Formula 1 is rallying around Lando Norris, as the on-form McLaren driver risks having to serve a race ban. The incident added more penalty points to his super licence, taking his current tally to 10 – just two shy of a mandatory race ban. “These are the best drivers in the world and we want to see them race,” he said. Norris agrees, saying it’s not appropriate to ban a driver for an accumulation of incidents that are not excessively dangerous. “Sergio should know that if you’re on the outside, you run out of space at some point and end up in the gravel trap,” Norris insisted. “I’ve been there myself – I was at 9 points myself.

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