{"id":244333,"date":"2025-10-27T22:17:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T22:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/244333\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T22:17:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T22:17:12","slug":"verstappen-with-not-my-problem-remark-after-f1-mexico-gp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/244333\/","title":{"rendered":"Verstappen with ‘not my problem’ remark after F1 Mexico GP"},"content":{"rendered":"

Max Verstappen<\/a> has stated that it is “not my problem” after he was not handed a time penalty for taking evasive action on the grass at the Mexico City Grand Prix<\/a>.”It was just very hectic in a lot of different scenarios, and I felt like I didn’t do anything wrong.”<\/p>\n

The Dutchman left the track and cut their first two corners after a manic start saw four cars go side-by-side into turn 1, with the Dutchman and Charles Leclerc both onto the grass to then rejoin the track.<\/p>\n

The stewards decided that no penalty was necessary for the pair of them, but a lap later, Lewis Hamilton<\/a> ended up going wide at turn 4, and without using the escape road, he rejoined the track, resulting in the seven-time world champion being handed a ten-second time penalty.\"race-start-mexico-jpg.\"\/<\/p>\n

A wild start to the Mexican Grand Prix saw Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc take to the grass after going four-wide into turn 1 – Photo: RacePictures<\/p>\n

However, responding to questions regarding the penalty decisions and the corner-cutting, respectively, Verstappen had a very simple message.<\/p>\n

“It’s not my problem,” the Dutchman stated in the media pen after the Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

“It was just very hectic in a lot of different scenarios, and I felt like I didn’t do anything wrong.”<\/p>\n

Stunning second stint from Verstappen<\/p>\n

After starting P5 on the grid, a stunning second stint on the soft tyres from Verstappen brought him back onto the podium, keeping himself in touching distance of race winner and now championship leader, Lando Norris.<\/p>\n

The four-time world champion almost found his way into second place, but a late virtual safety car neutralised the field and meant Verstappen was unable to make a move in the final few laps<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“It was a bit weird. In the beginning, it looked terrible, but then I guess it seemed that on the medium, in general, it was a big struggle for everyone, because I did the opposite of most, and as soon as I was on the soft, it looked more competitive compared to most around me,” the Dutchman said as he debriefed the race.<\/p>\n

\"verstappen-rb-21-wave\"\/<\/p>\n

Verstappen now sits 36 points off Lando Norris at the top of the drivers’ championship – Photo: Race Pictures<\/p>\n

“Of course, I’m not comparing myself to McLaren, I think they were still too fast, but at least we could go back to the podium<\/p>\n

“We were a little bit unlucky with the virtual safety car at the end, but you know, you win some and you lose some.”<\/p>\n

After Norris’ win saw the Brit leapfrog teammate Oscar Piastri in the drivers’ standings to lead by a single point, Verstappen stated that every Grand Prix must be a victory to earn a fifth consecutive title<\/a>.GPblog’s latest F1 Paddock UpdateWant to stay up-to-date with what happens in the F1<\/a> paddock? Then GPblog’s F1 Paddock Update video is the perfect way to do it. Subscribe to GPblog’s YouTube channel and turn on notifications to never miss the latest episodes.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen has stated that it is “not my problem” after he was not handed a time penalty…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-244333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}