Red Bull team boss Christian Horner believes it allowed a “straightforward” victory to slip through its grasp at the Mexican Grand Prix. Max Verstappen was set to start from pole position but a post-session penalty for ignoring yellow flags relegated him to fourth on the grid. Verstappen dropped to eighth after a first-lap tangle with Lewis Hamilton and in passing Valtteri Bottas through the Foro Sol stadium section he sustained a right-rear puncture. That dropped Verstappen to the rear of the field, from where he recovered to sixth, running a 66-lap stint on Hard tyres. “It’s frustrating,” said Horner, who commented that Red Bull had the fastest car in race...
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