Mercedes impressively bounced back seizing the front row of the grid for the Mexican GP - Valtteri Bottas ahead of Lewis Hamilton - but, for all that, Red Bull-Honda's Max Verstappen was devastatingly quick on the Pirelli medium tyre on which all the top runners will start the race.
Peter Windsor analyses the recovery of Mercedes after a desultory Friday; why Verstappen's pace fell away on the Pirelli soft compound - and what may or may not happen during that long drag down to the first corner of the race.
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