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The McLaren boss wants to see improved consistency from the stewards in enforcing rules after the controversial clash in Austria.
Zak Brown has demanded an improvement in how Formula 1 stewards enforce the sporting regulations following the Norris-Verstappen clash at the Austrian Grand Prix. Verstappen received a 10-second time penalty for causing the incident, which ended Norris’s race. Despite criticism, Norris later softened his stance and felt Verstappen did not need to apologize. McLaren team principal Andrea Stella and CEO Zak Brown expressed concerns over the incident and called for more consistent enforcement of the rules by the stewards. Brown emphasized the need for better policing of driver behavior to prevent similar incidents in the future. In response to the incident, Sky Sports F1 pundit Anthony Davidson highlighted Verstappen’s movement under braking, suggesting that earlier intervention from stewards could have prevented the collision.
