If the bigwigs and boffins at Formula One and the FIA wanted a wholly complimentary verdict after race one of the sport’s brave new world at Albert Park, they did not get it. On the contrary, their ears will have pricked up most markedly at the comments of reigning world champion Lando Norris, sweaty and sharp in the media pen post-race.
“It is way too much, it is chaos,” said the McLaren driver, who, it should be stated, is no longer in the dominant car. “We are going to have a big accident, which is a shame because we are the ones driving, just waiting for something to happen and for it to go quite horribly wrong.”
