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Norris calls for harsher penalties for impeding | The Express Tribune

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[ad_1] JAPAN: Formula One should be tougher on drivers who impede others because it has become rife in the sport and nobody seems to care enough, McLaren's Lando Norris said on Thursday. Red Bull's runaway championship leader Max Verstappen received three summons to the stewards in Singapore last weekend for impeding in qualifying and was handed two reprimands but no grid penalty. Norris, a good friend of Verstappen, said the Dutch driver should certainly have been penalised for impeding AlphaTauri's Yuki Tsunoda. "I think the blocking one on track was the one that should have been a penalty. He blocked someone," said Norris.  "I know the team got the fine in the end of the day, but it should be down to the driver as well to look at his mirrors... "You've got nothing else to do the whole lap but look in your mirrors, and it seems like a lot of people struggle to do that. "It should just be harsher penalties for blocking people, becau...