Andrea Stella has rationalised Lando Norris’ decision to wait until the last minute to relinquish the lead of the Hungarian Grand Prix, suggesting that any driver would have done the same.

“Because he’s a race driver,” he explained. “Mention to me a race driver that would have not done it? Actually, I think you can mention to me many that would have not done it until lap 70.

“And I would be extremely concerned in that case, yes, if Lando had not demonstrated, ‘like I’m a race driver here’, because that’s the ethos you need to fight hard. Like you need to fight when you are in contention with the likes of Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, and more and more, I guess, Oscar himself.

“So he demonstrated the ethos, the spirit of the race driver, but I think it would be unfair, it could be something that is entertaining to talk about somehow the controversial aspect. But it would be unfair not to talk about the resolution which happened according to our way of going racing.”