Red Bull 'make decision' on whether to appeal Max Verstappen penalties after Lando Norris controversy

Red Bull have reportedly made a decision on whether to appeal the penalties Max Verstappen was slapped with during the Mexico City Grand Prix.

On Sunday, Ferrari came out on top once again as Carlos Sainz won ahead of Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

However, similar to the United States Grand Prix a week before, Verstappen and Norris dominated the headlines.

The reigning Formula 1 world champion was hit with a 20-second penalty after he was adjudged to have forced Norris off the track at Turn four and Turn eight.

As a result, Verstappen finished in sixth place and saw his lead at the top of the standings cut to 47 points with four races left to go.

Norris himself was handed a 5-second penalty in Austin, a decision that McLaren wanted to appeal but their request was denied by the FIA.

Ahead of this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix, all eyes will be on Red Bull and whether they will appeal the decision to hand Verstappen a 20-second penalty.

However, it has been claimed a decision had already been made by team boss Christian Horner.

As reported by Fox Sports Australia, Horner confirmed that they will not appeal the decisions.

This comes after the Red Bull boss brought out data in a bid to justify Verstappen’s moves.

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Horner was adamant that Norris would not have made the corner at Turn four, stating the Brit was carrying too much speed. In terms of Turn eight, Horner was less vocal.

Speaking about the incidents after the race, Norris said: “It’s clear that it doesn’t matter if he wins or second, his only job is to beat me in the race, and he’ll sacrifice himself to do that, like he did today.

“But I want to have good battles with him. I want to have those tough battles, like I’ve seen him have plenty of times, but fair ones.”

The McLaren star added: “I think today was not fair, clean racing, and therefore, I think he got what he had coming to him.

“I can’t speak for him, and maybe he’ll say something different, but I think today was a step too far from both of those, and it was clear that the stewards agreed with that. I don’t see it as a win or anything like this, but it’s more that I hope Max acknowledges that he took it a step too far.”

F1 will return this weekend with the Brazilian Grand Prix, taking place at the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace.