Max Verstappen cops two 10-second penalties in controversial Mexican Grand Prix

Max Verstappen and Lando Norris were front and centre of a controversial Mexican Grand Prix, with two 10-second penalties issued to one man.

Carlos Sainz has taken out the Mexican Grand Prix, but the race was all about once incident between championship rivals Lando Norris and Max Verstappen.

Norris came in second in Mexico, four spots ahead of Verstappen who served two 10-second penalties for offences at turn four and turn seven during a tussle with Norris.

“I was ahead the whole way through the corner, this guy is dangerous,” Norris fumed on the team radio at the time. “I just have to avoid a crash, I will end up in the wall in a minute.”

Speaking post race, Norris added:“I knew what to expect, I didn’t want to expect such a thing because I respect Max as a driver but I was ready to expect something like this and this is not very clean driving in my opinion, I avoided it and it was a good race.”

McLaren team boss Zak Brown applauded the stewards for taking action, but felt more needs to be done.

“Probably not enough,” Brown said of the penalties. “I mean, it’s getting a bit ridiculous. I applaud the FIA stewards.

“Enough is enough. Let’s just have some good clean racing moving forwards. I think the stewards are on it, I think that’s clear by the penalties that were given. The stewards did a good job this weekend.”

The result saw Norris make up 10 points on Verstappen in the drivers championship, but he still sits 47 behind with only four races to go.

The big winners for the day were Ferrari, which has jumped to second on the constructors’ championship, with Charles Leclerc (third) joining Sainz on the podium in the Mexico City and collecting a bonus point for fastest lap.

The Italian outfit is now only 29 points behind McLaren.

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