The penalties imposed on Max Verstappen and Liam Lawson for their collision during testing are the main penalties on the grid for the 2026 Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix.
Verstappen moves from fourth to fifth as a result of the decision, while Lawson was initially expected to move from eighth to ninth.
He will now start much lower than that as he was excluded from the qualifying results entirely for an MGU-K infraction.
He would join Valtteri Bottas – already the slowest in qualifying, and who also received a 50-place grid penalty for using new engine components in his Cadillac.
Provisional starting grid
1 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
2 George Russell (Mercedes)
3Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
4 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
5Max Verstappen (Red Bull)*
6Lando Norris (McLaren)
7Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
8Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls)
9Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
10 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)
11 Franco Colapinto (Alpine)
12Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
13Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi)
14Ollie Bearman (Haas)
15Carlos Sainz (Williams)
16Alex Albon (Williams)
17Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
18 Ryo Hirakawa (Haas)
19 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
20 Sergio Pérez (Cadillac)
21 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)**
22 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) ***
* Penalty of one place on the grid for collision during practice
**50 place grid penalty for component changes
***Excluded from qualifying results
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