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Max Verstappen deserved harsh F1 penalty for ‘silly driving’ at Mexico GP

Former Formula 1 driver Martin Brundle would have given Max Verstappen a drive-through penalty for cutting the Turns 1-2-3 section at the start of the Mexico Grand Prix.

Verstappen found himself on the dusty outside kerb ahead of the first braking zone at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, with polesitter Lando Norris on the right-hand side of the track and both Ferraris between them; the Red Bull driver locked-up, quickly realised he was going too deep into the corner and drove straight to the exit of Turn 3, emerging in third place.

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