Mexican F1 Grand Prix live: Verstappen penalties blow up title race

The F1 title race has been flipped on its head with hefty penalties dished out as Max Verstappen and Lando Norris battle it out again.

Max Verstappen found himself in more drama.

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz has won the Mexican F1 Grand Prix, while tensions between Red Bull and McLaren exploded as the championship battle between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris reaches fever pitch.

Sainz started from pole position and drove a superb race to claim his second win of the year and fourth of his career. The Spaniard is determined to finish on a high with Ferrari before he joins Williams next year.

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Lando Norris came second after a late blunder by Charles Leclerc, but crucially the McLaren driver finished ahead of Max Verstappen.

The three-time world champion copped two 10-second penalties for a dramatic mid-race skirmish with Norris but recovered to finish sixth.

Norris now trails Verstappen by 47 points with four races remaining, while Ferrari have caught Red Bull and are now just 29 points behind McLaren in the constructors standings.

The incident sparked a war of words between team principals Zak Brown and Christian Horner, with Horner even showing sketches of telemetry data to defend his driver.

Australia’s Oscar Piastri finished eighth, an improvement after a disappointing qualifying performance. Red Bull’s Sergio Perez was 17th.

Read below to see how all the action panned out.

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