Formula 1
McLaren
P5 · 188 points
McLaren
P5 · 188 pointsMcLaren
P1 · 423 pointsShown seasons are the imported archive; missing years do not mean zero results.
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time / gap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NC | Lando Norris | McLaren | DNF | 0 |
The stewards reprimanded Lando Norris for erratic driving behind the Safety Car at the Bahrain Grand Prix, but did not alter his race result. They also ruled that his momentary move ahead of Oscar Piastri was not an overtake and that his rejoin was safe.
Several cars slowed to a crawl or stopped during the formation laps of the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, forcing a red-flag suspension of the start. Lando Norris called the scenes “horrible”; FIA single-seater director Nikolas Tombazis linked the stoppages to a low-speed software fault. GPBeat reports.
Max Verstappen and Lando Norris each have 188 points after the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, three behind Charles Leclerc. Kimi Antonelli leads the championship with 320 points.
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella estimated Norris’s straight-line-speed deficit could cost more than a tenth per lap, possibly one to two tenths. Norris qualified sixth and expected the issue to make Sunday’s race tougher than it should have been.
McLaren’s Andrea Stella estimates that Norris’s straight-line deficit could cost more than a tenth of a second per lap, but says its cause remains unclear.