Having already been pinged for three track limits breaches earlier in the race, Norris locking up and taking to the run-off at Turn 3 was deemed enough to earn him a five-second penalty.
It’s a situation where Norris thinks some common sense needs to be applied if drivers are not going to be deterred from attempting overtakes.
“It’s pretty silly, to be honest,” said Norris about the track limits situation. “I’ve tried to do an overtake, I’ve locked up, I’ve gone off the track just, and tried then to avoid the sausage kerb.
“Then immediately I gave the position back to Max, so I probably lost a second and a half in doing that. It’s clearly not a penalty. I’ve lost out in doing such a thing.
“These sorts of things will avoid people racing. If you don’t want us to race and don’t want me to try and overtake and have a boring race, then you can have these rules.”
Lando Norris, McLaren F1 Team
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With the track limits issue likely to be discussed in the various team managers and drivers’ meetings at Silverstone this weekend, Norris hoped that there was enough consensus for the rules to be changed.
“I’m sure it’s something that has already been brought up because there’s a difference between going off track and gaining an advantage and going off because you’ve made a silly mistake and you’ve not judged something perfectly.
“The fact you get punished for that, especially in a racing situation, especially when I have given up even more time, it just doesn’t make sense. So, it’s something I hope they fix quickly.”
Norris has found some allies in the opinion that getting a track limits penalty for making a mistake while battling for position is not right.
The Japanese said: “In Barcelona, I think I went wide at Turn 1 and because I was battling with another car and forced wide. Obviously, I took…
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