Lando Norris called out the stewards for penalizing Charles Leclerc at Interlagos, defending the Ferrari driver's contact with Liam Lawson as "just racing." Leclerc tapped Lawson's left rear at Turn 12 on the penultimate lap, a nudge the stewards deemed worthy of five seconds post-race. The penalty dropped Leclerc from seventh to eighth. Norris, fresh off his Brazil win, backed Leclerc on a Twitch stream with Max Fewtrell, calling the move "perfectly placed." The stewards disagreed, ruling that Leclerc disrupted Lawson and gained an overtaking advantage he wouldn't have had without contact. Leclerc caught a break—ten seconds would've been on the table if not for wet conditions and minimal contact. The Driving Standard Guidelines gave Lawson the corner, making it Leclerc's job to avoid collision. Norris going public puts more pressure on race control to explain its shifting penalty standards.
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