Mexico Formula 1 Grand Prix 2024: Norris plants and McLaren claim sansin Austin

Lando Norris Arrival at the henos Rodriguez de arena Mexico With A completely different speech from the one he gave after the Austin race Last Sunday. All, resigned, a little less admitted that Sansin From five seconds , which I took away Third place in favor of Max Verstappen, was fair And that he was properly beaten by the Dutch, which almost no one outside the Red Bull environment thinks about.

“There are some Things I don’t agree with, But I want to compete , I’m not satisfied that there are rules for absolutely everything, ” he told the written media in his appearance with the press.

“I do not agree with the way you receive a penalty Last weekend and the consequences of what happened, and this is the only thing that I think needs to be changed, ” he said with a completely different attitude.

“Foundation Of course what are their intentions Verstappen, it’s a hard road for M, because I get caught in collisions (In Austria) and things like Turn 1, where it could have easily happened, or turn 12, where it could have been,” he says about the way Max races against El.

“He is in a much stronger position From me; it’s up to M and the team to try to overcome that,” he continues.

“He’s been running in this position longer than me and I’m not doing a perfect job, but I’m not doing a bad job. Still Ah, I’m avoiding collisions, Because a lot of the things we did could have turned into worse things, like bigger accidents and things like that,”he said. “I avoided them and stayed in races that probably ended earlier than they were.”.

Comparison with other accidents

It was Norris He is punished for passing without the right to the limit on the outside of Turn 12, When the commissioners decided that George Russell deserved a penalty in a similar situation to Verstappen during a pass to Valtteri Bottas In the same race.

“I think what we saw with the version of George and potas, which in some ways was very similar to ours. I was completely ahead of Max , I was with more than one car at a distance of L , so I was no longer the attacking car, but me.”, He says that the one who came out to avoid the pass was the one from Red Bull.

“I was ahead of Max , so I didn’t have to defend myself, he was the one attacking me, he threw himself hard and drove me off the track, I kept my position. It’s something I’m sure we’ll discuss, because it’s been a big topic of conversation, it’s been the main topic of conversation since last weekend, not only for us, but for everyone,” he says about what he felt in the media and inside the ring.

“A lot of other drivers didn’t agree with that, and the teams didn’t agree with that, But at the same time we are in Mexico and I have to focus on this weekend,” he says that another very intense fight awaits him to continue the options of fighting for the championship.

Formal complaint.

Around 2.00 in the morning in Spain, The FIA makes McLaren’s claim official, In what they consider injustice:

“The sports commissioners have received Application for the right of review in accordance with Article 14 of the FIA International Sports Code by the McLaren team, In connection with the decision of the sports referees of the 2024 United States Grand Prix, for non-compliance with article 33.3 of the FIA Formula 1 sports regulations regarding Car 4“.

“The team representative must attend Video conference with the sports hosts at 14.30 (22.00 in Spain), Mexico time, on Friday, October 25, 2024 In connection with the above.”

“It should be noted that this session will be divided into two parts. The first part will be listening to the evidence About whether there is an important and relevant new item or not , which was not available For the party requesting the review at the time of making the relevant decision.”

“If the commissioners, pursuant to Article 14.3, determine (in their sole discretion) that there is such an element, The second part of the meeting will be held At the time indicated to them.”

That is, a presentation will be made to see if there are images or data that contribute something new and if so, they can then review the result. The The world may depend on those points In Abu Dhabi.