Carlos Sainz retaliates after McLaren chief crashes Ferrari Mexico GP celebrations

McLaren main enforcement Zak Brown photobombed Ferrari's celebratory pictures aft Carlos Sainz won the Mexican Grand Prix - truthful the Spaniard returned the favour

McLaren main Zak Brown cheekily got successful connected the Ferrari celebrations aft Carlos Sainz won the Mexican Grand Prix.

So the Spaniard returned the favour arsenic McLaren posed for photographs to commemorate different podium decorativeness for Lando Norris. It was each smiles betwixt the 2 teams arsenic each celebrated narrowing the points spread supra them successful their respective hunts for rubric glory.

Sainz started the contention connected rod and, though helium concisely mislaid the pb to Max Verstappen astatine the start, soon got it backmost and went connected to triumph comfortably. Norris denied Ferrari different one-two decorativeness but Charles Leclerc inactive stood connected the podium having finished third.

Both teams were preparing to instrumentality their photos commemorating their respective achievements successful the pit lane astatine astir the aforesaid time. McLaren were waiting for Ferrari to instrumentality theirs but, due to the fact that it excessively truthful agelong for immoderate unit members to crook up, Brown devised a prank.

And arsenic soon arsenic the cameras were readied, helium sprang into action. Sky Sports F1 TV cameras captured the hilarious infinitesimal arsenic the American ran and kneeled down successful beforehand of the stitchery Ferrari unit to punch the aerial and cheer arsenic if helium were portion of the team.

Former McLaren operator Sainz roared with laughter arsenic did galore of his Ferrari colleagues. And, erstwhile it was the Papaya team's crook to instrumentality their photos, the Spaniard did not miss the accidental to get his ain back.

He ran into the changeable and posed successful beforehand of his erstwhile team-mate Norris, earlier turning to the Brit and exchanging a grin. The full heartwarming exchanged was captured by TV cameras and broadcast unrecorded to fans.

It was particularly awesome to spot the camaraderie betwixt the 2 outfits fixed they are present nonstop rivals for the title. McLaren inactive pb the constructors' title but saw their pb chopped to conscionable 29 points arsenic Ferrari leapfrogged Red Bull into 2nd spot acknowledgment to 2 treble podium finishes successful arsenic galore Sundays.

Norris besides kept his slim drivers' rubric hopes live with a 10-point summation connected Verstappen. He is present 47 points down with 4 rounds remaining which volition beryllium a pugnacious spread to close, but the Dutchman did dependable disquieted arsenic helium lamented the deficiency of velocity successful his Red Bull during the Mexico City race.

He said: "The biggest occupation for today, and what I americium disquieted about, is the contention pace. It was truly not good, thing we request to analyse. Even without those penalties, we had nary accidental astatine each to combat up front."