Max Verstappen hit with double penalty for Lando Norris clash as Carlos Sainz takes Mexico City win.
Three-time world champion Verstappen was hit with two 10-second time penalties for separate incidents with Norris in Sunday’s 71-lap race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriquez, dropping him to sixth.Norris finished second to enjoy an 10-point swing over Verstappen and reduce the Red Bull driver’s championship advantage down to 47 points with four rounds remaining.
Verstappen then lunged down the inside of Norris into Turn 8, taking both cars off track and into the run-off, which enabled Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to sneak past and move up to second. Norris claimed second after Leclerc had a huge wobble coming out of the final corner on lap 62 and surrendered a place to the McLaren driver. Leclerc somehow managed to keep his Ferrari out of the barriers as a second 1-2 for the Italian team in as many weekends went begging.
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