This typically involves McLaren positioning Norris’s car as far forward as possible in the grid box during the pre-race procedure, with the placement of the tape then adjusted to Norris’s preference.
After the formation lap had started on Sunday, a Red Bull team member re-entered this gate well area as the pit marshals started to close the gate and did not react when they tried to stop him.
The Race understands that the evidence available showed the team member reached onto the pitwall parallel to Norris’s grid slot.
While the resolution of the cameras does not allow for specific identification of what they were touching on the wall, The Race has been told by multiple sources that there is no question the target was the tape used for Norris’s grid reference.
Red Bull has interfered with the tape at recent races, too, and McLaren is understood to have changed its methods in the US to make it harder to remove.
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