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FIA rejects McLaren request to evaluation Norris penalty
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FIA rejects McLaren request to evaluation Norris penalty

Motorsports October 29, 2024
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Method 1’s governing physique has rejected a request by McLaren to evaluation a penalty handed out to Lando Norris in the US Grand Prix.

The five-second penalty, for overtaking title rival Max Verstappen off the observe, demoted Norris behind the Dutchman from third to fourth place within the race outcomes.

Stewards for governing physique the FIA rejected McLaren’s submission on the grounds that it contained “no related new component”.

McLaren had questioned the stewards’ verdict on the grounds that it was based mostly on an “error” in assessing the incident.

Norris was penalised as a result of he had not fulfilled F1’s driver overtaking tips, which dictate that for a automobile overtaking on the surface to be afforded house by the defender on the within, their automobile’s entrance axle have to be forward of the entrance axle of the automobile on the within on the apex of the nook.

McLaren argued within the listening to that Norris was in actual fact the defending driver as a result of he had already overtaken Verstappen on the straight earlier than the 2 automobiles braked for the nook in query, Flip 12 on the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.

If that argument was accepted completely different sections of the overtaking tips would have utilized, notably that Verstappen would have dedicated an offence by forcing Norris off the observe.

However the stewards dominated that McLaren’s assertion was “unsustainable” as a result of “the idea that the [stewards’ decision] was the numerous and related new component, or that an error within the determination was a brand new component, will not be sustainable and is, subsequently rejected”.

McLaren mentioned in an announcement: “We disagree with the interpretation that an FIA doc, which makes a competitor conscious of an goal, measurable and provable error within the determination made by the stewards, can’t be an admissible ‘component’ which meets all 4 standards.”

The choice means Verstappen retains the 57-point lead he holds over Norris heading into this weekend’s Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix, with 5 races to go and 146 factors nonetheless accessible.

The incident between Norris and Verstappen has led to vital debate in F1, with many drivers feeling that Verstappen, whereas complying with the letter of the principles, was breaching racing ethics.

Seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton “You should not have the ability to come off the brakes and run extra pace in and go off the observe and nonetheless maintain your house.”

Hamilton’s remark summed up a widespread view in F1 that Verstappen’s default defence in such conditions shouldn’t be allowed.

The three-time world champion has on plenty of events employed a tactic whereby he releases the brake sufficiently to adjust to the rule requiring him to be forward of the apex however then runs broad off observe, taking his rival with him.

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