McLaren’s right to appeal Lando Norris’ five-second penalty at the US Grand Prix has been thrown out.

McLaren claimed the FIA ​​included an incorrect statement in its document regarding Norris’ penalty; However, the FIA ​​has determined that an error in an FIA document is not sufficient new evidence to warrant an appeal from judicial review.

FIA rejects McLaren’s Right to Review appeal over US Grand Prix penalty

In the closing laps of the United States Grand Prix, Lando Norris and Max Verstappen battled wheel to wheel in pursuit of the final step on the podium.

Heading into Turn 12 on lap 52, Norris attempted to pass Verstappen around the outside. However, the Red Bull driver veered wide as well, pushing Norris off the track while going wide himself.

Both drivers definitely left the racing surface, but only Norris was penalized for doing so. According to the FIA, Norris’ maneuver should have earned him a 10-second penalty, but in light of Verstappen’s role in the situation, the FIA ​​reduced the penalty to five seconds.

McLaren spoke out against the penalty, saying it was unfair. The ruling also raised concerns again about compliance with management.

But on October 24, McLaren submitted a Right to Review request to the stewards. A meeting was held between McLaren and the stewards in Mexico City at 14:30 local time on Friday 25 October.

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That meeting was the first of what could be a two-part process. During the first session, McLaren was tasked with submitting evidence to the FIA ​​that could demonstrate that there is a “significant and relevant new element that was not available to the party requesting the review at the time of the relevant decision.”

Andrea Stella and Randeep Singh represented McLaren, while Johnathan Wheatley and Stephen Knowles represented Red Bull.

McLaren stated that the “significant and novel” element that “the decision document contained a statement which was incorrect and which proved an objective, measurable and provable error had been made by the trustees.”

In fact, McLaren claimed that the FIA’s statement that the No. 4 car overtook the No. 1 car was incorrect, as McLaren had already overtaken the Red Bull.

However, the FIA ​​ruled that “the concept that the written decision was the important and new element, or that an error in the decision was a new element, is not tenable and is therefore rejected.”

The Court of Appeal’s appeal has thus been rejected. There will be no second hearing in the matter.

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