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Max Verstappen failed to successfully navigate the opening corner at the Mexico City Grand Prix, but escaped a time penalty.
Former F1 driver Martin Brundle criticized the decision not to give Max Verstappen a penalty for skipping Turn 1 at the Mexico City Grand Prix, arguing that he should have received a drive-through penalty for his actions. Verstappen was one of several drivers who failed to properly navigate the opening corner and went side-by-side with rival cars, resulting in him settling into fourth place after the first corners. Brundle suggested that Verstappen intentionally took the risk and did not make an effort to take Turns one, two, or three, which he believed warranted a penalty. Brundle also mentioned that Charles Leclerc, who also did not properly navigate the opening sequence, should have been penalized for his actions as well. Brundle expressed his belief that a drive-through penalty would have been an appropriate deterrent for such behavior and could have prevented chaos on the track.
