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IrelandWas Leclerc's penalty enough? TacticalRab questions Ferrari's Mexico incident
Antonelli's championship shares the billing, but Ferrari's first-corner trouble drives an unusually busy discussion on F1 News - TacticalRab.
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Story of Why this story? The video drew 1,283 comments in its first day, 5.2 times a normal first day on this channel (248).
Hamilton FURIOUS at Leclerc! 💥 Kimi Champion 🏆 F1 Mexico
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- 8:00Leclerc's inside move at Turn 1 forces Hamilton wide, setting up the review's central Ferrari dispute.
- 14:35Francis examines Leclerc's five-second penalty and argues that it does not sufficiently punish the advantage gained.
- 20:00Red-flag timing after Hamilton's pit stop leads stewards to reinstate the previous lap's order.
- 27:12Verstappen wins ahead of Hamilton and Antonelli, whose third place secures the world championship.
- 27:54Hamilton's post-race comments address Ferrari's strategy, engine deficits and the Turn 1 incident.
Kimi Antonelli leaves Mexico as world champion, yet much of the conversation beneath TacticalRab's race review centres on the corner that went wrong for Ferrari.
The upload drew more than five times the channel's usual first-day comments, without an unusual first-day audience. Viewers discuss Charles Leclerc's move on Lewis Hamilton, the timing of the stewards' decision and whether the punishment adequately accounted for the advantage gained.
Host Arran Francis builds his argument around replays, onboard footage and radio exchanges. The clips channel's review shows Leclerc diving down the inside at Turn 1 and forcing Hamilton wide, before examining complaints about Leclerc cutting the corner and remaining ahead.
The central question arrives with the stewards' report: Leclerc receives a five-second penalty, which Francis argues is too lenient. "To me, the penalty has to be more severe than the actual action itself," he says. Several commenters likewise question the delay in issuing it and compare the sanction with other incidents, though their comparisons are not established rulings.
There is a championship celebration within the same review. Max Verstappen wins ahead of Hamilton, while Antonelli's third place secures the title. Francis then returns to Hamilton's post-race assessment of Ferrari's strategy and the first-lap incident. The channel's follow-up continues that thread, examining Hamilton's criticism of Leclerc's approach to racing his teammate.
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"You don't win the race at turn one" but you can loose it!
@DingbatToastSee it on YouTubeLewis was definitely take no prisoners against Leclerc on that second restart :)
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- Channel
- F1 News - TacticalRab
- Subscribers
- 102,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 802,814
- Channel views, pace per day
- 242,610 (on a normal day: 99,687)
- Video published
- November 1, 2026
- Video views so far
- 176,932 (2 days online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 127,944
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The standout here is the discussion: first-day comments rose far above the channel's usual level, while views were ordinary.
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