Of Monza, where McLaren ordered Piastri to cede second place to Norris, who had lost it following the combination of a deliberate reversal of pit-stop order and then a slow pit-stop late in the race, Brown said that was "just like happened in Hungary the year before", where Norris ceded the win to Piastri.

Lando Norris avoided early mayhem to win the Mexico City Grand Prix from pole position and take the Formula One championship lead from McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri by a single point on Sunday.

While the spectacle of Sunday’s race, notably in the opening and closing laps, was dramatic and exciting, it was also dangerous and unfair.