Max Verstappen’s FP2 in Mexico cut short after “weird noise” from engine
An early end to Max Verstappen's day in Mexico ꧃due to an engine issue.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen’s running in second practice for the Mexico City Grand Prix was cut short due to an issue with his F1 power unit.
Versta🌌ppen completed just four laps in second practice as he failed to put a time on the ꦰboard.
The Dutchma🤪n reported early on that he heard a “we♛ird noise” from his engine.
H⭕e reported over team radio: “I still hear a weird noise... in the engine”.
At ♍the time, Red Bul𒐪l engineer Gianpiero Lambiase told him to continue.
Shortly after, Verstappen radioed in again and said: “This noise is very disturbing. This can'꧅t be norma🐽l.”
Verstappen was ဣtold to come into the pit lane as Red Bull𝕴 investigated the issue.
After the red flag period caused by 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell’s shunt, Verstappen returned to the track, before ꧅quickly coming back to the pit lane.
The issue wasn’t solved meaning Verstappen wasn’t 𒀰able to complete an☂y meaningful running in FP2.
Red Bull wrote on their official X account: “Car 1 will not run again in FP2 as we investigate a PU issue further🥀”.
V🧔erstappen described his day as "pretty much usele𝓀ss".
"It was from the engine side and we're checking, I don't know exactly what it is. From my side, a pretty much useless day. Four or five laps, not much to read into at the moment," Verst𓃲appen said.
"I never had a good run, only four or five laps in total and that's even with some long runs lap𝓰s in it - a day to forget."
Verstappen sits 57 points ahead of168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lando Norris in the F1 drivers’ championshiജp with five rounds to go.
His lead at the top of the championship was extended after a controversial incident with Norris at the United Stat🌳es Grand Prix.
Norris was deemed to have overtaken Verstappen off the track at Turn 12 at COTA, res🃏ulting in a five-second time penalty.
The penalty crucially dropped No♉rris behind Verstappen, allowing the latter to pull further ahead in the championship.

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