News Details

Seidl insists Norris did not ignore McLaren call

Sep.27 Lando Norris did not simply refuse to comply with McLaren's instructions in the dying laps of what could have been his first grand prix win on Sunday. The McLaren driver, having secured pole a day earlier at slippery Sochi, was holding off Lewis Hamilton for the victory when the Russian skies opened once again. During the shower, 21-year-old answered multiple radio calls with 'No!' and even 'Shutup!' before the other frontrunners filed into the pits for wet tyres. When he finally spoke to the media after dropping to seventh at the finish following a belated stop, the British driver appeared to have been crying. 'I made the decision to stay on slicks with the information I had,' he...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Team equally to blame for tyre call, insists Seidl

Refusing to let Lando Norris shoulder all the blame for tyre call,...
4y ago from Pitpass.com

Seidl: McLaren team equally to blame for Norris tyre...

Andreas Seidl says Lando Norris' decision not to pit for intermediate...
4y ago from F1i.com

Seidl: Still a long way to go for McLaren as a team

McLaren team and drivers will be forgiven a bounce in their step when...
4y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Ricciardo's victory ‘damn important' after...

McLaren's Andreas Seidl has described Daniel Ricciardo's victory at the...
4y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar to limit entries to those holding a charter

The NTT IndyCar Series has confirmed that future races will be limited to...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Pato O'Ward issues damning verdict on ‘Mario...

Pato O'Ward isn't chasing F1 any more after falling out of love with...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Oliver Solberg crashes out of Rally Islas Canarias

Oliver Solberg and Elliot Edmondson have crashed out of Rally Islas...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Sebastien Ogier dominates Rally Islas Canarias

Sebastien Ogier and Vincent Landais headed a Toyota one-two-three-four in...
14h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'Let Arteta win the league' - Arsenal fans make plea...

An Arsenal fan has posted a video of himself begging Manchester City...
7h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Report: Arsenal open to selling summer signing after...

Arsenal are open to listening to offers for summer signing Viktor Gyokeres...
7h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Drowning in the banter-sphere: how can the Premier...

current season has become a meme-war without end, an endless rolling wall...
7h ago from TheGuardian.com

Arsenal keeping tabs on Real Madrid attacker as they...

Arsenal are reportedly monitoring Real Madrid forward Endrick as they look...
12h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.