Requested for his tackle the state of affairs post-race, Horner smiled: “How did I suppose you have been going to begin with that? To start with, the racing between the 2 of them was aggressive and nice to look at.
“Clearly all of the drivers know acutely what the principles are, they focus on these points and specific corners within the briefings with the assorted stewards, driver stewards and the Race Director.
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“Look, the cross was made off the observe. We’ve been on the receiving finish of that right here towards Kimi [Raikkonen in 2017]. For us, it was crystal clear that the cross had been made off the observe.
“[Norris] ought to have given the place again. He selected to not, so due to this fact there was a penalty. For us, it was very a lot a black and white state of affairs.”
Horner continued: “What I maybe didn’t perceive was it was clear there was going to be a penalty, or it seemed fairly clear there was going to be a penalty, and with the automotive benefit and tyre benefit McLaren had at that time of the race…
