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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kieran Jackson and Jamie Braidwood

McLaren boss mystified by Lando Norris penalty in Qatar: ‘Quite peculiar’

McLaren boss Andrea Stella said he could not understand the decision to hand Lando Norris an “unbelievably harsh” penalty at the Qatar Grand Prix and called for a sense of proportion to be shown to drivers.

Norris received a shock 10-second stop-and-go penalty which sent the McLaren driver from second to last place. He was penalised for failing to slow down in double-waved yellow flag conditions on the main straight, while debris from a broken wing-mirror was strewn across the track.

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