“Lando Norris just slowed down to drag his teammate around for 19 laps, and then gave him the win”: Fans react to the McLaren driver swap

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Lando Norris led the Qatar GP Sprint for its entirety before handing the win to his teammate Oscar Piastri. His actions confused many including the F1TV commentators. The F1 community has now come out and reacted to the Briton's move to give the win to his teammate.

Both Norris and Piastri got excellent starts off the line with the former maintaining the lead and the latter getting up to P2 after overtaking George Russell. However, the Mercedes looked quick and threatened to overtake Piastri. Norris intentionally slowed down from the lead and gave Piastri DRS to defend from the Mercedes.