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Verstappen loses pole in Mexico after admitting mistake in press conference

Max Verstappen has been given a three-place grid penalty for tomorrow's Mexican Grand Prix after the stewards found that he had failed to slow for yellow flags after Valtteri Bottas‘s heavy crash at turn 17. After breaking his former teammate Daniel Ricciardo‘s twelve-month old lap record to claim his second pole position of the season, Verstappen was summoned to the stewards after qualifying when footage emerged of the Dutchman not lifting off in the yellow flag. Verstappen then made things worse when he admitted to N journalist Lawrence Edmonson in the post-race press conference that he did not back off for yellow flags despite being aware of Bottas's shunt. The stewards took...
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