MEXICO CITY -- After viewing the evidence on Saturday evening, the stewards decided there was little doubt Max Verstappen had contravened yellow flag rules on his pole position lap at the Mexican Grand Prix. Based on telemetry, video and audio evidence - as well as testimony from Verstappen himself - they stated he had been given enough notice of the yellow flags for Valtteri Bottas' crashed Mercedes and carried on at full speed in the final corner regardless.
There were suggestions from Red Bull that the yellow flag warnings may not have appeared in Verstappen's cockpit as normal, but when asked immediately after the session if he was aware of the flags and the accident, Verstappen said: "I was aware that Valtteri crashed.