Liam Lawson gave Sergio Perez the finger as he passed him at 200mph at Mexico Grand Prix

Liam Lawson was caught showing the mediate digit to Sergio Perez arsenic the Formula 1 rivals battled astatine implicit 200mph astatine the Mexico City Grand Prix.

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz won Sunday’s contention from rod portion Lando Norris managed to adjacent the spread to title person Max Verstappen aft the second was penalised for doubly forcing his rival disconnected the track.

But determination was plentifulness of play further down the bid too, arsenic Verstappen’s Red Bull teammate Perez was progressive with respective scraps with the RB of Lawson.

The brace made interaction arsenic location favourite Perez attempted an overtake connected thigh 18, with the resulting harm to the Mexican’s car ruining his contention and helium yet trundled location successful 17th and past of the finishers.

‘What the f**k is this idiot doing? Is helium okay?’ Perez shouted implicit the vigor successful the aftermath of the incident.

Lawson was intelligibly irked arsenic well, and aboriginal successful the contention helium made his feelings wide arsenic helium passed Perez down the main consecutive wherever cars deed speeds of up to 217mph.

As helium went by, the onboard camera intelligibly picked up the Kiwi sticking up his close manus and giving his rival the mediate finger.

What did Liam Lawson and Sergio Perez accidental astir the incident?

Lawson, who finished the contention successful 16th aft a precocious tangle with the Williams of Franco Colapinto, would aboriginal apologise for his conduct, saying: ‘It’s evidently 1 of those in-the-moment things that you cognize helium spent fractional the thigh blocking me, trying to ruin my race, truthful I was upset.

‘But it’s not an excuse. I shouldn’t person done it, and I person present apologised for that. It’s not my character, not thing I should person done.’

But the 22-year-old made nary specified apology for the collision that pb to the mediate digit itself, adding: ‘I near him abstraction into Turn Four. He was coming successful very, precise late, and honestly, I tried to springiness him space.

‘He drove maine disconnected the track, and past helium didn’t springiness maine abstraction since Turn Five. So, you know, it’s conscionable unfortunate. It wasn’t my volition but I don’t cognize wherever helium wherever helium wanted maine to go.’

Perez did not spot it that mode nevertheless and slammed his rival implicit the mediate finger, fuming: ‘He was extracurricular the way and conscionable came successful consecutive similar determination was nary car.

‘I deliberation helium could person avoided the incident. Luckily I saw him and I opened the room, different it would person been a monolithic crash.

‘I bash not person immoderate narration with him. The mode helium has travel into Formula 1, I bash not deliberation helium has the close cognition for it. He needs to beryllium a spot much humble.

‘When you travel to Formula 1, you are evidently precise bare but you person to beryllium respectful connected way and disconnected way and I bash not deliberation helium is showing the close attitude. I deliberation helium is simply a large operator and I anticipation for him that helium tin measurement backmost and larn from it.’

Why are tensions precocious betwixt Sergio Perez and Liam Lawson?

Tensions are acceptable to beryllium precocious betwixt Lawson and Perez with the erstwhile wide tipped to regenerate the second astatine Red Bull adjacent play if helium impresses successful the last fewer races of the year.

Perez’s signifier has been shocking implicit the past fewer months which has contributed massively to Red Bull’s driblet to 3rd successful the constructors’ standings contempt Verstappen starring the drivers’ championship.

Though the 34-year-old extended his declaration to astatine slightest the extremity of 2025 earlier this year, each signs constituent to the reigning champions promoting Red Bull inferior Lawson to his seat, which could good extremity Perez’s F1 career.

Both Perez and Lawson volition beryllium hoping to impressment astatine the adjacent contention successful Brazil this weekend.

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