Max Verstappen delivered a blunt response when asked about the complaints surrounding Lewis Hamilton's penalty at the Mexican Grand Prix. The Dutchman continued to close the gap in the world championship fight and is now just 36 points behind new title leader Lando Norris.

Sergio Perez believes his former team-mate Max Verstappen will finish the job and take the 2025 Formula 1 drivers' championship this year, adding that the Red Bull star "deserves" it after his form so far this season.

Norris now leads the way from team-mate Piastri by a solitary point with four rounds of the season remaining, while Verstappen is 36 points back from the Brit in P1. The four-time world champion did reduce the arrears by four points in Mexico, but that rate of progression will not be enough to topple the McLaren duo.

For Max Verstappen, the pressure is on. Although many do not expect him to leave 2025 with his fifth Drivers' Championship victory, he is at least in with a fig

Max Verstappen may have dropped points to Lando Norris in Mexico City, but he made up ground in the championship fight.

Having firmly believed that Max Verstappen was destined for Mercedes, Zak Brown admits that prediction will no longer come to fruition.

McLaren must be prepared to "dig deep" if they are to hold off "cut-throat" Max Verstappen, says seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton.

Max Verstappen closed the gap to the top of the Drivers' standings in Mexico, but has a long way to go yet if he is to challenge.