The officiating of the race came into the spotlight after Norris was hit with one of the harshest penalties available to the stewards.

Lando Norris says he has no complaints about the severity of his penalty for not slowing for yellow flags in the Qatar Grand Prix and apologized to McLaren for costing the team points. The

McLaren boss Andrea Stella said he could not understand the decision to hand Lando Norris an “unbelievably harsh” penalty at the Qatar Grand Prix and called for a sense of proportion to be shown to drivers.