Lando Norris believes he does not deserve the penalty points on his Super Licence
During the press conference of the Top 3 of the Austrian Grand Prix, Lando Norris stated that the penalty points he received were not deserved after his incident with Checo Perez. The British driver also called for a change in the rule and received support from Max Verstappen.
This weekend, Lando Norris received two penalty points on his Super Licence following his collision with Sergio Perez, which he sent into the gravel at turn 4 on the first lap of the race. With this sanction, the British driver now has ten penalty points on his license. The McLaren driver will have to be careful with his behavior on the track, as with 12 points, he would receive a race suspension.
During the next race at Silverstone, Norris will recover two points on his license, since the units that were removed from him on July 12, 2020, will finally be returned to him (the points are re-credited one year after the infraction). The British driver will see his balance drop to 5 points if he does not commit any further faults on November 15th.
During the press conference of the Top 3 of the Austrian Grand Prix, the McLaren driver commented on the point system for the Super License and believes he does not deserve this points deduction.
« I feel that in some cases maybe we deserve a penalty on the track because we did something wrong while fighting and we just made a mistake, but there are things that drivers do from time to time that are purely dangerous. Usually, if you overtake under a yellow flag, it’s clearly a rule, it puts people in danger, so I understand the penalty points for a driver, and if we accumulate them, we get a race suspension. But for small things like that, in my opinion, it’s just stupid. Formula 1 shouldn’t be like this, I hope and expect that other people will support me on this kind of subject, », said the British driver.
Present by his side, Max Verstappen expressed his support for Lando Norris and believes that receiving a race suspension for pushing a competitor into the gravel was not fair.
How many points do we receive, two? And if we have six incidents like this, I don’t think we deserve a suspension for what he did today, it’s simply not right. I’ve been through that, I myself have had nine or ten penalty points. I know how it works. But I don’t think we deserve a suspension if we reach twelve points with the things [Norris] was penalized for. I said it myself two years ago, I think we should look into that,” he said.
