The sanction caused some unease among his peers, who felt that it was not correct that Norris was penalised despite having lost time and ultimately given back a position he gained.
Norris himself said: “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 [want to] have a boring race, then you can have these rules.”
The matter was brought up in Friday night’s drivers’ briefing at Silverstone with a number of F1’s stars suggesting that it was not fair to get a sanction for something that was never an original intention of the track limits stance.
Several drivers agreed with Norris that it could potentially discourage drivers from wanting to get involved in making overtaking attempts if there was the chance that a mistake and running wide would trigger a penalty.
It is understood that the drivers were reminded that Norris had only got a penalty for the botched Verstappen move because he had already had three previous track limits breaches – so it was not just a one-off incident.
Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20, battles with Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38
Photo by: Andy Hone / Motorsport Images
Furthermore, the FIA has made clear its long-standing stance that it is unfair to change the way decisions are made and enforced midway through a season based on single incidents – because that could trigger huge inconsistencies throughout a campaign.
Instead, it prefers for grievances that have emerged over the year to be brought up at the end of the campaign so any necessary changes can be made for the start of the following season.
Track limits and the ‘fake gravel’ solution
As well as discussions over the Norris incident, drivers talked at length with the FIA about the track limits solution that was introduced in Austria.
The move to reduce the width of the kerbs to be narrower than F1 cars, with gravel traps on the outside, was deemed to be something that was universally popular and could be rolled out elsewhere.
However, one issue that still needed some consideration was the consequences of gravel traps…
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