Norris questions Leclerc's Brazilian GP penalty

Lando Norris has questioned the five-second penalty given to Charles Leclerc after the Brazilian Grand Prix, which dropped the Ferrari driver from seventh to eighth. Leclerc tapped the rear of Liam Lawson's Racing Bulls car at Turn 12 on the penultimate lap at Interlagos.

Norris, who won the race, described the move as "just racing" during a Twitch stream with Max Fewtrell, who called it "proper racing" and "a perfectly timed nudge". Norris agreed with that assessment.

The stewards disagreed. They said the contact was minor but had disrupted Lawson and allowed Leclerc to pull alongside, which they described as an obvious sporting consequence. They gave a five-second penalty rather than ten seconds, taking into account the wet conditions and the minor nature of the contact.