F1 News: Norris Not Happy - "Hamilton Deserves Way More Penalties!"

During the Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix, McLaren's Lando Norris openly voiced that seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton deserved more stringent penalties for his continuous track limits infringements.

Norris was frequently caught expressing frustration as Hamilton continually ran wide while chasing him. Hamilton was eventually handed a five-second time penalty, to which he protested, saying his Mercedes "wouldn't turn." On top of that, Hamilton was then given a further ten-second penalty after the race.

The McLaren driver explained post-race to Sky F1 that Hamilton's punishment seemed inadequate, albeit this was before the further ten-second penalty was handed out. Norris humorously noted:

“Yeah, I was going to do a live commentary at every corner, pretty much.

“He [Hamilton] only got a five-second penalty?

“It should be way more! He had about four strikes in one lap!”

The race was largely defined by track limit violations, prompting Aston Martin to protest the results. Despite not being penalised himself, Norris conceded he understood the complexity of adhering to track limits, stating:

“People on the outside, they complain, they don’t understand how difficult it is to stay within the track limits.

“Yes, I guess you can say I did and ‘Why can’t anyone else do it?’ but it depends on what position you’re in.

“If Fernando was behind me the last 5/10 laps, I can assure you that I’d have done track limits at least once and then I probably would have got a penalty.

“It just depends if you’re under pressure. When you’re under pressure, you’re pushing a little bit more, you have a little bit more of a slide.

“But that’s just like a human error, but it’s also like that’s racing at the end of the day.

“It feels tough for some of the things that you feel like you shouldn’t be penalised for but, when it’s a rule, then it’s also a rule for everyone. So I guess that I didn’t.

“If you struggle, then you’ve just got to slow down. But you never want to do that when you’re a driver. So yeah, it’s complicated. It’s just not as easy as what it looks like on the outside.

“I can assure everyone of that so I don’t have sympathy for the people that did get it, in a way, but I also don’t!”

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