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Lando Norris has said the decisions made by Race Control to delay the start of the Monaco Grand Prix were the right call.

McLaren’s Lando Norris has praised the calls made to delay the start of the Monaco Grand Prix, after heavy rain struck the circuit 10 minutes after the originally planned start time.

Just minutes before the lights were due to go out, the race was delayed by six minutes to allow the teams to make adjustments and fit tyres suitable for the wet conditions. Setting off behind the Safety Car, conditions quickly worsened, with the race red-flagged.

There was no action for almost an hour after that, with an explanation later coming from the FIA that the heavy rain had resulted in a power outage and question marks over whether the starting gantry lights would work correctly.

The decision to postpone the start has met with mixed reactions from drivers, broadcasters, and pundits, but one man to step forward and back the decisions made by Race Control is Norris, who said the conditions were clearly not safe.

“I know there have been questions asked about the delays on Sunday; whether the race could have got going sooner than it did,” he said in a column for