Having been hit with the hefty penalty on the Qatar Grand Prix, Lando Norris completed down in tenth place. The stewards defined that the Briton was given the race-deciding penalty as “the compliance with the yellow flag guidelines is paramount for the security.”
McLaren have been favourites heading into the Qatar Grand Prix, with the Lusail Worldwide Circuit enjoying to the strengths of their MCL38 as a consequence of its long-radius medium-speed corners.
The group delivered in dash qualifying and took a formidable one-two end within the Qatar F1 Dash earlier than dropping out in the principle qualifying by which Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri solely completed third and fourth behind Max Verstappen.
The British driver jumped to second in the beginning, and disappeared with Verstappen into the gap, however a yellow flag incident meant that he was hit with a ten-second stop-and-go penalty. After serving the penalty, he rejoined the sector in final place, however displaying eye-catching efficiency within the ultimate phases of the race, he bounced again to take the final championship level.
Along with the ten-second stop-and-go penalty, Norris was given three factors on his driver licence, that are the primary factors for the present 12-month interval.
The stewards famous of their assertion that Norris didn’t cut back his pace within the yellow sector, though the yellow lights have been clear to acknowledge for the drivers.
The stewards’ assertion learn: “The Stewards reviewed positioning/marshalling system knowledge, video, timing, telemetry and in-car video proof.”
“The telemetry and on-board audio clearly confirmed that the driving force of Automotive 4 didn’t make any discount in pace within the yellow sector. The double waved yellow flags and yellow lights have been clearly seen to him.
“Compliance with the yellow flag guidelines is paramount for the security of all events and this requirement is clearly famous within the first merchandise of the Race Director’s Occasion Notes at each occasion.”
However what does the race director’s notes declare relating to the double yellow flag guidelines?
“Any driver passing by a double waved yellow marshalling sector should cut back pace considerably and be ready to alter path or cease.
“To ensure that the stewards to be happy that any such driver has complied with these necessities it should be clear that he has notattempted to set a significant lap time.”
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