The FIA has explained the reasons behind Lando Norris’ severe penalty during Sunday’s Qatar Grand Prix and the delay in deploying the safety car. Following the penultimate race of the Formula One season at Lusail,

McLaren’s Andrea Stella disagrees with the decision to award Lando Norris a 10-second stop-and-go penalty at the Qatar GP. Stella believes that Norris was excessively punished for ignoring yellow flags on the start/finish straight.

An ugly bust-up between Qatar Grand Prix winner Max Verstappen and Mercedes’ George Russell; Lando Norris apologising for “f-----g up” the race; McLaren hitting out at the FIA for what they perceived to be a “disproportionate penalty” for their driver;