McLaren’s Lando Norris expressed sympathy for Haas rival Romain Grosjean, believing the penalised Frenchman was “screwed” by Sebastian Vettel’s conduct. Norris had a near-miss with a slow Grosjean during Q1 for Formula 1’s Bahrain Grand Prix, and stewards investigated the incident, ultimately opting to hit Grosjean with a three-place penalty. Both Norris and Grosjean made it through to Q3, but the Haas driver will now drop from eighth to 11th as a result of his sanction; Norris will climb to ninth as a beneficiary of the penalty. Stewards concluded that 'the driver of car 8 stated that he was about to commence a push lap when he was overtaken by car 5 and thus...
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