Lando Norris has explained what he thinks caused his near jump start at the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
The McLaren driver avoided a penalty despite appearing to jump the start in Jeddah after his car was seen briefly jolting forward, before stopping again, as the start procedure got underway.immediately reported Norris’ movement over team radio but the stewards decided to take no further action after it emerged that the
“You're so like just ready to go, but it's quite dark and there are so many lights. So I don't know if I've just reacted to a light elsewhere, either in the corner of my eye or somewhere in front, from people videoing or whatever it is. “I was waiting for something, my engineer to come across and tell me something, but never did,” he said.
“This was more of a penalty than my one but it wasn't a penalty, right?” Norris added. “So again, I don't know what the ruling was for this and how they define this.
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