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Verstappen backs Norris defiance of penalty points
Max Verstappen believes it's time to review F1's penalty points system, insisting Lando Norris doesn't deserve to be on the verge of a race ban following the McLaren driver's sanction in the Austrian Grand Prix. Norris was handed a five-second time penalty and two penalty points on his super licence for pushing Sergio Perez off the track on lap 4 of Sunday's race. The Briton's penalty tally now sits at 10 points, or two points off a one-race ban. However, Norris will revert to 8 points ahead of next week's British Grand Prix in conformity with the 12-month rolling period during which the points are counted. But the 21-year-old will still need to be on his best behaviour with just a 4-point...
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