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

168澳洲5最新开奖结果: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.
Verstappen completed just four laps in second practice as he failed to put a time🔥 on the board.
The Dꦫutchman re🐼ported early on that he heard a “weird noise” from his engine.
He 🌞reported over team ไradio: “I still hear a weird noise... in the engine”.
꧅At the time, Red Bull engineer Gianpie🎉ro Lambiase told him to continue.
Shortly after, Verstappen radioed in again and said: “This nꦓoise is very disturbing. This can't be normal.”
Verstappen was tܫold to comeౠ into the pit lane as Red Bull investigated the issue.
After the red flag period caused by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell’s shunt, Verstappen returned to the track,🤪 before quickly com🐭ing back to the pit lane.
The issue wasn’t solved meaning Verstappen wasn’t🌳 able to complete any meaningful running in FP2.
Red Bull wrote on ♏their official X ac𓂃count: “Car 1 will not run again in FP2 as we investigate a PU issue further”.
꧂Verstappen described🧔 his day as "pretty much useless".
"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," Verstappen said.
"I never had a good run, only four or five laps in♋ total and that's even w♉ith some long runs laps in it - a day to forget."
Verstappen sits 57 points ahead of168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lando Norris in the F1 drivers’ cham🦂pionshꦫip with five rounds to go.
His lead at the top of the championship was extended after a controversial incident with Norris at the United States Granཧd Prix.
Norris was deemed to have overtaken Verstappen o꧙ff the track at Turn 12 at COTA, resulting in a five-second time penalt🍃y.
The penalty crucially dropped Norris behind Verstappen♉, all🔯owing the latter to pull further ahead in the championship.

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