Why Did Max Verstappen Receive A Penalty In Mexico? | Jolyon Palmer’s F1 TV Analysis | Workday

In this segment from Jolyon Palmer’s F1 TV Analysis, we take a look at the dramatic battle between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris and why this sequence resulted in a twenty-second penalty for the Red Bull driver.

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[parkermaupin]

Verstappen understands that he doesn’t need to win he just needs lando to not win and is willing to wreck his race as long as it wrecks landos. Max knows what he’s doing.

[loader-utvd]

They should bring back drive-throughs and even black flag penalties. Verstappen will continue to do this because the punishment isn't harsh enough

[DanteBellin]

That was some serious PlayStation drive from Max...

[brilliantbeaches]

Is it really that difficult to understand? Even with the 20 second penalty his move paid off. Only the win gets you big points. Norris was the fastest driver in clean air and would have won the race. Verstappen held him off for 27 laps. It doesn't really matter if Verstappen scores 8, 10 or 12 points when Norris only scores 15 or 18 points instead of 25 points. It's basic math. Max's goal is for Lando to not win the race.

[aztronomy]

The “who’s ahead at the corner” makes no sense. That encourages dive bombing without making the corner along the racing line. Max exploits that loophole more than anyone else.

[darrenwardell]

Also, when a driver is given a time penalty, they should have to take it on the next lap so they don’t hold other drivers up

[delxinogaming]

Masterclass by Norris to keep the car in one piece given Max’s attempt to crash..

[little_swag-]

Reminiscent of Hamilton vs Verstappen Brazil 2021. Verstappen ran him off the track just like this but was unpenalized for that maneuver.

[AstonVantage]

Verstappen is ruthless and has a win at all cost mentality. I’m sure he did the math in his head that if both Norris and himself were taken out he would reduce the chance of Norris catching him on drivers champ. Sportsmanship is only applicable when he is ahead.

[darrenwardell]

If K-Mag had driven that way he would have had points on his licence.

[Drinkyoghurt]

Verstappen dive bombing like it's a Forza controller lobby

[borgri]

instead of time penalties, they should reintroduce stop/go. max was impeding lando for a long time, destroying his chances to attack ferrari.

[abjeh]

5 seconds for the first one. Drive through for Max for the second one should have been issued. Dangerous.

[mahadevovnl]

The real question is why Max took the risk. It's because his best finish would've been P6 anyway (which he got despite the 20s penalty), his only goal was to either yeet Lando into the barriers or gravel trap, or at LEAST cost him P1. Points-wise, this race result is a win for Max. He cost Lando points and didn't lose any himself.

[ConnorPenfold]

Love the time penalties which the drivers can serve in the pit stop, saves confusion during or after the race

[detoowang]

6:49 "If every drive races like Max Verstappen, it would be chaos" Couldn't agree more, a championship won by bullying is a cheap one

[QuietlyArmedFirearmsTraining]

The episode of "Drive To Survive" about this race is going to be EPIC.

[rickkuny]

Well Max gave it up right there in his interview. We just don’t have the pace, the underlying meaning I’ll just take out my competitor by any means because we don’t have the pace to beat them on the track

[the_originaltonno]

I can already tell that if Max and Lando will arrive head to head in the driver championship, with Max ahead, he'll surely crash into Norris

[roy]

Verstappen should be given a drive through penalty in the next race if he does this again.