Max Verstappen and Liam Lawson will each drop one grid spot in Mexico after a practice-session tangle the stewards called "unacceptable." The contact came in FP2's Turn 12 stadium section—Verstappen made a move, Lawson tried to retaliate, and both cars picked up damage when the Red Bull bounced the kerb on exit. Debris brought a red flag. The stewards escalated the usual warning to grid penalties because team managers had been briefed earlier that day to keep practice clean. Both drivers admitted the moves were "clumsy." Racing Bulls boss Alan Permane called it "unnecessary," a word that fits: neither was on a hot lap. Verstappen finished FP2 fifth, Lawson ninth, but the real cost is positional—grid penalties in Mexico's thin air can be brutal to recover, and the midfield Lawson's fighting through won't give an inch.
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