The FIA ​​has dismissed a right of review submitted by McLaren over the five-second penalty given to Lando Norris at Formula 1 US Grand Prix.

Norris was penalized for leaving the track and gaining an advantage in turn 12 on lap 52 of the race US GPas both he and the Red Bulls Max Verstappen ran off the circuit.

Although he was aggrieved by the penalty, McLaren team principal Andrea Stella ruled out further protests on Sunday after the race’s conclusion at 6pm. Circuit of the Americas.

But on Thursday the McLaren squad did a U-turn and filed a right of review, believing they had “significant” new evidence to overturn the stewards’ decision.

“We believe there is a significant and new element that was not available to us when the decision was made,” read a statement from McLaren.

A hearing was held via video conference at 14:30 local time at the Mexico City GP on Friday – where McLaren representatives could present their new evidence.

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McLaren’s “new” element was an opposing view of who was the overtaking driver in the incident.

The Woking-based outfit ruled that Verstappen was in fact the overtaking driver, given that Norris had passed the Red Bull driver as he approached Turn 12.

“In terms of relevance, McLaren seem to argue that the stewards found that ‘Car 4 was not level with Car 1 at the apex’ was an error and that Car 4 had overtaken Car 1 before the apex (and therefore that Car 1 was overtaking car) and that this alleged error is in itself, a new element,” read the verdict of the governors.

In response to McLaren’s submission, the trustees decreed that “this is unsustainable. A petition for review is made to correct an error (of fact or law) in a decision.

“In this case, the concept that the written decision was the important and relevant new element, or that an error in the decision was a new element, is not tenable and is therefore rejected.”

The decision means the results of the US GP stand, with Verstappen finishing third and Norris fourth.

As a result, McLaren’s Norris trails Red Bull’s Verstappen by 57 points in the drivers’ standings with five rounds of the 2024 F1 season remaining.

More to follow.

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