Lando Norris has accused the FIA stewards of changing the rules after his penalty denied him a podium place at the United States Grand Prix.
The Briton wants more consistency applied when the stewards make decisions on punishments after being slapped with a five-second penalty. Consequently, he was demoted to fourth place, which caused a four-point swing in his championship fight with Max Verstappen.
“Those are the rules, but they seem to change, because I feel like it’s quite inconsistent from say what happened in Austria where Max didn’t get a penalty and went off the track, gained an advantage. So I think there’s again, inconsistency,” Norris said.
“It’s tough for me. It’s just a rushed decision, and they don’t hear or understand our points, which they should do after the race. They just want to make a decision at the time, so you don’t alter points and podiums and things like that, but therefore it’s a rushed decision.
“They didn’t hear my point of discussion or my team’s point or Max’s point, which I don’t think is maybe the most correct thing, but today it was a penalty, and not a lot I can do apart from just accept that.
“I tried. We both tried. It was a great battle. I really enjoyed it. It was tough. Max drove very well and defended very well, he ended up on top.”