McLaren CEO Zak Brown believes that the 2 10-second time penalties handed to Max Verstappen for his strikes on Lando Norris in the course of the Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix had been “in all probability not sufficient”, with the American calling for “good clear racing transferring ahead”.
Norris had been chasing Verstappen in a combat for second place on Lap 10 when the Briton tried an overtake across the exterior in Flip 4. He was then pushed extensive by his championship rival and subsequently ran throughout the grass, rejoining forward of Verstappen.
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When Verstappen tried to retake the place into Flip 8, each he and Norris went extensive which allowed Charles Leclerc to cross them and transfer into P2.
With the stewards investigating each incidents, it was firstly introduced that Verstappen would serve a 10-second time penalty for forcing Norris off the observe at Flip 4, whereas the information adopted a couple of laps later that the Crimson Bull driver would obtain a second 10-second penalty for leaving the observe and gaining a bonus by means of Flip 8.
Verstappen served his 20 seconds price of penalties at his pit cease, which dropped him down the order earlier than he labored his means again as much as a ultimate results of sixth. Norris, in the meantime, snatched P2 from Leclerc within the latter levels and thus decreased Verstappen’s championship result in 47 factors.
