Just hours before the Mexican Grand Prix weekend is about to begin Mclaren announced they have lodged a 'Right to review' with the FIA is reference to the 5 second penalty given to Lando Norris' after his incident on lap 52 at Turn 1 with Max Verstappen during Sunday's U.S Grand Prix. After pitting later and catching the Redbull on track, Norris made multiple attempts to pass Verstappen but as the 2 entered Turn 1 on lap 52 Max went for the apex, Lando round the outside. Max went deep and in going off the track himself also pushed Lando onto the run off. Lando kept the position on track but just 2 lap later was handed a penalty for 'leaving the track and gaining an advantage'. This was controversial for 2 reasons 1- there is no set place named for the 'Apex' of the corner meaning it was hard to know who was ahead and owned the corner and 2 penalties had already been handed out to drivers such as George Russell who did a similar thing to Max Verstappen defensively but in his instance against Valteri Bottas was given a 5 second penalty for 'forcing a driver off the track'.
Joanna Blackmore
Writer @f1journal.co.uk
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