Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen face Mexico GP penalties as F1 stewards investigate

For their actions during the Mexico GP qualifying, Lewis Hamilton, George Russell, his Mercedes teammate, and Red Bull competitor Max Verstappen were among the drivers under investigation by the F1 stewards.

Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton are being looked into for possibly breaking rules during the Mexican Grand Prix qualifying.

And following a ridiculous beginning to the session, a number of other drivers are also being closely examined. On a track that is relatively short, traffic was a major factor in the first part of qualifying, which was marred by several incidents.

Several drivers blocked their competitors at the end of the pit lane in one such incident. Verstappen was one of them; the stewards have opened an investigation into him and will review his case following the session.

TV cameras showed George Russell standing motionless at the end of the pit lane with others behind him waiting impatiently, and Russell was also accused of the same thing. The stewards are also questioning the British.

In order for the cars that were held up to begin their final runs on time, they had to rush to the line. However, their difficulties increased when Fernando Alonso spun around and lost control of his Aston Martin.

That brought out the yellow flags which meant drivers had to slow in the first sector and could not use DRS. That effectively meant no-one was going to be able to improve in the final part of the session.

But some drivers were accused of flouting yellow flag rules. That included Hamilton who was investigated by the stewards for failing to slow down enough during that first sector of the track.

Another driver who might be penalized following the session is Logan Sargeant, an American who is being investigated for allegedly overtaking while they were flying and for failing to slow down when there were yellow flags.

Since it was Yuki Tsunoda who was overtaken by the Williams driver, he is also a part of that investigation. Despite this, Sargeant was the slowest qualifier overall, with Tsunoda the only one expected to start behind him on the grid following his acceptance of a penalty for using new engine parts.

One of Q1’s biggest casualties was Lando Norris. He was not in hot water with the stewards, but he started the first lap on mediums after his McLaren team took a gamble with their strategy that did not pay off. Additionally, he made mistakes on his second and third runs on the softs, ending the lap and placing him only 19th fastest.