Verstappen and Lawson Hit with Grid Penalties for Mexico City GP Practice Clash
Both drivers received one-place grid drops and penalty points after stewards ruled their wheel-to-wheel clash in practice was unnecessary and unacceptable.
- 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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VERSTAPPEN and Lawson collided in practice for the Mexican Grand Prix, which Verstappen called unreasonable. Both drivers were penalized by moving one place at the start of the race and received penalty points.
The drivers Max Verstappen and Liam Lawson were punished by the International Automobile Federation (FIA), on Friday night (30), for a touch between the two in the second free training for the Grand Prix of Mexico. Both lost a position in the
Max Verstappen did not spare harsh words for Racing Bulls driver Liam Lawson after an incident between the two during the second free practice session before the Mexico City Grand Prix. The collision occurred in the opening minutes of the session in the stadium section of the Hermanos Rodriguez circuit after a misunderstanding on the track. As a result of the contact, both cars suffered damage, and the stewards decided to sanction both drivers w…
The first two free practice sessions before the Mexican Grand Prix were full of drama. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc was the fastest in both. Added to the tension was Max Verstappen, who harshly criticized Liam Lawson after a collision during practice. The third free practice session follows at 18:25, and qualifying at 21:55. You can watch both live on Kanal A and VOYO.
Liam Lawson and Max Verstappen collided during practice for the Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix
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