“Unsportsmanlike conduct”. This is how the FIA described the slow driving of Lando Norris with the safety car at the Canadian Grand Prix. And they penalized him with five seconds, thus losing the points at the end of the race. The driver does not understand this decision and has been very harsh with the FIA.
“The team didn’t tell me, so I have no idea why I was penalized“, expressed the British to the media ‘Motorsport’.
“They only told me to go into the pits for about three seconds before reaching the pitlane. At that time it was already there, so for me it doesn’t make sense,” continued Oscar Piastri’s teammate at McLaren.
“There are a lot of times when you go slow with the VSC. So if they ban me today, they should ban me for the last three years as well, and they should do the same for the others. But no, I don’t think I’ve done anything wrong.” , Has expressed.
Lando finished thirteenth, behind the Alpine of Pierre Gasley once the sanction was applied. And despite this, he left very happy with his role: “I would say that it has been my best race of the year …”.
“I lost a position but I got it back. All my overtaking has been at the hairpin, I had a lot of confidence in the braking. The pace was good, I wouldn’t say incredible, but enough to hold the Alfa Romeo and Alpine and have the opportunity to, at least, compete with them”, sentenced the one from McLaren.
