Norris and Piastri both disqualified

LANDO Norris’ bid to win the world championship has taken an extraordinary setback after he was disqualified from the Las Vegas Grand Prix, writes Philip Duncan.

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Norris finished runner-up to Max Verstappen on track in Sin City to put him 42 points clear of the Dutchman in the title race with just 58 to play for.

But Norris and teammate Oscar Piastri were stripped of their respective second and fourth-placed finishes after the rearmost skid plates underneath their McLarens were less than the legal 9mm minimum thickness.