McLaren lose bid to have Lando Norris penalty overturned following Max Verstappen incident

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The team invoked a “right of review”, asking the stewards to look again at the turn 12 incident in Austin, where Norris was handed a five-second penalty for leaving the track and gaining a lasting advantage while overtaking Max Verstappen in the closing stages. open image in gallery Norris was penalised for leaving the track and gaining an advantage McLaren felt they had a “a significant and new element that was unavailable to us at the time the decision was made” – which is the criteria needed for a right of review to proceed. A video hearing with the stewards took place at 2.30pn local time on Friday in Mexico City and the FIA announced on Friday night that McLaren’s claim had been rejected as there was no “relevant new element”. Reacting to the rejection of their right of review, McLaren said in a statement: “We disagree with the interpretation that an FIA document, which makes a competitor aware of an objective, measurable and provable error in the decision made by the stewards, cannot be an admissible “element” which meets all four criteria set by the ISC, as specified in Article 14.3. open image in gallery McLaren challenged the decision to penalise Lando Norris “We will continue to work closely with the FIA to further understand how teams can constructively challenge decisions that lead to an incorrect classification of the race.” Speaking before the FIA’s decision, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner maintained his view that the stewards had made the right decision and said McLaren were regularly taking aim at his team.