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.

Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen

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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