Sky commentators and David Croft have been essential of race management for permitting a truck on monitor and never throwing a pink flag to cease the .
Pole-sitter claimed an at Albert Park within the first race of the 2025 season, holding off a late onslaught from Max Verstappen to win for McLaren.
Norris was jousting with teammate and residential hero Oscar Piastri for many of the grand prix earlier than the Australian slid off-track after a late downpour.
But in the midst of the race, after Fernando Alonso crashed his Aston Martin, Norris was seen main the pack round behind the protection automobile.
Bafflingly, Norris was compelled to drive previous a shifting lorry at flip 10, whereas the protection automobile even went off-line to keep away from the car.
Sky’s lead commentator Croft was unimpressed with the choice to not red-flag the race, given the truck on the circuit.
“To see Lando Norris driving alongside a lorry…I’m very stunned,” he mentioned.
“[You have] drivers sliding off, I don’t perceive why we’re nonetheless going round. It’s a must to put security first. We haven’t received the cranes right here, it’s a must to take into consideration pink flagging.”
Brundle agreed, including: “So am I. He [Norris] didn’t wish to go into the run off space, the probabilities of selecting up a puncture is gigantic.
“You don’t usually comply with the protection automobile off the racetrack.”
But the top-three drivers have been all happy with the state of affairs, when requested in regards to the lorry within the post-race press convention.
Verstappen mentioned: “I assumed it was nice, should you crash behind the protection automobile, you’re actually silly.”
Norris replied; “You shouldn’t be in Formulation 1 then,” whereas Russell said: “Yeah, I feel it was nice.”
The subject is related to the game, given Pierre Gasly’s in Japan in 2022, which introduced again recollections of Jules Bianchi’s on the identical circuit in 2014.
Brundle has beforehand been very vocal about having diggers and vans on monitor whereas automobiles are nonetheless going across the circuit, whether or not in yellow flag circumstances or not.
Russell accomplished the rostrum for the season-opener in Melbourne on Sunday, whereas may on his Ferrari debut in Melbourne.
