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 received a shock 10-second stop-and-go penalty which sent the McLaren driver from second to last place towards the end of a dramatic Qatar Grand Prix.

Lando Norris has spoken out about a penalty that disrupted his race in the Qatar Grand Prix but remains optimistic about McLaren's championship prospects.

McLaren driver Lando Norris was given a 10-second stop-and-go penalty at Qatar Grand Prix for failing to lift the throttle while double yellow flags were being waved

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.

Lusail: From a smashed mirror and crashes to unusually severe penalties, there were plenty of hazards at the Qatar Grand Prix. Max Verstappen steered clear of them all to

Max Verstappen has claimed he would have been “investigated straight away” by the FIA stewards if he had not lifted for a yellow flag like Lando Norris in the Qatar Grand Prix. Seven days after wrapping up the F1 2024 World Championship in Las Vegas,

Max Verstappen followed up securing his fourth world championship by winning a chaotic Qatar Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton suffered another miserable evening in his penultimate Mercedes appearance.