Max Verstappen hit with 20-second penalty for Lando Norris clash
Max Verstappen hit with 20-second 🐼time penalty after latest clash with ♛Lando Norris.
Max Verstappen has been handed a 20-second time penalty for forcing F1 title rival Lando Norris off track durin🍸g the Mexico City Grand Prix.
A week on fro🦩m their controversial battle at theಞ United States Grand Prix, Verstappen and Norris once again came to blows in Mexico City.
Norris attempted to sweep pasﷺt Verstappen around the outside of Turn 4 on lap 10 but was forced off track by the Red Bull🌃 driver.
Verstappen then lunged Norris into Turn 7, sending both cars wide and enabling Ferrari’s Ch💞arles Lecler⭕c to sneak into second place.
Both incidents were investigated by theﷺ stewards, who quickly dished out a 10-second time penalty for forcing anothღer driver off track.
The three-time world champion was then handed a second 10-second time penalty fo♐r the Turn 7 incident.
Verstappen is running in third a🍨head of Norris, who he holds a 57-point lead over in the drivers’ championship.
𒈔Verstappen described the penalty as "silly" over team radio.
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