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The result of the Mexico City Grand Prix has changed as a result of a post-race penalty. The race was won by Max Verstappen who took advantage of infighting between the two Ferraris early on to beat Lewis Hamilton to victory. Though the day belonged to Kimi Antonelli, who finished third and secured his status as the youngest Formula One champion in history, with four rounds still remaining in the season.
Those results have been untouched, but the points have been changed by a penalty. The stewards have confirmed a 10-second time penalty for Oscar Piastri, deemed to have been at fault for causing a collision.
He tangled with Arvid Lindblad late in the race, sending the Racing Bulls crashing out. Piastri had tried a move around the outside into turn one, but they ended up colliding on the way into the second corner.
Lindblad was sent into the barrier and out of the race. Piastri was able to continue, but was hampered by significant damage to his McLaren and he ended up finishing seventh on the road.
But he has now been stripped of that result. The 10-second penalty drops Piastri out of the points and all the way down to 16th in the classification, given the pack was still relatively close together after the late safety car period.
Piastri said after the race he felt it was nothing more than a racing incident. He told reporters: "I went to go up the inside into turn one and he shut the door extremely late, so I kind of ended up on the outside as a result of that. I was pretty close to alongside and he pushed me pretty wide. At that point, I knew I was never going to overtake into turn two.
"But he pushed me so far wide that our wheels were interlocked and I couldn't... we crashed before I even turned for the corner. For me, I think it was just one of those incidents and unfortunate. We were lucky that we could continue with the damage that we had, because it was pretty big. A hard day's work."
But those with the power to give out penalties disagreed. Explaining their decision, the stewards said they felt Piastri could have done more to avoid the incident.
In the FIA decision document, they wrote: "On the approach to turn one, the driver of Car 81 [Piastri] attempted an overtake on the outside of Car 41 [Lindblad]. Car 81 was never fully alongside Car 41 so was not able to claim the right to the corner.
"Through turn one, the driver of Car 41 defended his position by releasing the brakes. However, he did not force Car 81 off the track, allowing racing room on the outside – which he is not required to do.
"The stewards determined that the collision could have been avoided if the driver of Car 81 had moved further to the left after turn one, even if this involved leaving the track prior to turn two."
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