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Lewis Hamilton He faced a costly 10-second penalty after an incident at the Mexico City Grand Prix max verstappen,
In the early battle for third place, red BullVerstappen lunged down the inside at the first turn – Hamilton defended bravely to maintain the position.
Still further down the road at turn four, Hamilton took the outside line and went off the track. Initially, the Brit took the escape route but then cut grass, giving him a huge lead over Verstappen on the road back. In the same sequence, the Dutchman lost fourth place to Haas. ollie bearman,
As a result of cutting the corner on the escape road, the stewards decided to hit the 40-year-old Hamilton with a 10-second penalty. Although corner-cutting may have been unavoidable, Hamilton accelerated down the road, increasing his lead over Verstappen and thus giving him an unfair advantage.
Hamilton was angry at the penalty and said on team radio: “He’s a very dirty man.
“The catch there is very small, the catch there is very small.”
As a result of the penalty, the Ferrari driver dropped down the order and ultimately finished eighth.
After the race, a disappointed Hamilton said: “It was fun in the beginning, it didn’t end like I hoped, but that’s motor racing.”
When asked about the incident he said,[It was] Pretty nasty off-line, I did my best to get it back on track safely.”
Lando Norris won the 71-lap race, with Hamilton’s teammate Charles Leclerc second and Max Verstappen third.