Motor Sport Magazine

JOHNNY HERBERT

DRIVER PENALTIES WERE BACK on the agenda after the Austrian Grand Prix when Lando Norris was penalised for apparently forcing Sergio Perez off at Turn 4, then Perez incurred two himself for his actions with Charles Leclerc. Ross Brawn defended the decisions, saying, “We can’t have unregulated aggression on the track.” But why?

Written rules for racing shouldn’t exist, because aggression is part of it and always has been: Nelson Piquet’s sliding outside pass on Ayrton Senna in Hungary 1986; Nigel Mansell

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