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Verstappen and Lawson Hit with Grid Penalties for Mexico City GP Practice Clash
- Max Verstappen and Liam Lawson received one-place grid penalties for their 'clumsy' clash during FP2 at the Mexico City Grand Prix on Friday.
- Verstappen attempted to overtake Lawson into Turn 12, but the pair made contact heading into Turn 13 and Turn 14 after Lawson held his ground, damaging both cars.
- Stewards escalated the penalty from a formal warning to a grid drop, citing similar Free Practice incidents warned about at a Team Managers meeting earlier that day.
- Verstappen called Lawson's actions 'not very smart behavior,' while both drivers admitted the contact was 'clumsy' and unnecessary, though Racing Bulls team principal Alan Permane described it as largely avoidable.
- Both drivers also received one penalty point from the FIA, marking Verstappen's first in a 12-month period and Lawson's fourth, reflecting stewards' effort to curb aggressive Free Practice maneuvers.
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