The officiating of the race came into the spotlight after Norris was hit with one of the harshest penalties available to the stewards.

McLaren’s Andrea Stella disagrees with the decision to award Lando Norris a 10-second stop-and-go penalty at the Qatar GP. Stella believes that Norris was excessively punished for ignoring yellow flags on the start/finish straight.

In the Qatar Grand Prix held at the Lusail International Circuit, McLaren's Lando Norris faced a turbulent race that was heavily impacted by a heft ten-second s