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Norris dropped from ninth place to 13th and out of the points in Montreal after receiving the sanction for what the FIA deemed was unsportsmanlike behaviour.

Norris dropped from ninth place to 13th and out of the points in Montreal after receiving the sanction for what the FIA deemed was unsportsmanlike behaviour.

The remarkable moment occurred in the TV media pen at the Austrian Grand Prix, as McLaren racer Norris answered questions from different stations from around the world

On a warm and sunny afternoon in the Styrian hills, Lewis Hamilton opened the session with a 1m09.021s, but Verstappen's 1m08.094s soon blew that into the reeds as the current championship leader made the most of the session's early phases.

A look at the internal brake disc fairing and caliper design on the Red Bull RB19 without the outer brake drum in place.

It's the ninth round of the season, the first of four European races this coming month where the updates should flow thick and fast.

McLaren realised even before the season started that it had dropped the ball on its MCL60 concept and changed its floor philosophy for April's Baku round, which set a new development baseline rather than delivering an immediate performance improvement.

Norris was penalised in Montreal for slowing down too much behind the safety car from the hairpin to the pitlane, thereby purposefully opening up a gap to team-mate Oscar Piastri so McLaren could perform a double pitstop without Norris risking losing a position to Charles Leclerc.

In this latest Motorsport News by The Hindu, we look at some interesting stats of the 2023 F1 season leading up to Austrian Grand Prix.