“I stopped in time. I've never had anything like this happen to me in my entire life, so I don't know why I did it. However, everything was investigated and I came out clean." Landau Norris explains it like this penalty escaped following his 'jump start' occurred when the traffic lights went out Saudi Arabian GP.
Based on what is said, the pilot McLaren he started slightly earlier than his opponents, but succeeded to stop just in time to avoid the possible penalty. “These things happen so quickly. Let's talk about pure instinct – explained Norris in the post GP –. Sometimes, the only thing you do is react to something. I honestly don't know if I had seen another light and left or if I had simply seen something and my body responded like this. You're full of adrenaline and you happen to be able to react to something."
Norris talks about his Saudi Arabian GP: "I managed to stop, just not to get the penalty"
Therefore, it was undoubtedly the one who struck adrenaline. The action, however, was also investigated by the stewards who, in the end, decided not to sanction Norris with a penalty, who then ended his Arabian GP Saudi eighth in the rankings, ahead of Lewis Hamilton. A decision taken by the FIA which certainly convinced the Briton who, however, revealed a further detail which led him to bring forward his departure. “Maybe I just saw something or another light goes out, but I managed to get it all done just in time to prevent me from leaving altogether. I managed to stop, that's what counts".
For Norris, in fact, his unpenalized jump start is not even the first case to occur in Formula 1: “There are many other examples of people who leave but manage to stop in time without getting penalties, so I'm very happy with how it went."
