George Russell has blasted “lawnmower racing” following opening-lap incidents that may have cost him track position in Formula 1’s Mexico Grand Prix.

Polesitter Lando Norris tackled the first braking zone four-wide alongside Lewis Hamilton , Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen , from inside to outside; while the former two stayed on the track, Leclerc and Verstappen ended up cutting Turn 2, then emerging in first and third respectively.

Hamilton snatched third position away from Verstappen around the outside of Turn 5, but couldn’t get back past Leclerc. Meanwhile, having taken a cautious inside line into the first corner, fifth-placed Russell saw his rivals go off the track and rejoin ahead of him, which he was livid about.

“I don't understand how three drivers can cut the firs

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