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Verstappen Handed Three-Place Grid Penalty

Max Verstappen has lost his Mexican GP pole position after being given a three place grid penalty for failing to slow under yellow flags. Formula One stewards also imposed two penalty points on the 22-year-old Red Bull driver for the incident after Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas crashed on the final corner at the end of qualifying. Verstappen compounded the offence by appearing defiant in a news conference before he was summoned. “I was aware that Valtteri crashed,” the Dutchman, whose pole now goes to Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, had said. Asked whether he had backed off, he replied: “Didn’t really look like it, did it? No.” Yellow flags warn drivers that they must reduce speed...
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