Lando Norris said him picking up a track limits strike while trying to overtake was one of the \u201csilliest rules\u201d that Formula 1 has.<\/p>\n
Having lost out to Leclerc<\/a> in the opening lap, Norris<\/a> was trying to regain second place but had to be extra careful about keeping all four wheels on the track with the threat of a penalty looming.<\/p>\n Lando Norris brandishes track limits one of F1\u2019s \u2018silliest rules\u2019<\/p>\n Norris\u2019 desire to get past Leclerc quickly in order to attack leader Max Verstappen resulted in him pushing his McLaren harder than he perhaps would have liked and as a result, he was one of the first drivers to be given the warning for exceeding the track limits on three occasions.<\/p>\n But Norris has argued that if one of the strikes came from attempting an overtake then that should not form part of his quota.<\/p>\n \u201cThe places which were easy to go off were Turn 9 over the crest of the hill, and then the last two corners,\u201d he said. \u201cI think I was on three strikes by like lap 10. So I didn\u2019t put myself in the best position.<\/p>\n \u201cBut then one of my strikes was because I was racing. I think that\u2019s one of the silliest rules that we have \u2014 we\u2019re invited to try and race, but if you race too much, you get a penalty for it.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd I got a track limits [strike] for trying to go around the outside and losing time to Charles. So, doesn\u2019t really make much sense in terms of going racing.<\/p>\n More on McLaren from PlanetF1.com<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49\u00a0No panic for McLaren as silver lining of costly United States GP discovered<\/a><\/p>\n