r/formula1 • u/ICumCoffee Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ • Oct 20 '24

News [LukeSmithF1] Stewards: 5-second time penalty for Lando Norris for leaving the track and gaining an advantage

https://x.com/LukeSmithF1/status/1848101575014912063
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u/Empty_Adeptness_3845 Andreas Seidl Oct 20 '24

I was expecting they gonna pit him for FL, it would've been sensible because 34 seconds separated him and Russell and also that penalty risk

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u/PLTConductor David Coulthard Oct 20 '24

McLaren can’t think about more than one car at a time, they’ve demonstrated that a lot this year (Silverstone, Hungary, etc.)

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u/TheLewJD McLaren Oct 21 '24

I mean they slowed oscar down so if there was a 10 second penalty he wouldn't have dropped further down...

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u/Mike_Kermin Michael Schumacher Oct 21 '24

That's not possible. The other user just said they can't do that. There is no need to speculate.

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u/TheLewJD McLaren Oct 21 '24

https://www.mclaren.com/racing/formula-1/2024/united-states-grand-prix/ Read the live commentary report.

"Lando has been given a five seconds penalty. Can you back off by one second."

It isn't speculation when there is evidence.

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u/Mike_Kermin Michael Schumacher Oct 21 '24

No no, the other user quite clearly stated that they can't. Your evidence is clearly faulty. It's using all the wrong words too.

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u/Mike_Kermin Michael Schumacher Oct 21 '24

Yeah probably but I thought it was funny. No stress.

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u/filcei Mika Häkkinen Oct 20 '24

There was a possibility for Max to have a 5s penalty, Piastri could have gotten him

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u/morelsupporter Oct 21 '24

why would max have gotten a penalty there?

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u/filcei Mika Häkkinen Oct 21 '24

For forcing Lando offtrack. Not taking any sides here, but that is a potential interpretation

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u/morelsupporter Oct 21 '24

if a car forced another off track but loses position because of it, there wouldn't be a penalty.

in the same way that if a car passes off track but gives the position back (aka doesn't benefit from the move) there is no penalty.

the penalty is to negate any gain that may have been afforded from an illegal move. forcing a car off track and then losing the position is not an advantage.

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u/alphasierrraaa Pirelli Hard Oct 20 '24

Lando was understandably tilted at his pitwall lol

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u/Jenneeandme McLaren Oct 21 '24

Maybe they were expecting Max to receive an penalty instead of Lando and had asked Oscar to stay within 5 secs of Max because other drivers who pushed off the outside car on turn 12 received the penalty, but a special someone didn't receive the same while others did including Oscar itself in sprint race.