MEXICO CITY :Lando Norris mocked Formula One rivals Red Bull on Thursday after the team was heavily fined last weekend following a failed attempt to remove his McLaren grid marker tape.

The Briton told reporters in Mexico that McLaren had stuck tape to the track side of the pit wall to help him align his car on the starting grid for the race at Austin's Circuit of the Americas.

Red Bull's reigning champion Max Verstappen was on pole for the race, which he went on to win, with Norris qualifying and finishing second.

A Red Bull mechanic tried to remove the tape as the formation lap began but was found in breach of grid safety rules, triggering a 50,000 euro ($58,310) fine with half suspended. The stewards did not mention the tape detail in their report.

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