Lando Norris criticizes 'stupidest rule' that held him back at US Grand Prix

Lando Norris criticized F1’s observe restrict guidelines after the US Grand Prix.

Norris obtained three observe restrict warnings whereas racing behind Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc within the battle for second place on the Circuit of the Americas.

In F1, drivers obtain a black and white flag after the third strike of the observe restrict.

A fourth violation will lead to a 5 second time penalty.

Norris was capable of keep away from a fourth strike by driving extra rigorously for the rest of the race.

One in every of Norris’ three cautions got here when he was pushed barely off the observe by the Ferrari driver throughout a combat with Leclerc.

Norris is sad with the present observe restrict laws, labeling them “one of many stupidest guidelines we’ve got”.

“So the simplest locations to go off the observe have been Flip 9, excessive of the hill, and the final two corners,” Norris stated.

“I feel I had three strikes by about lap 10, so I wasn’t in the perfect place, however certainly one of them was as a result of I used to be racing,” Norris defined within the post-race press convention.

“You already know, I feel this is likely one of the stupidest guidelines we’ve got. We’re invited to race, but when we race an excessive amount of we get a penalty. And I obtained a observe restrict (strike) for making an attempt to go across the exterior and shedding time to Charles.”

“So, by way of going to the race, it would not actually make sense. However like Max stated, it was windy, particularly Flip 19, and fairly inconsistent, so it positively made my life a little bit trickier.”

It is tough to all the time be on the sting and never make errors. I clearly made a couple of too many errors early on. However I knew I could not afford a penalty, so I used to be a little bit extra cautious in the direction of the tip. However I took the required dangers. ”