New footage emerges of Max Verstappen’s role in getting Lando Norris punished

Onboard footage has emerged from Max Verstappen’s Red Bull car showing the Dutchman looking towards Lando Norris before flagging his starting grid position with his race engineer. The McLaren racer later received a penalty for being too far forward in his box. After pulling into his P7 starting slot after the formation lap, Verstappen took a couple of glances towards his rival on his right. After confirming his suspicions, he pressed the radio button and told race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase: “Lando is over his grid box.”

The Red Bull engineer replied: “Okay. Understood, thanks.” Shortly after the lights went out and the race got underway, Norris’ starting procedure infringement was noted and upgraded to an investigation. He then received a five-second time penalty, which was served during the first round of stops. Explaining how the error happened, Norris said: “At the beginning, I was too far back. So, I tried to creep forward and crept forward and did the opposite. So, no, first time I’ve ever done this in my life. It shouldn’t happen. But it did, and I paid the price for it.”

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