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• Verstappen and Lawson hit with grid penalties for Mexico City GP practice clash

  Max Verstappen and Liam Lawson have both been handed one-place grid penalties for their clash in FP2 at the Mexico City Grand Prix.

• Herta still one point short of Super License after IndyCar results anomaly

  Colton Herta remains one point short of the required Super License points to apply to race in Formula 1 following confusion caused by a bizarre anomaly on the IndyCar website.

• Leclerc sweeps second Mexico City GP practice

  Charles Leclerc swept Friday's second practice session at the Mexico City Grand Prix ahead of Lando Norris, setting multiple laps on a set of softs to progressively lower the benchmark to 1m17.827s.

• Leclerc leads opening Mexico City GP practice

  Charles Leclerc has set the fastest time of first practice at the Mexico City Grand Prix ahead of championship leader Kimi Antonelli, while Americans Jan Crawford and Colton Herta were among numerous test drivers logging practice time.

• Is there a problem with drivers in F1’s lower order?

  Fernando Alonso, still incensed by his Austin run-in with Alex Albon, doubled down on his comments that Formula 1 suffers a driver quality issue at the back of its pack. According to others on the grid, however, the field is as competitive – and talented – as ever.