Canada F1 penalty “makes no sense to me”

Norris was penalised for slowing down too much under the safety car on lap 12, thereby leaving a gap with team-mate Oscar Piastri, which gave McLaren more breathing space to perform a double pitstop.

The FIA stewards gave the Briton a five-second penalty for “unsportsmanlike conduct” in their verdict: “The driver slowed under the Safety Car to avoid a delay during a ‘double stack’ for his pitstop.

“During the Safety Car period the driver slowed to allow a gap to form…