Why did Lando Norris escape punishment for jumping the start of the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix?
Onboard footage from Norris’ car clearly showed the Briton jolting forward in his grid spot, and quickly stopping again, before the lights went out to signal the start of the race.It was investigated by the stewards, who ultimately cleared Norris because the FIA’s standardised data transponder had not been set off.
“There will probably be lots of questions regarding this potential jump start from Lando Norris. It was something that we all saw and something that he definitely felt,” Davidson explained. “Well, on the circuit, on each grid box there is a sensor. Now it appears that the sensor wasn’t working. It didn’t detect the car moving. It’s an automated system and it didn’t detect that the car had moved.
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