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Ryo Hirakawa could have "easily" made Q2 in F1 Mexico GP without late traffic

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Haas stand-in Ryo Hirakawa believes he'd have "easily" reached the second part of qualifying for the Mexico City Grand Prix, had he not encountered traffic on his final lap of the session.Hirakawa, making his Formula 1 debut with Haas as Esteban Ocon was stood down from his driving duties, had set a personal-best first sector and was angling to make the Q3 cut at the expense of Carlos ...Keep reading
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In the qualifying session for the 2026 F1 Mexico City Grand Prix held on October 31st, TGR Haas F1 Team driver Ryo Hirakawa qualified 19th in his first-ever qualifying session. On the qualifying day for the 19th race, Haas substituted regular driver Esteban Ocon with reserve driver […]

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Haas F1 continues his bizarre weekend in Mexico City, and the qualification for the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez Grand Prix has not been any rest for the team. Oliver Bearman qualified 15th and admits that he could have done better without a mistake, while Ryo Hirakawa did his first qualifying session in career. The Britishman was disappointed not to do better than 15th and he explains that it was again because of a change in the behaviour of hi…

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