A record-breaking day in Mexico City for Max Verstappen 👏 MexicoGP F1
This left the second Mercedes vulnerable to the chasing Perez behind, who was able to leap past Russell at the second chicane and send the home crowd into raptures as he moved up into the podium positions.
Verstappen upped the pace at the front as Perez began to get dropped at a rate of a few tenths per lap, but Hamilton was able to go with the lead Red Bull – prompting a call from race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase for Verstappen to try and break the tow behind him – but the seven-time World Champion taking some budging.
Elsewhere, Pierre Gasly was punished with a five-second penalty for forcing Lance Stroll off track as he passed him into Turn 4 which, given he has nine penalty points on his Super Licence until at least May next year, any additional punishment would edge him perilously closer to the 12-point threshold which would prompt a race ban.
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