“The stewards reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video and determined that the video appeared to show that Car 4 moved before the start signal was given,” their report began.

“However, the FIA approved and supplied transponder fitted on the car did not indicate a jump start.

“Article 48.1 a) of the Formula One Sporting Regulations states clearly that the judgment of whether or not there was a jump start is to be made in accordance with the transponder, which did not show a jump start. In the circumstances, we took no further action

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    8 months ago

    Most people are not upset that Norris didn’t get punished. Forethought is a good thing if there is a way to gain an advantage teams will do it, I wouldn’t be surprised if a few teams figure out how to game the sensor by the end of the week.