Lewis Hamilton was second, 0.131 seconds behind, followed by Max Verstappen in third, 0.163 seconds off the pace.

The top five were Daniel Ricciardo, Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen, in that order. Ferrari and Red Bull each had two drivers in the top five, with Mercedes represented by one.

Sebastian Vettel was fourth, 0.250 seconds behind the leader, while fifth-placed Kimi Räikkönen was 0.341 seconds adrift.

Esteban Ocon completed the top ten, 1.021 seconds slower than the session leader.

Valtteri Bottas completed the most laps with 43, while Romain Grosjean ran the fewest with three.

At the lower end of the classification, Pascal Wehrlein was 16th, Kevin Magnussen 17th, Marcus Ericsson 18th, Pierre Gasly 19th and Romain Grosjean 20th. The lap times and completed laps in the table follow the official classification for this session.

Pos. Driver Team Time / Gap Laps
1 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1:17.801 26
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +0.131s 40
3 Max Verstappen Red Bull +0.163s 17
4 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari +0.250s 35
5 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari +0.341s 40
6 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes +0.498s 43
7 Fernando Alonso McLaren +0.707s 26
8 Sergio Pérez Force India +0.927s 41
9 Nico Hülkenberg Renault +0.974s 19
10 Esteban Ocon Force India +1.021s 42
11 Carlos Sainz Renault +1.259s 30
12 Felipe Massa Williams +1.405s 37
13 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso +1.622s 40
14 Lance Stroll Williams +1.723s 42
15 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren +2.043s 32
16 Pascal Wehrlein Sauber +2.505s 38
17 Kevin Magnussen Haas +2.517s 35
18 Marcus Ericsson Sauber +2.561s 38
19 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso +3.944s 10
20 Romain Grosjean Haas +7.725s 3