Hard to believe - but then this is F1 - but it wasn't until this afternoon's press conference that the drivers learned that an hour or so earlier, Charlie Whiting had revealed that the so-called 'Verstappen rule' is to be dropped. Clearly still miffed at losing out on the trophy he feels he won in Mexico, Sebastian Vettel queried whether he will now get his prize for third place. It was in Mexico you may recall that young Max took full advantage of the Verstappen rule… and then some. As Vettel waited on the race stewards to act on the Dutch teenager's antics, the German came under intense pressure from Daniel Ricciardo in the second Red Bull. Not having the advantage of having seen...
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