Verstappen and Bottas enjoyed strong second practice sessions in Mexico, ending first and fourth on the timesheets respectively.

Since leaving Mercedes, we’ve not seen Bottas go head-to-head with Verstappen on track given Alfa Romeo and Red Bull’s contrasting fortunes.

However, FP2 posed a rare opportunity for Bottas to battle the three-time world champion.

Verstappen came out on top by braking later into Turn 1, with race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase  - pointing out that the Finn used DRS to try and keep the position.

Lambiase said: “He even used DRS, unbelievable” 

Verstappen replied: “Hahahaha!”

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