Romain Grosjean says he will need to rely lar💃gely on guesswork heading into the remainder of the Mexico Formula 1 race wౠeekend after completing just three laps on Friday, with a tyre blowout sidelining him early in FP2.

Grosjean sat out FP1 so that Ferrari junior Antonio Giovinazzi cℱould get some track time in the Haas VF-17 car, with the tyre issue in second practice coming after he had completed just three laps, causi🥀ng damage to the rear of his chassis.

"The car was very on the nose on the lap I did," Grosjean said of 🧸the inci𒀰dent. "I really struggled with the rear end. Initially, I didn’t know what was happening – if we had too much aero balance or just didn’t get the setup right.

"I had that spin that I wasn’t expecting, and then I saw the tyre flying apart. I don’t know which came first, the eggs or the chick🤪en, but it felt pretty stra🐻nge on that lap."

The lack of runni🔯ng on Friday has left Grosjean cor🎐nered for FP3 in Mexico, needing to squeeze in as many laps as possible in the hour-long session, but he is not feeling good about his chances.

"We need to get some laps tomorrow, but we’re never going to get a long run," Grosjeanꦯ said.

"Clearly you sh💛oot yourself in the foot when you’ve got a💦 Friday when you don’t drive in FP1 and FP2. Again, we’ll try to do our best for tomorrow.

"I believe we’ve got two sets ♛of ultrasofts to prepare for qualifying in FP3. From there, we’re just going to guess what we need fo𝓰r the race."