Lewis Hamilton has hit out at the “pretty nuts” F1 decision to give the Ferrari driver a 10-second penalty to drop him to eighth at the Mexico City Grand Prix.

Lando Norris stormed to victory to snatch the lead in the drivers’ championship title race , but Hamilton was punished by the stewards for cutting Turn 4.

The Briton was dissatisfied at his perceived inconsistency towards his rivals and his belief that they also cut corners but avoided a penalties.

The explanation for Hamilton’s penalty stems from the belief he secured a lasting advantage after locking up at Turn 4 before deviating across the grass and rejoining the race ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.

“I had a great start, and we were braking into Turn 1, I was in Turn 2, I navigated through 1 and 2 and 3, and then d

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