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The FIA is assessing if Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc should be investigated and possibly punished for swearing in the Mexico Grand Prix press conference, Autosport understands.The incident follows Red Bull’s Max Verstappen receiving a community service punishment for swearing in the build-up to last month’s Singapore GP, which led to the Dutchman boycotting FIA press conferences.The focus on …Keep reading

Christian Horner doubts that Lando Norris would have made it through Turn 4 without going off track in his battle with Max Verstappen in the first of two Mexican Grand Prix incidents that awarded the Dutchman a 10-second penalty.Norris made a move on the outside of Verstappen at Turn 4 of lap 10 after closing in with DRS, and the two were side-by-side in the apex. Verstappen was then adjudged to …Keep reading

Sainz ceded the lead from pole to Max Verstappen but reclaimed his position at the front on lap nine with a DRS pass on the championship leader into Turn 1.This was a lead that Sainz continued to build, ensuring that he had plenty of margin to absorb any brief moments of pressure from team-mate Charles Leclerc, or Lando Norris’ late-race push.Speaking to Sky Sports, the Spaniard said that he had …Keep reading

Red Bull’s Sergio Perez has criticised RB driver Liam Lawson’s attitude after the pair came to blows in Formula 1’s Mexican Grand Prix.Perez and Lawson, the driver who is aiming to take his Red Bull seat, clashed in Turn 4 when the former attempted to overtake the New Zealander on lap 19.Perez claimed the left-hand corner by being ahead of the apex and pushed Lawson off, but the 22-year-old kept …Keep reading

Max Verstappen says the lack of race pace in his Red Bull Formula 1 car was the main factor in his incidents with Lando Norris at the Mexican Grand Prix, which led him to serve 20 seconds’ worth of penalties.Verstappen ran Norris off the road twice on lap 10 at Turn 4 and Turn 7, repassing the McLaren driver off-track in the meantime and earning a 10-second penalty for each incident.Read …Keep reading

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella reckons the team’s execution let it down in Mexico Grand Prix qualifying and felt pole was possible.But Lando Norris, who was quickest in both Q1 and Q2, suggested he had hit the limit of potential in his car.He was unable to hit the ground running at the start of Q3 and was only fifth fastest at the end of the opening runs before improving on his follow-up …Keep reading

Carlos Sainz will start from pole position for the Formula 1 Mexico Grand Prix. Here’s how and when you can watch the race.Sainz dominated Q3, setting two laps that were good enough to take his sixth career pole for Ferrari by 0.225s. Max Verstappen ended up second, recovering from having his initial effort chalked off for exceeding track limits at Turn 2.The Red Bull driver’s title rival Lando …Keep reading

Sergio Perez revealed braking issues were behind his painful Q1 elimination at his Mexican Grand Prix home race.Perez only managed the 18th-fastest time in Q1 at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, missing the cutoff by two-tenths and joining McLaren driver Oscar Piastri in the drop zone.The Red Bull driver had been struggling all weekend with the front of his RB20 and unresolved braking issues …Keep reading

After every F1 qualifying session, Autosport publishes each team’s qualifying record in terms of team-mate duels.This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don’t alter the statistics.When a driver can’t put in a representative lap time due to a technical issue or an incident, this will be mentioned in the table.Read Also: Formula 1F1 Mexico GP: Sainz …Keep reading

Carlos Sainz scorched to pole for the Mexico Grand Prix with a 0.225-second advantage over Formula 1 championship leader Max Verstappen.Sainz was in imperious form throughout the session and found two times good enough for pole – opening his Q3 run with a 1m16.055s and improving on his final run to a 1m15.946s to line up at the front of Sunday’s grid.Verstappen rescued a front-row start after …Keep reading